AGP Video Card Replacement needed for Windows XP

Almighty1 · Nov 18, 2023

I have an older machine that is still running Windows XP Professional Edition with Service Pack 3 - 32bit which is needed for WinFax Pro as WinFax Pro does not work on newer versions of Windows. In any case, it appears that the video card probably overheated as the 4 pin Molex connector cable from the PSU somehow disconnected itself from the video card for probably a few months as the system runs 24/7/365 as using AnyDesk, the nVidia video driver would crash when it connected. The video card is a NVidia GeForceFx 5950 Ultra 256MB AGP from BFG Technologies which is under the Asylum NVidia GeForceFx 5950 Ultra name I believe. I can only use video cards that support 1600x1024 60Hz mode because I have a SGI (Silicon Graphics Inc) 1600SW 17.3" LCD Display. It seems the GeForceFx 5950 Ultra is very expensive even for a used one on Ebay and I don't know where else to look in the U.S. In any case, does anyone happen to know what AGP cards have the same or better performance compared to the nVidia GeForce 5950 Ultra from either nVidia or ATI(now AMD)? Thanks!

Ghot · Nov 18, 2023

Almighty1 said:
I have an older machine that is still running Windows XP Professional Edition with Service Pack 3 - 32bit which is needed for WinFax Pro as WinFax Pro does not work on newer versions of Windows. In any case, it appears that the video card probably overheated as the 4 pin Molex connector cable from the PSU somehow disconnected itself from the video card for probably a few months as the system runs 24/7/365 as using AnyDesk, the nVidia video driver would crash when it connected. The video card is a NVidia GeForceFx 5950 Ultra 256MB AGP from BFG Technologies which is under the Asylum NVidia GeForceFx 5950 Ultra name I believe. I can only use video cards that support 1600x1024 60Hz mode because I have a SGI (Silicon Graphics Inc) 1600SW 17.3" LCD Display. It seems the GeForceFx 5950 Ultra is very expensive even for a used one on Ebay and I don't know where else to look in the U.S. In any case, does anyone happen to know what AGP cards have the same or better performance compared to the nVidia GeForce 5950 Ultra from either nVidia or ATI(now AMD)? Thanks!

Have you tried r/hardwareswap

I just looked... I still have a BFG Geforce 5600 Ultra and a BFG Geforce 6800 GT (both AGP cards).

Almighty1 · Nov 18, 2023

Ghot said:
Have you tried r/hardwareswap

I just looked... I still have a BFG Geforce 5600 Ultra and a BFG Geforce 6800 GT (both AGP cards).

Thanks for the pointer, didn't know where to look on reddit. Now trying to figure out what search terms to use.

iko22 · Nov 26, 2023

Almighty1 said:
does anyone happen to know what AGP cards have the same or better performance compared to the nVidia GeForce 5950 Ultra from either nVidia or ATI(now AMD)?

The Radeon 9800 XT 256 MB agp x8 was released in 2003, and was considered a contender rival to the 5950 - if that is any help to you. Both the 5950 and the 9800 were high end cards in their day. After the 9800 was the ATI Radeon X700 XT, which was available in AGP and PCIe variants.

RD Mercer · Dec 19, 2023

I would like to have an old XP machine, but to set one up and get all the browsers and etc. to work is very hard and time consuming, been there done that. I have a lot of time, more time than patience.