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Old January 9th 06, 09:54 PM posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
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Default Is any Nvidia AGP GPU faster than an ATI X850 XL PE?

"Rick S." wrote in message
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As per subject. Looking to upgrade a Radeon 9700 Pro on a
3.8GHz AGP system. Does (or did) Nvidia make a controller
for AGP that's as fast as ATI's X850 XL?



Currently, and I don't see this changing as no new cards planned or present
support AGP, the fastest AGP video card you can buy is the ATI X850XT. There
may be X850XT PE versions available too but the difference in performance is
negligible.

X850XT beats fastest NVidia AGP card (6800 Ultra) in most every benchmark
except for Doom3 engine based games and Chronicles of Riddick. Generally
speaking opengl will be faster on the 6800 Ultra.

Tony