videocardbenchmark.net benchmark scores + TOP 5 PERFORMANCE AGP CARDS!

[supernova777]

*** IMPORTANT TO NOTE MOST OF THESE CARDS DONT HAVE OFFICIAL MAC OS 9 DRIVER SUPPORT***
but they are or can be made compatible with alot of our g4 machines.. i am interested to find out which cards allow proper functioning.. + seem to provide great speed under mac os 9.. so if u have one of these cards installed and are able to use mac os 9.. and have proper video driver support.. please share your experience here by responding!!

quick review of the
TOP 5 PERFORMANCE AGP CARDS:
7800GS (2006)


7600GT (2006)


6800 ULTRA (2004)


6600 GT (2004)


RADEON 9800 PRO (2003)


(randomly selected brands/pics)
check ebay for these specific cards (prebuilt search engine string)
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=AGP+%28nvidia%2C+geforce%2C+radeon%2C+quadro%29+%28x800%2C+FX5700Ultra%2C+FX3000%2C+FX4000%2C+7800GS%2C+7600GS%2C+7600GT%2C+6800%2C+6800Ultra%2C+6600GT%2C+9800pro%29&_sop=15&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.XAGP+%28nvidia%2C+geforce%2C+radeon%2C+quadro%29+%28x800%2C+FX5700Ultra%2C+FX3000%2C+FX4000%2C+7800G&_nkw=AGP+%28nvidia%2C+geforce%2C+radeon%2C+quadro%29+%28x800%2C+FX5700Ultra%2C+FX3000%2C+FX4000%2C+7800GS%2C+7600GS%2C+7600GT%2C+6800%2C+6800Ultra%2C+6600GT%2C+9800pro%29+-repair+-parts&_sacat=0

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/low_end_gpus.html
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/midlow_range_gpus.html

lets review some of the "mac-able" card scores on this chart

higher end
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GeForce 7900 GS     : 219
GeForce 7800 GT : 202 (gainward 7800 gs is really a 7800 GT)
GeForce 7600 GT : 183 (used as high end BTO for imac 2006 whites)
Radeon HD 2600 Pro AGP : 182 (reference purpose only - imacs use hd 2600 gfx)
geforce 7800 gs : 176 (applies to non-gainward cards like the evga, bfg, etc etc)
geforce 6800 ultra : 135
geforce 6600 GT  : 103

mid level
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128MB DDR Radeon 9800 Pro : 79
RADEON X800 XL : 68
quadro fx 550 : 66
GeForce 6600 : 64
GeForce FX 5950 Ultra : 59
Radeon x800 *Pro* : 57
Radeon 9800 *PRO* : 54

moderate
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GeForce 6200 : 44
Quadro FX 1000    : 40
GeForce FX 5900 : 39
RADEON 9800 XT    : 29
RADEON 9600 *PRO* : 28
GeForce FX 5600 Ultra : 17


low
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Radeon HD 2400 PCI : 14
GeForce FX 5500 : 8
GeForce FX 5200 : 7
Quadro4 980 XGL : 5
GeForce4 Ti 4600 : 5
RADEON 9000 : 3
GeForce2 MX: 3
RADEON 9250 : 2
RIVA TNT2 Model 64 : 2
Although not on the chart a rage 128 pro would probably score : 1

[supernova777]

http://www.info-ab.uclm.es/labelec/Solar/elementos_del_pc/Tarjetas_graficas/tarjana.html

heres a spanish page that seems to have a bunch of cards layed out in order of performance/power (at least up untll the 9800 pros)