how good is ATI 1650 PRO for AGP as i have only AGP slot available on my mobo ang dont wanna use slower PCI?

Question

Intel P4 HT 3.2 GHz 775LGA Socket
Gigabyte GA-8S661FXM-&&% mobo
512MB DDR 400MHz ram
3 PCI and 1 AGP 4x/8x slot
Sony DVD Writer
120 GB HD
ATI Raedon 7500 standard PCI graphics card

how good this upgrade to ATI 1650 PRO will be.........
how much of a difference wuld it make to both gaming and video experience????

Answer 1

I would personally get an X800PRO/X800GTO/X800XL or 6800GT/6800GS AGP used on ebay for like $30 (agp versions of course). These top end cards from the 6 an x8 series will cream a mid range x1 series and probably be cheaper too: btw 6800GT and X800XL are the fastest. X800XT is better but more expensive (these cards are 16 pipes, the 6800GS/X800Pro/X800Gto are 12)

http://cgi.ebay.com/BFG-NVIDIA-GeForce-6800-GT-OC-256MB-AGP-Video-Card_W0QQitemZ220238704083QQihZ012QQcategoryZ3762QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/EVGA-e-GeForce-6800-DX-Video-Card-VGA-and-DVI-NR-AGP_W0QQitemZ260244182362QQihZ016QQcategoryZ3762QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/EVGA-nvidia-GeForce-6800-GT-256mb-GDDR3-AGP-8X_W0QQitemZ270240136360QQihZ017QQcategoryZ3762QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/ATI-Radeon-X800-Pro-256MB-AGP-Video-Card-NO-RESERVE_W0QQitemZ290232732279QQihZ019QQcategoryZ3762QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

for some reason there are few Ati's up right now. I had an X800XL and it played my COD2, BF2, and Source games quite nicely.



That said they aren't amazing, so newer games will require some modesty. If you can get an 2600xt, x1950pro, x1950gt, or 7800GS (agp versions of all), those would be great step up if you can get it for like $80. Otherwise try and find a cheap 3850 agp, even if it will be bottlenecked a bit, it still kicks.



I just noticed you have an LGA775 board, so you can upgrade to a PCI-E board without chaning CPU's. You just need to grab some cheap ram with it, but you can bump up to like 2gb for $25

http://cgi.ebay.com/Gigabyte-GA-G31MX-S2-G31-775-mATX-Motherboard-NEW_W0QQitemZ250249878964QQihZ015QQcategoryZ108978QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

that would be a good option if you can get it for under $50

or a cheapy ECS for like $35-40

http://cgi.ebay.com/Brand-New-ECS-G31T-M-G31-mATX-Motherboard-CPU-NIB_W0QQitemZ150251535702QQihZ005QQcategoryZ108978QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-ECS-G31T-M-LGA-775-Intel-G31-Micro-ATX-Motherboard_W0QQitemZ300228096679QQihZ020QQcategoryZ108978QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

2gb ram for $25 with rebate

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220174

tack on a 2600XT PCI-E for $50

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161176

or a 3850 pci-e for $100

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131096

I love my 3850, it maxes all my games, including bioshock and frontlines. 2600xt will be a little less than 1/2 as fast.



This gives you the option to upgrade to Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad, or Pentium Dual Core (great cheapy CPU for overclocking) and is really a good investment. Also uses PCI-E for future video cards. Still, if you just need a cheap upgrade drop $30 for a 6800/x800 agp.



BTW a 7600GT is faster than an x800xl most of the time. It will put the x1650's head to the sidewalk and execute it while ninja fighting uma thurman with a katana. They are counters parts in that they are mid ranged cards from corresponding generations, but the x1800gto was the real counter to the 7600GT.

Answer 2

Actually we are both planning the same upgrade only my graphic card now is the mx 400 the nvidia counterpart of the 7500. This would pretty much play low settings on games like cod 4 and company of heroes. I think this is a pretty reasonable upgrade for people who don't have enough money to make such a huge AGP upgrade like to a 3850 or upgrade the motherboard to a PCI-E.

Answer 3

1650 Pro is equivalent to a NVIDIA 7600GT. It's so-so, if you want the best AGP card on the market go for a HIS Radeon HD 3850 Video Card - 512MB GDDR3.



Here's the specs on it from tigerdirect.com



http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3805441&CatId=2234

Answer 4

im undecided if it is going to cuz 1600 professional demands agp 3.0 slot (8x velocity merely) and your mobo merely has agp 4x you could attempt to apply and it could artwork yet you wont get the overall performance you're looking forward to from that card. in case you will get 1350s that not unique agp 3.0 i think of it's going to artwork extra valuable :)