ATI HD 3850 -- AGP v. PCIe 2.0, benchmarks?

[Krusty]

Not sure if anybody has seen any comparisons on the PCIe x16 2.0 vs the AGP model.

I'm wondering if the AGP is handicapping the card, or if it's still viable.


Not planning on getting either right now, just curious.

[Getback]

http://www.gpureview.com/radeon-hd-3850-pci-e-card-546.html#

Krusty, Try here. I think it is a great site.

[Krusty]

I'd seen that page before Get, but thanks for reminding me of the link.

The cards are technically identical. It's the AGP interface I was curious about in regards to its capability of keeping up with latest-generation PCIe cards.

So I'm curious about a benchmark where the cards are run head-to-head (or at least are included in a larger test so that I can compare the overall results against each other)

[Fulmar]

Couple of links, not directly comparing the two.  3850 AGP and a single core CPU
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ati-agp-3850-agp,1939.html

Or a brief blurb here:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/graphics-cards,1942-6.html
"Forever rumored and now finally available to purchase, the Radeon 3850 is, frankly, a curiously powerful card for the aging AGP bus. In fact, it’s possibly too powerful to be properly utilized on the single-core CPUs that are typically found on this platform.

Regardless, this is the most powerful AGP card you can get. Maybe you have an AGP gaming system you just can’t bear to part with, or perhaps you have an older system with both a dual-core CPU and AGP slot: whatever the reason, you can’t get better than an AGP 3850. If in the future anyone ever releases a more powerful card for the dying bus, we’ll be incredibly surprised."

But other than that, I haven't seen much on the AGP side of that card (in terms of benchmarks).  You'll be hard pressed to find one as I'm sure not many reviewing sites would waste their time on that.  Not sure how long people want to clutch onto their AGP motherboard...