Graphics Card Advice Needed (3)

[cire]

Hi,

I plan on buying a new AGP card for my old P4 2,8Ghz system and after narrowing it down to HD2600 xt and x850 xt I'd like to ask which will give me better performance in the c4d viewport or are they the same as far as cinema is concerned?
Alternatively will there be a major benefit to picking HD3850 over one of these cards - I'd have to spend 50EUR more on it - or will it just be wasted money.
HD3850 does have twice the VRam of the HD2600 and x850 but is the amount of VRAM critical for Cinema4D?
I've heard that Nvidia has better OpenGL support and that Cinema might benefit more from it, but the only one I'd be able to get would be the 7600gt.

Thanks in advance.

[cutwrk]

sorry for the late answer - at least it might be useful for someone else reading this.

check out this test - you might find some useful info regarding your question.

I've heard some Cinema 4D users complaining about ATI cards - mostly because of drivers and support - so you might prefer to consider nVidia. But in general, it doesn't make much difference which graphic card you use in Cinema 4D (ok provided it is a reasonably new model). If there's a possibility to try a new card before buying it, try running a C4D demo from a USB key, for example, and hit the "Show OpenGL Capabilites" button, hiding in the Preferences-Viewport - it will give you an insight of the amount of compatibility of the card with the Enhanced OpenGL mode of Cinema 4D.