Does anyone know of an AGP video card that could play Star Trek Online at least at minimum settings?
I am on a low budget but, still want to play STO.
All suggestions appreciated!
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Unless this is a first gen core series motherboard (Intel 775) you shouldn't bother. AGP have been dead for quite a while, and even if you could manage to find an ATI 4670 which is one of the last AGP cards produced, you'd struggle even at bareminimum settings at a very low resolution.
I'm sorry to say but anything AGP these days is considered dinosaur tech.
you wont get super fps.. but around 30 or so no problem..
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Thank you for the info. I just figured out that I had four (2 not used) PCI slots!
Don't confuse a standard PCI slot with a PCI-E slot which is what all the new non AGP cards fit into. Time to bite the bullet and upgrade your pc. Good news though is that mid range systems have really dropped in price lately.
Do not listen to what the naysayers tell you. AGP may be deprecated, but you should be able to find a card that is more than capable or running STO at a reasonable rate.
I originally ran STO on a dual 8800 GT setup on the highest graphics settings without any problems and the Radeon HD 4670 AGP card should be even faster.
By the way, AGP is a better interface for graphics cards than PCI, although you may find it more facile to locate a PCI card.
The real question is, is it worth the money to get a good AGP card? In my opinion, probably not. You would be better off thinking about a whole new computer, or at least a new motherboard and CPU to go along with your new graphics card.
Modern graphics cards are almost universally PCI express x16.
Also, on the minimum settings, most graphics cards made in the past 5 years should be able to handle it. I can run STO on my laptop, which has very, very low powered intel integrated graphics. It looks terrible, but it runs.
Honestly modern integrated graphics (specifically the Intel HD4000 series) probably outdo anything AGP at this point. Yeah it means new basically everything, but you can do a lot for just a few hundred these days, and even FINDING an old AGP 4670 will start at $100 and go up from there. And even a good mid-range card like a Radeon 7790 or a GeForce 650 Ti is still pretty powerful for around the same price.
In the long run, biting the bullet and getting a modern motherboard/cpu/ram will probably be cheaper than paying too much for older parts that still struggle.
Also remember that your video card alone won't be enough. It will still be dependent on your CPU feeding it data and instructions on what to do. A slow CPU will be a bottleneck and your new video card won't be able to perform at its best.
Um, it totally depends whether the card supports DirectX9, if so, then yes.
Otherwise, probably going to have problems.
AGP, PCI, PCI-E, non of it matters, as long as the card supports at least hardware level DX9 and the driverset is still recent and not years outdated you shouldnt have problems.
Do not listen to what the naysayers tell you. AGP may be deprecated, but you should be able to find a card that is more than capable or running STO at a reasonable rate.
I originally ran STO on a dual 8800 GT setup on the highest graphics settings without any problems and the Radeon HD 4670 AGP card should be even faster.
The naysayers are trying to protect him from making a very poor investment. You're right, that card you linked would probably let him play the game at the lowest settings. It also costs $243 lol. For less than $100 more he could buy a brand new PC that would blow away his current setup, and be upgradeable down the road.
Also, what happens if after a month his CPU, PSU or mobo goes bad? Then hes stuck with an old AGP card. OP it sounds like you got a lot of good years out of your box but there comes a time when you just gotta let it go. I used to struggle with this, trying to extend the life of a PC so I could play the latest and greatest games. But its a real kick in the nuts to invest in an old component only to be crippled by a different aging component shortly down the road.
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I'm sorry to say but anything AGP these days is considered dinosaur tech.
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you wont get super fps.. but around 30 or so no problem..
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An IGP would work better than most if not all AGP cards, surprisingly. I actually tested STO on my Sandy Bridge based HTPC.
Don't confuse a standard PCI slot with a PCI-E slot which is what all the new non AGP cards fit into. Time to bite the bullet and upgrade your pc. Good news though is that mid range systems have really dropped in price lately.
I originally ran STO on a dual 8800 GT setup on the highest graphics settings without any problems and the Radeon HD 4670 AGP card should be even faster.
http://www.serverpartswarehouse.com/HIS-Radeon-HD-4670-IceQ-Native-HDMI-1-GB-DDR3-AGP-Graph-P1863007.aspx
By the way, AGP is a better interface for graphics cards than PCI, although you may find it more facile to locate a PCI card.
The real question is, is it worth the money to get a good AGP card? In my opinion, probably not. You would be better off thinking about a whole new computer, or at least a new motherboard and CPU to go along with your new graphics card.
Modern graphics cards are almost universally PCI express x16.
Also, on the minimum settings, most graphics cards made in the past 5 years should be able to handle it. I can run STO on my laptop, which has very, very low powered intel integrated graphics. It looks terrible, but it runs.
In the long run, biting the bullet and getting a modern motherboard/cpu/ram will probably be cheaper than paying too much for older parts that still struggle.
Otherwise, probably going to have problems.
AGP, PCI, PCI-E, non of it matters, as long as the card supports at least hardware level DX9 and the driverset is still recent and not years outdated you shouldnt have problems.
The naysayers are trying to protect him from making a very poor investment. You're right, that card you linked would probably let him play the game at the lowest settings. It also costs $243 lol. For less than $100 more he could buy a brand new PC that would blow away his current setup, and be upgradeable down the road.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HP---Pavilion-Desktop---4GB-Memory---500GB-Hard-Drive/6890696.p?id=1218810613946&skuId=6890696#tab=specifications
Also, what happens if after a month his CPU, PSU or mobo goes bad? Then hes stuck with an old AGP card. OP it sounds like you got a lot of good years out of your box but there comes a time when you just gotta let it go. I used to struggle with this, trying to extend the life of a PC so I could play the latest and greatest games. But its a real kick in the nuts to invest in an old component only to be crippled by a different aging component shortly down the road.