1950pro Vs 4670 ATI AGP

[Tango1974]

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Description
PowerColor PCS AG4670 Graphics Card
1024MB DDR3 Memory
Radeon HD 4670 Chipset
AGP 8X Interface
1xDVI, 1xVGA and 1xTV-out ports
Memory Clock: 400MHz x 2
HDCP Support
Specification
GPU
Chipset ATI Radeon HD 4670
Chip Clock 750MHz
Memory
Memory (Maximum) 1024MB 800MHz DDR3
Memory Width 128bit
Interfaces/Ports
Video Card Bus Type AGP 8X
DVI Port 1 x DVI-I Dual Link
VGA Port 1 x 15-pin D-Sub
TV Out 1 x TV-Out
Resolution
Maximum Resolution 2560 x 1600 Pixels
System
Video Standards Microsoft DirectX 10.1
Physical
In The Box AG4670 1GB Graphics Card, User Manual, Driver CD


Now the 1950Pro, which I have in my system at the moment!!!


Chipset ATI Radeon™
X1950 PRO + RIALTO
Engine clock 580MHz
Shader units 36
Pixel Pipelines 8
Memory clock 1400 MHz
Memory interface 256-bit
Memory Support 512 MB GDDR3
Bus Interface AGP
Variable display outputs DVI / DVI / TV out
Max 3D resolution 2560x1600 (dual-link DVI)
1024 x 768 (TV out)
Hardware Features DirectX® 9
ShaderModel 3.0
Software Feature AvivoTM


My question is this. Will I see a benefit using the 4670 over my trusty 1950Pro. Im concerned over the mem interface. 128Bit on the newer card compared to 256bit on the card I have at the moment. Will I see an increase or decrease in games? As my 1950 Pro is doing very well at this moment in time. Your advice please.

 

[drmeff]

As long as the x1950 is working well and running the things you want it to, i'd stick with it and save your money. It isn't worth dumping money at an AGP system anyway. Deal with the 1950 until you have the $$ to upgrade to a system running PCI-e. The performance difference isn't worth $100.

 

[Artas1984]

Ask yourself a question: do you want to upgrade your video card, because there is a certain game, in which X1950 pro does not deliver the frame rates to make the gameplay smooth?

If so, you should just drop the AGP and upgrade to PCI-E.

However the main factor to get a HD4670 from X1950 PRO would be -->

HD4670 is alot superior to X1950 PRO in texel fillrate - this is most important when you will be using lots of shadows, anisotripic filtering and bloom.