ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edition AGP - Beyond3D
Beyond3D published their review of the ATI Radeon X850 XT PE being one last high-end AGP graphics board. They looked at the chip and board layout and run a bunch of games benchmarks to measure the board’s performance. Here is a part of their conclusion:
During this review the Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edition proved it has enough stamina to handle even the most pixel hungry games [...]
However, the future of graphics boards is PCI-Express and the user has to decide on when he wants to upgrade. On systems without high-end CPUs this ATI board will serve you well until multi-core becomes mainstream with games making use of it.