Best AGP card for under $50?

[justinn]

Just looking for a decent AGP card to go with a P4 2.8ghz & 1024 mb ram. Might do some light gaming with it (CS:S), but that's about it.

Also, I would prefer not to buy one off eBay.

 

[Cogman]

Go to newegg, and do a seach for AGP and a 50 price range, then get the latest generation and call it good.

You should note that at that price, for AGP (which is more expensive then PCI express) you will get nothing but crap. I found this card

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814131039

It is probably the best of the lot, but it is not all that great.

 

[Arkaign]

The X1550 is terrible.

Go to the FS/FT on this forum, and buy a used 7600/7800/X800/X850/X1800 sort of card. Should be doable for $50ish or a litte more.

Here's a $79 shipped 2600XT 512MB AGP!

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...ght_key=y&keyword1=agp

 

[ManWithNoName]

Originally posted by: justinn
Just looking for a decent AGP card to go with a P4 2.8ghz & 1024 mb ram. Might do some light gaming with it (CS:S), but that's about it.

Also, I would prefer not to buy one off eBay.

What's you current video card? Integrated? You may need to spend another $20 to get a better one.

 

[Cogman]

Originally posted by: Arkaign
The X1550 is terrible.

Go to the FS/FT on this forum, and buy a used 7600/7800/X800/X850/X1800 sort of card. Should be doable for $50ish or a litte more.

Here's a $79 shipped 2600XT 512MB AGP!

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...ght_key=y&keyword1=agp

I completely agree, but that is the price range he gave, and I didn't see anything better (Geforce 6200.. or a Geforce 5500 FX,)

 

[JACKDRUID]

x800 on ebay

 

[dderolph]

I'm not a gamer but I'll mention this one with a $20 rebate, making it a very lost cost card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814130207 I have basically the same card except mine has 256MB. Bought it from newegg but I see they don't have it listed now.

 

[Budarow]

Look for a used X800XT or X850XT...it's generally faster than newer "mid-range" cards such as the X2600XT (unless you play 3dMark or other similar benchmarking tools rather than actual games. Strange how "newer" mid-range cards never seem to be faster than a year to 2 old "higher-end" cards.

I'm using a couple of these cards and am debating on upgrading. I find it hard to upgrade though since a X800XT can pretty much run anything I throw at it with mostly high quality settings and moderate resolutions (~1000x800). Also, I play a little older games such as COH (original), BF2 and LOTR-BFME (original) using a 19" CRTs so I don't have a need to run higher resolutions.

 

[mwmorph]

I would go used too, it's usually a better deal. If you have to go new,

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814161052
With a rebate, it's $54.99 and much better than the X1550

 

[PingSpike]

In this price range, you're going to want to go used as others have said. Otherwise you'll end up buying some POS low end card, with all the new graphic features but so little horsepower it can't use any of them to display anything but a slideshow.

My wife's machine has a x850xt and its a pretty tough card even still for some older games.