ATi Radeon HD 3850 AGP any good ?

[DrGreenThumb]

Hey, so yer my Gfx card died

And i was wondering if any one has tryed this card out in a p4?

My specs

P4 630 @ 3000ghz w H/t 2m L2 cache,1.5 gb ddr 400,

I really like company of heroes and would like to know if any one can do a benchmark if they have similar specs

Or maybe oblivion as its pretty demanding

Thanks it would be really helpfull,theres not many decent reviews of this card around.....

I gotta deal with the power of the 5200 for now :):toast::):pimp::pimp:

[DaedalusHelios]

Oblivion.... not very well on AGP.
Company of heroes it should handle alright.
HD3850 is the best on the AGP interface. Sure.... get it if you can't afford to update your whole computer.:)

[InnocentCriminal]

You might find these links useful...

3850 AGP... (http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=50040)

3850 AGP: Which one?! (http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=57354)

[lemonadesoda]

The HD3850 AGP is an excellent buy... and will give you fantastic performance (within the limits of your existing CPU). There is NO "AGP bottleneck"... only bottleneck of your existing CPU.

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