Best AGP video card for under $300?

[kevinthegenius]

Hello - I recently fried my video card (ATI Radeon X800 Pro); stupid mistake

anyway, what would be considered the best video card for under $300 currently? I play various games (World of Warcraft, FEAR, RTS's, etc.) as well as do video editing (Adobe Premier). I'm NOT interested in one of those "All in One" cards though.

ATI or nVidia; doesn't matter. Must be AGP.

So, please give your suggestions!

Thanks! Kevin

 

[kevinthegenius]

yeah... so there's a similar post that just popped to the top of the forum I'll check it out.

 

[Asymptoke]

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=40&threadid=1769923&enterthread=y

X850Xt $199

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: Asymptoke
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=40&threadid=1769923&enterthread=y

X850Xt $199

Hawt :Q

 

[thegimp03]

Wow, what a deal on that x850xt. Jump on that immediately.

 

[kevinthegenius]

sweet thanks - i'll check it out tomorrow !

 

[Skott]

Its says $299 not $199.

 

[Cdubneeddeal]

Originally posted by: Skott
Its says $299 not $199.

Read the fine print. New Years Day only.

 

[kevinthegenius]

it's new years day and no change in price

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: Asymptoke
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=40&threadid=1769923&enterthread=y

X850Xt $199

it's $299-$50MIR=$249 . . .

IF you happen to live NEAR a B&M Microcenter, you can save an Additional $50 . . .

, , , or does anyone care to link to the $199 ONline deal?
:roll:

the x850xt-PE is the fastest AGP card. unfortunately it lacks SM3.0 . . . your other more modern cards would be the 6800Ultra/GT/GS . . . the 6800GS is ~$215.

There is also the [coming this month or next] x1700xt . . . we only know it will be an improvement over the [new 256bit] x1600xt [~$180]

 

[kevinthegenius]

it's $299-$50MIR=$249 . . .

IF you happen to live NEAR a B&M Microcenter, you can save an Additional $50 . . .

, , , or does anyone care to link to the $199 ONline deal?
:roll:

the rebate online expired yesterday - and the price is still listed as $299; i guess you're even out the $50 rebate unless you live near one of their real stores? I should have just bought it last night online instead of waiting to see if the deal today was online too

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: kevinthegenius

it's $299-$50MIR=$249 . . .

IF you happen to live NEAR a B&M Microcenter, you can save an Additional $50 . . .

, , , or does anyone care to link to the $199 ONline deal?
:roll:

the rebate online expired yesterday - and the price is still listed as $299; i guess you're even out the $50 rebate unless you live near one of their real stores? I should have just bought it last night online instead of waiting to see if the deal today was online too

no . . . you're in luck if you still want one . . . for $250 after $50 MIR . . . Rebate expires -01/31/2006

edit: the

RADEON X800 XL 256MB GDDR3 8x AGP Video Card is $239 @ microcenter - no rebates.

 

[Conky]

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: kevinthegenius

it's $299-$50MIR=$249 . . .

IF you happen to live NEAR a B&M Microcenter, you can save an Additional $50 . . .

, , , or does anyone care to link to the $199 ONline deal?
:roll:

the rebate online expired yesterday - and the price is still listed as $299; i guess you're even out the $50 rebate unless you live near one of their real stores? I should have just bought it last night online instead of waiting to see if the deal today was online too

no . . . you're in luck if you still want one . . . for $250 after $50 MIR . . . Rebate expires -01/31/2006

edit: the

RADEON X800 XL 256MB GDDR3 8x AGP Video Card is $239 @ microcenter - no rebates.

And it looks like this deal is good thru 1/14/06 if you read the print at the top of this emailed ad. Text

I wish I had held off a couple more weeks and got it for $199.99 instead of $249.99 but I've probably had $50 of smiles in the last couple weeks so I'm still feeling pretty good about the whole experience.

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: Crazyfool

And it looks like this deal is good thru 1/14/06 if you read the print at the top of this emailed ad. Text

I wish I had held off a couple more weeks and got it for $199.99 instead of $249.99 but I've probably had $50 of smiles in the last couple weeks so I'm still feeling pretty good about the whole experience.

B&M only . . . unless you can point me to a link . . . my cc is "ready".
. . . and 'no' . . . i ain't driving 100 miles each way to "save" $50.

 

[kevinthegenius]

ahhh i misread that sorry