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New Graphics Card
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Recently the video card(Radeon 9800 Pro) in my desktop computer crapped out. I've got to get a new one soon and I was looking at ATI's X line. Specifically the X1600 or X1650. Now I'm not looking for a card that will let me run every new game at full settings, moderate graphics is fine with me. Mainly I use the desktop to play WoW and I figure the x1600 and the x1650 can both run it well. I just wanted to see if anyone with more video card knowledge had any advice or experience with either card. Also, my computer only has AGP slots, no PCIe slots.
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AGP is just not worth the investment.
Don't be fooled into buying the 512MB versions, as they will most likely have no impact on performance.
Personally, I wouldn't buy anything slower than a 7600GT, if you don't plan on getting a new system, as IMO that would be sacrificing too much but :shrug:
A 7600GT is roughly equivalent to a 6800GT/Ultra or X800XT/X850XT, so you could also look for one of those, used.
Ideally I would suggest upgrading to a PCI-E system, as the video cards using that interface are much better value; the new CPUs are also considerably faster than CPUs from the era of 9800Pros. You could also get the cheapest card you can find and use it until march or so, when the mainstream DirectX 10 video cards will come out and get a new system then...
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Also, apparently, people have had luck unlocking as many as 8 extra pipes on the card, although YMMV.