Haha.. Go for 24'' instead. Anyways, when go for high res LCD gaming, i guess not much agp can handle it. Unless all the setting is middle low / low. Cut off all the candy eyes.

24" lcds are definitely better, but the price is still high, unfortunately.

IMHO agp would still be able to take it la...depends on the rams only la...hehehe

Haha.. Case is different if ur GC is mid range like 7600GT or X1650XT and above. Old sch like 9550 or 9250 will suffer big pain on ass with go for high res. Do remember, not much agp are using mid range agp card as the price is killing.

if for normal internet browsing and reading mails, etc..definately the old agp cards can still support. but it's a no-no for gaming. even tho play at lowest settings/reso, imagine how the game is gonna turned out. everything streched coz not plaing at the monitor's native reso. and not to mention the graphic will be bad too. i guess that's gonna turn off your mood for gaming

nope. 1.1k got liao...

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Added on October 20, 2008, 4:17 pmi have to disagree. gaming stretched due to not playing at native reso? get the facts right. widescreen gaming can be entertaining even without running at lcd native res. as you know, widescreen have 16:10 and 16:9, for normal is 4:3 ratio. If your system cannot support native resolution due to bottlenecks, just lower the resolution, maintaining the ratio! An example, normal 19" resolution is 1440x900, you can still have an enjoyable experience running games @ 1280x800 perfectly, or even lower than that (provided the resolution ratio maintains at 16:10).

Even in newer games like HL2 and latest Tomb Raider, you can adjust the game look normal even @ 4:3 resolution by selecting 'widescreen' option, it will normalize the displayed image.

This post has been edited by edministrator: Oct 20 2008, 04:17 PM

By the way when talk about gaming on high res with bigger screen, GC memory bandwidth does effect the game play right? will a normal 128mb card with 128bit sufficient for 22' or 24'c LCD? I think it is enough right..

@edmin,
wooopps...sorry thnx for correcting me. i really didn't know about that. i thought that if run at normal 4:3 ratio it will become stretched! but not all games have that option rite?

enough. depends on games requirement, u can run quite well actually. running movies, as long as dedicated vga, sure no issue.

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Added on October 20, 2008, 5:47 pmyea, not all have the normalisation of 4:3 for widescreen ratio aspect. but u can always set to a lower resolution that is 16:10 ratio.

This post has been edited by edministrator: Oct 20 2008, 05:47 PM

spotted a ATi HD2600XT AGP at garage sales, quite a nice price also. i think it's a great card for those who still wanna play the latest games on their p4

I face the face problem also.CCC=Crap Crap Crap

No need play the game,i play C&C 3 also kena already.

I use Omega driver now.So far still ok for the stupid ATI GC.

i welcome you to donate your 'stupid' ATI GC to me anytime, i can bear the postage, lol

@Ray
LOL! Grab the 2600XT that dlwl mentioned and then sell ur crappy card to edmin.

If i donate to you then i will have no more GC already.I have the spoiled one but scrapped already.

2600XT? I want to think twice to get me an ATI card again.

like edmin, i also dun mind if got pl wiling to donate hardware to me..maybe switch to 7300GT/7600GS perhaps ray? nvidia's drivers more stable..

Haha.. Pity ray didnt grab up my 76GT that time when i migrate, if he does i think now is got addicted to gaming.

now i find out not my ati problem probably my hard disk problem

scan with seetool seagate hardisk got 3 error need send for RMA T_T

No comp use liao.....

I think to buy new hard disk 1st than sell the old one when back from RMA.

Ar..................

im still wondering how to run gaming on any high settings?

in game high settings on my rig on many of the latest FPS games are killing

anything beyond 1280x1024 is already crazy on my 17"

on higher resolution LCD, thats just suicide? im very sure my GC does not fair far from some of the latest AGP cards(higher priced) but , how to game on 22" / 24 " using AGP ?

low low low ?

i rather high high high 1024x768.

@Jcsy
Haha.. I thought that like edmin says, it depend on the game requirement. But for me, i think that is quite for new game which 128mb/128bit card can hold it. Especially old school card.

Just like what u mentioned, LOW LOW LOW then can play on high res LCD lo.

Haha,if i have spare one and really doesn't need to use anymore then i might donate.

Er...that's possible. Now with my gc i only play CS 1.6 and C&C 3 only.

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Added on October 21, 2008, 8:52 amI see some of you are interest to get the large LCD screen for gaming?

This post has been edited by raymond5105: Oct 21 2008, 08:52 AM

@ray
For me, big LCD for moveee!! I got tons of widescreen movies but the watching experience is limited by my old 17' full screen LCD. Wide screen gaming will just burning holes on wallet.. For me, 19' will the perfect fits as i dun really like big screen.

@bai1101
Whats wrong with ur HDD?