Sapphire 256MB Radeon X1600 PRO AGP
Discussion
Can I ask what you think of this card? It is AGP so a little different to PCi, do you think this impacts performance very much? A good idea if I do not upgrade the M/board?
Since my ati 9500 has died I am looking to replace but without also swapping the motherboard. Obviously I like the idea of a 939 with new cpu, more ram, pci-express but can't do that yet.
specs:-
""Sapphire 256MB Radeon X1600 PRO AGP Lite Retail
110025789
Die Abbildung kann von der Originalware abweichen!Sapphire Hybrid Radeon X1600 Pro, 256MB DDR2, DVI, TV-out, AGP, Lite Retail (11076-00-20) Pipelines: 12, Chiptakt: 500MHz, Speichertakt: 400MHz • max. Verbrauch: 33W (geschätzt) 130,21 EUR ""
I can only find it available in Germany but assuming I can get a friendly retailer what do you think? My idea is to run it on a Abit NF7 for htpc/games etc and understand the card is good for high def tho perhaps not that brill for games, output to a plasma btw.
Am I thinking along the right lines or not? Any input appreciated.
Any other ideas or card I should look at?
Since my ati 9500 has died I am looking to replace but without also swapping the motherboard. Obviously I like the idea of a 939 with new cpu, more ram, pci-express but can't do that yet.
specs:-
""Sapphire 256MB Radeon X1600 PRO AGP Lite Retail
110025789
Die Abbildung kann von der Originalware abweichen!Sapphire Hybrid Radeon X1600 Pro, 256MB DDR2, DVI, TV-out, AGP, Lite Retail (11076-00-20) Pipelines: 12, Chiptakt: 500MHz, Speichertakt: 400MHz • max. Verbrauch: 33W (geschätzt) 130,21 EUR ""
I can only find it available in Germany but assuming I can get a friendly retailer what do you think? My idea is to run it on a Abit NF7 for htpc/games etc and understand the card is good for high def tho perhaps not that brill for games, output to a plasma btw.
Am I thinking along the right lines or not? Any input appreciated.
Any other ideas or card I should look at?
I've not been ATi for long but would have to say, if the alternative is to reconsider a nVidia card then I wouldn't.
Got sick of their new graphics cards which were no better than really old ones etc.
Plus if you think ATi drivers are bad (again had little experience but they seem really good to me?) you should try owning nVidia's nForce motherboard. I had an nForce 2 and it never ever worked properly. Every new set of drivers attempting to fix something broke something else. Was supposed to be dolby digital surround but in some games it never worked, some it did but only with a certain old set of drivers (half-life 2 in particular). However some of the older drivers caused hard disk corruption so not much of an option, anyway I was never convinced the IDE channels/DMA stuff were working properly, it always felt like there was a huge bottleneck there.
It was pretty good when it worked, just the drivers sucked
.
For the average user, wanting a well developed product I would recommend ATi, but that's only based on my personal experience and knowledge.
Russell
Got sick of their new graphics cards which were no better than really old ones etc.
Plus if you think ATi drivers are bad (again had little experience but they seem really good to me?) you should try owning nVidia's nForce motherboard. I had an nForce 2 and it never ever worked properly. Every new set of drivers attempting to fix something broke something else. Was supposed to be dolby digital surround but in some games it never worked, some it did but only with a certain old set of drivers (half-life 2 in particular). However some of the older drivers caused hard disk corruption so not much of an option, anyway I was never convinced the IDE channels/DMA stuff were working properly, it always felt like there was a huge bottleneck there.
It was pretty good when it worked, just the drivers sucked
. For the average user, wanting a well developed product I would recommend ATi, but that's only based on my personal experience and knowledge.
Russell
Yes I have to agree ATI look like they have put their dodgy driver reputation well and truely behind them 
I've got an ATI 9700Pro and it's been fantastic for three years
I've now just upgraded to nVidia and i've had no problems with them either, so go for a card on it's merits and value and forget about the drivers
unless you have/ love a particular game which has a well reported problems with one manufactuer i particular
I've got an ATI 9700Pro and it's been fantastic for three years
I've now just upgraded to nVidia and i've had no problems with them either, so go for a card on it's merits and value and forget about the drivers
unless you have/ love a particular game which has a well reported problems with one manufactuer i particular
... My little Brother's friend has a 6600GT and is very happy with it, however I think the X800GTO would be the faster option. Try taking a look at tomshardware VGA charts to compare the two.
or take a look here:
xbit labs
You also might want to check the clock speeds of the AGP versions as I've noticed the AGP versions of PCI-express cards are quite often clocked slower
>> Edited by mr_yogi on Thursday 2nd February 12:23
>> Edited by mr_yogi on Thursday 2nd February 12:24
>> Edited by mr_yogi on Thursday 2nd February 12:25
or take a look here:
xbit labs
You also might want to check the clock speeds of the AGP versions as I've noticed the AGP versions of PCI-express cards are quite often clocked slower
>> Edited by mr_yogi on Thursday 2nd February 12:23
>> Edited by mr_yogi on Thursday 2nd February 12:24
>> Edited by mr_yogi on Thursday 2nd February 12:25
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