Any good AGP cards out there?

My old FX1100 is starting to cause trouble, the fan is acting up at
least and our IT guys said to tell him what to get and he'd get me a new
one.

Is the FX1100 the last of the "good" AGP cards?

My mobo doesn't support PCI-e, is there another good AGP card out there,
or should I just get another FX1100?

Thanks

 

There are faster AGP card to be had, but I can't tell you what they are off
the top of my head.

I also had trouble with the fan on my FX1100. I RMA'd it once. When the new
card developed the same grinding noise, PNY refused to RMA it because they
found nothing wrong with the first one. Grumble, grumble. An aftermarket
cooler works better, and is more quiet than the stock cooler ever was. But
don't pass up the opportunity for an upgrade. The 1100 is outdated now.

Hmmm. Newegg lists 4 AGP Quadro cards. One is an 1100, another is NVS
(avoid, avoid, avoid) and ther others are at least $1200. The $1200 FX3000
will be faster, but for that cash, you could be looking at a more
comprehensive and balanced system upgrade based on the FX1500 and another
$700 in motherboard, CPU and memory.

Which way to go depends on your current system. If you're scheduled for
system upgrade soon, it might make the most budget sense to just put a new
fan on it.

 

Ebay...search 'quadro AGP'.
I was suprised by how many there were.

samurai.

 

That's what I thought. We're going to try to get a new fan for it,
barring that it'll probably be another fx1100, it's hard to convince the
bean counters to spend money that's not needed... the thing usually has
to be dead to get replaced...

Thanks for the replies,
wc

 

Does this look like the proper fan for that card?

http://www.surplussales.com/Heatsinks/HeatSink4.html

WT

 

Looks quite similar, I'll have to pull my card again to see if there's a
number. Thanks for the link

wc

 

This is where we have gotten fans for those cards. Seem to be find, and for
$6 or so, can't beat the price.

WT

 

Try pricwatch.com. Search FX3000. You can pick these babies up new for
about $350 from ledgend micro . 18 months ago they were $1600. Rock solid
card.