Card to Replace Matrox P750

[Taliska]

G'day, long time no post...

P750 sadly doesn't quite cut the mustard with Vista - no DX10 support.

Has anyone any idea of an alternative AGP 8x card - must do dual screen plus tv out like the P750 of course! :-)

Cheers,

Taliska

[Evildead666]

Heh, do you REALLY need Vista ?

A Radeon 2600XT looks pretty good, i'm not sure whats available in AGP, i jumped to PCIe last time round...it has the UVD, and enough power to put the p750 to shame in 3D.

The highest Nv card is the 7800GS, there might be a 8600GS, but have not heard of one yet...

[Mehen]

If you want something that can do HD tv-out, the radeon HD series is definitely the way to go. HD2600 would probably be a good choice.

[Heiney]

I like my fanless GeForce 8600 GT. Was under $100 after the rebate. I think the 8600 cards are faster than the HD2600s. You get fully accelerated HD video formats with it too. I got it because I wanted something that was powerful for occasional gaming, silent, and cheap. Definitely fits the bill.

[Belwarrior]

Since you are looking for an AGP card, how about the cards below

ATI Radeon X1650 PRO

http://products.amd.com/en-us/GraphicCardDetail.aspx?id=89

GeCube GC-RX1600PGA2-D3

http://products.amd.com/en-us/GraphicCardDetail.aspx?id=40

[frankymail]

Well, the fastest AGP cards you can buy right now are the Radeon X1950XT AGP (at least two manufacturers make them) and of course the X1950 Pro... but be prepared to pay a little more than the PCIe version (which can be found very cheap!);

My advice to you: Buy a Radeon 1950, A cheap Core 2 Duo mobo (Asus P5L/P5B) and a Pentium 2140/60, overclock the little one to 2.4-2.8 GHz and you've got a whole new machine %300-400 faster (and more 3D-wise!) for $300-350!

[Mikko]

AFAIK, only Matrox cards can support dual-display plus TV-out at the same time. So, if you really need this feature, you may have to buy two graphics cards (AGP+PCI).

[Taliska]

Well, finally taken the plunge and bought a...

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 3850 Pro 512MB GDDR3 8xAGP card

to replace my venerable P750.

Sad to move away from Matrox after I can't remember how many years now, but the time is right. I wonder if I can get another 5 years out of my (AGP) PC, now the memory's been increased, graphics card replaced (plus the extra hard drives...)

Let's see how it goes with ATI - keeping fingers crossed.

Regards,

Taliska

[dZeus]

same issue here, a replacement was needed for my p650 (one of the RAM chips was busted for a long time, which resulted into crashes in Direct3D). I ordered one of these yesterday

However, it consumes more power than I'd like (I don't want too many fans in my pc, and I don't want to strain the PSU too much); I'll probably downclock it a fair bit.

[Taliska]

What a monster!

Taliska