Anybody able to help me with old video cards?

yamanube

yamanube

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Ive got two old Dell workstations here and want to figure out which is better...they seem pretty identical except the video card. It seems like a long shot but can somebody tell me which is better?

Rage 128 Pro Ultra GL AGP
or
Nvidia GEForce MX440 with AGP8X.

Thanks for any help.
 
yamanube

yamanube

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All I have right now are 2 desktops one from 99 and the other from like 00 or 01. I dont do much gaming but would like to at least be able to play call of duty 1 if I get bored. I am usually on my 360 mostly because the only game my computer can handle is Diablo2 LOL.
 
MADMAT

MADMAT

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If anyone is interested in getting one last umph out of your AGP based box it can be done.

I have a back up machine with AGP that handles everything except Far Cry and Crysis. So it plays all the Battlefield series games and Team Fortress 2 very very nicely. And SOF2....and it should handle COD2 for sure.

You would need to find a BFG Nvidia 7800 GS OC. It has to be that card. I can overclock that card to run really really well.

The card will run you 200 but if you are already at say 2.5Ghz CPU or so and have or plan on having 2-3GB of RAM then it would be well worth it.

I have played that machine with quite a few excellent online games and no issues at all.

It does get hot so you would need a lot of fans and a nice case and 700 watt dual fan power supply.

For the 200 I spent when upgrading that machine for the last time it has been played on hard for 3 or 4 years by a ton of friends and myself.

I plan on getting at least another 3-5 years out of it still!
 
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