AGP Video Card for ~150USD

FrankMasterFlash

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Alright, So I am dog tired of using onboard video. I have been running i845 onboard for the past few years and I am going to get my parents i865 board that actually has an AGP slot. My dell never came with an agp slot. Always gotta cut corners somewhere..right?. So my parents have been running onboard and I want to get a decent AGP video card for it. The 7800GS is too far out of my price range unless someone wants to paypal me 150 bucks. So I was looking for like a 6800GS or 6800GT but could not find hardly any. I saw a few 6800GT but they were too expensive. The only thing decent left at newegg is the 6800XT. Or should I splruge and go with the 6800 vanilla that they have left from Asus there. I really don't want to go over 150 and preferably less the better.

Such as this bad boy:
XFX 6800XT

or should I go over to ATI and get one of these:
Sapphire X800GTO
or this:
Sapphire X1600PRO

Any other options. I plan on holding onto this system for at least 2 more years. It's a Northwood P4 2.8 512k cache. Intel 865 mobo. 2x512 (1gb) DDR Ram. It gets the job done that I need for it. And I can't afford to upgrade hugely right now. Maybe next year.
Any opinions on the video cards?

Edit: I want a good boost in video performance. I want to be able to play some decent games like F.E.A.R and such but as of now I can't even hardly play solitare...jk. But it doesn't have to be at the hightest settings by any means, as long as it runs smoothly i'll be happy.
 

Tyrant222

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gto is the best of the bunch.

after i got a bum x800gto from chiefvalue for a friend I had him buy a 7800gs to replace it because I had just built his system around his older 9800 pro (was strapped for cash at the time).

now hes got the 100 bucks more so went with a better card.
 

996GT2

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For 150 USD the 7600GT (esp the eVGA overclocked models) are very good, even performing better than X850XT in most games...also new G73 90nm architecture

Don't get a last gen card such as the nVidia 6 series, they are just not worth it right now...
Also the ATi X1600 series cards are not as good as the 7600GT in gaming
 

Gamer5389

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The 7600 series was originally reported to be coming in AGP this summer but it seems that new updates say third quarter now.
 

akshayt

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A 7600GT might be much more expensive for agp, maybe efven 250$ or so as retail price.

6800ultra and X850XT(PE) beat a 7600GT, probably in most games.
who buys a 6800ultra now, either extinct or maybe expensive

get geforce 6800gs/gt agp
 

Ike0069

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Originally posted by: akshayt
Geforce 6800GS/GT/Ultra
7600GT

X850 may be faster but lacks sm 3 and hdr.

A 6800GS in AGP is not the same as the 6800GS PCI-e. It's much slower and therefore much slower than an AGP 6800GT.

I would look for a used 6800GT. They can be found on Ebay for ~$150 and XFX brand will come with a lifetime waranty for the second owner, so no worries about it dying right after you buy it.