AGP video upgrade

[Blaiz06]

I'm going to keep my ASUS K8N AGP Mobo for a bit longer and want to upgrade my ATI 9600 128 AGP card to improve performance and fun factor with Half-Life 2 and other every day tasks. Looking for some suggestions from experienced users (Pros) regarding upgrade. I will not be going PCI-X for another year (the plan) I like ATI.... Any help greatly appreciated.

V/r, Blaiz06

ASUS K8N w AMD64 3200
1 GB Corsair DDR 400
ATI Radeon 9600 128 AGP
Sony DVD/CD
Win XP Home

 

[cpacini]

budget?

 

[fireontheway]

Just keep your 9600 for another year.

 

[unfalliblekrutch]

pci-e is pci express. Pci-x is pci extended.

i'd say either keep the 9600 and jump to pci-e later, or find a good sale on some card. Just about any card >$75(unless we're talking retail) will be faster than that 9600.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

$200 AR gets you an X850 XT
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0217999

A better videocard would help you with HL2, but "every day tasks" aren't going to be any better unless that means 3d rendering or something like that.

 

[HamidFULL]

if u want upgrade next or two year later Do X700 Pro or higher if u dont want Do X1600 Pro or X850XT PE in AGP