I have a P4 2.79 ghz system with 1 gig ram. I currently run an ATI Radeon 9200 128mb AGP. I see Circuit City this week has a great deal on a Radeon x1300 Pro 256mb AGP. Will I get enough improvement to justify the $79 price, less a 20% discount coupon?

Depends on the resolution... Rgds Jaap

That doesn't make much sense. At a single given res using both cards in the system referenced for comparison there will either be a difference or not. My question really is will the system with a P4 at the speed I quoted see any perf improvement with a faster card with more card memory.>Depends on the resolution... >>Rgds >>Jaap

Well, upto you to believe it or not... ;-) Without going into details, it WILL make a difference whether you're using GPU X at resolution Y or Z. Rgds Jaap

Jaap,Let's try this. I'm running the 9200 128MB as say res Y. So if I run the X1300 Pro 256mb at res Y also, then in the P4 2.68 ghz system will I see any significant improvement? I fully understand that if I demand more from the X1300 than I currently demand from the 9200 that the answer would be affected. That is NOT my question.What I am really asking is if my P4 2.68 is fast enough to realize any throughput from the faster video card.

What I am really asking is if my P4 2.68 is fast enough to realize any throughput from the faster video card.In one word YES...... BUT you mean the X1300AGP not PRO (the PRO is PCI-e), it's roughly equal to a lowend 6600 should not present a bottleneck. However improvement or not depends what Jaap allready said on Resolution.Comparison:YOUR CURRENT 9200 128Manufacturer: ATiSeries: Radeon 9GPU: RV280Release Date: 0000-00-00Interface: AGP 8XCore Clock: 250 MHzMemory Clock: 200 MHz (400 DDR)Memory Bandwidth: 6.4 GB/secShader Operations: 1000 Operations/secPixel Fill Rate: 1000 MPixels/secTexture Fill Rate: 1000 MTexels/secVertex Operations: 62.5 MVertices/secX1300PRO PCI-eManufacturer: ATiSeries: Radeon X1KGPU: RV515Release Date: 2005-10-05Interface: PCI-E x16Core Clock: 600 MHzMemory Clock: 400 MHz (800 DDR)Memory Bandwidth: 12.8 GB/secShader Operations: 2400 Operations/secPixel Fill Rate: 2400 MPixels/secTexture Fill Rate: 2400 MTexels/secVertex Operations: 300 MVertices/secX1300AGPManufacturer: ATiSeries: Radeon X1KGPU: RV515Release Date: 2005-12-01Interface: AGP 8XCore Clock: 450 MHzMemory Clock: 250 MHz (500 DDR)Memory Bandwidth: 8 GB/secShader Operations: 1800 Operations/secPixel Fill Rate: 1800 MPixels/secTexture Fill Rate: 1800 MTexels/secVertex Operations: 225 MVertices/sec

Thanks for that, Davis. Adding to the technical data you posted: AFAIK, a X1300 is full DX9 plus PixelShader 'enough for FSX' vs DX8 & 'not enough PS-for-FSX' (9200). IMHO, just don't take that FlyTendo beyond 1024x, regardless which GPU. At 1024x, 128MB adapters are fine. ;-) Kind regards Jaap

I think that reply is not correct. I am looking at what is clearly a Radeon x1300 PRO AGP. PRO. Both the ATI site and www.hardwaresecrets/article/131 both list a Pro AGP with same specs as the Pro PCI. The card is at Circuit City with $10 instant and $40 rebate, for cost of $79.99. The box depicted online clearly is labeled X1300 Pro and AGP. Follow this link:http://www.circuitcity.com/ccd/productDeta...cm_keycode=8360

So they made another version Pro for AGP that i was unaware off. You know the word "Friendly" ? Geez