Decent AGP Card for playing Quake4 - Under $100?

[Subbaculcha]

I've been meaning to upgrade my card since I bought my Dell 19" ultrasharp to take advantage of DVI. I bought Quake 4 and like it, so I have more motivation.
Current card is an nvidia geforce 4 64mb card, and it's barely playable.

I'm running, 512mb Ram, Amd 2500+ Barton.

I want to keep it under $100. I don't need great performance, just acceptable.
I found this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130262
It's an eVGA 256-A8-N330-LX Geforce 6600LE 256MB 128-bit DDR AGP, for $70 after rebate.

Good card? Any better ideas? I know very little about vid cards.
Thanks for your help.

 

[Nightmare225]

Nvm...

 

[hmorphone]

Looking on Newegg, you can't get a AGP 6600GT or a X800GTO for your budget. Best I could spot was this. According to the THG charts this is faster than a regular 6600 in everything except Quake 4 (at 1024 x 768.) And the regular 6600 will whup a 6600LE.

X1600 Pro

 

[Nightmare225]

Oops, forgot. You're looking for AGP...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814133013 - Loads better than a 6600LE, double the Pipelines...

 

[secretanchitman]

6600GT/6800XT/6800GS/6800GT used if you are lucky.

or an X800GTO/X800XT.

 

[daveybrat]

Buy this real 6600 card instead of that castrated LE model you chose.

3D Fuzion Geforce 6600 256MB AGP

This card has 8 pipelines, the LE model has 4.

And this card is only $74 after rebate, in your budget and much much faster than the 6600LE.

:thumbsup:

 

[Powermoloch]

6600 AGP :thumbsup:

 

[RelaxTheMind]

hmm i have one im trying to sell... only 6 months old. runs most games great at mostly medium-high settings.

chaintech 6600 256mb agp

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814145112 - exact one.

 

[ElFenix]

used x850xt

 

[yhelothar]

Used 6800 with softmod to 6800GT.
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=45&threadid=1916055
Check it out
This card would easily spank any of the aforementioned.

Just for a quick comparison's sake.. the one you linked has 4 pipelines @ 300MHz.
The 6800 is 16 pipelines @ 325MHz. It has over 4x more power... for only $5 more.
Why get acceptable.. when you can get performance. Don't settle for anything less!

 

[poohbear]

Originally posted by: secretanchitman
6600GT/6800XT/6800GS/6800GT used if you are lucky.

or an X800GTO/X800XT.

6800gt for under a $100?!?!?

 

[Nightmare225]

Originally posted by: poohbear

Originally posted by: secretanchitman
6600GT/6800XT/6800GS/6800GT used if you are lucky.

or an X800GTO/X800XT.

6800gt for under a $100?!?!?

Great Bargain! I say, jump on it...