Help me find a good AGP card for my system.

[imported_El Guapo]

I would like to upgrade my vid card and I need some advice. I have an older system and I need to know which AGP card would be best for my needs/system capabilities.

My system specs:
Motherboard - DFI Lanparty UT nF3 250GB
CPU - AMD Athlon 64 3400+ 2.2 GHz
Ram - 2GB DDR400 PC3200


I would like to get back into gaming and I would like to find the best card available without wasting money on something my current system will not handle.

I have searched a couple of other threads here, but I am not up to speed on the latest technical issues regarding GPU and CPU bottlenecking. Therefore, I need opinions. I am looking at the $100 to $120 range (cheaper if possible).

I was into FPS back when Unreal and UT were in their prime and then I slowly phased into RPG games. I would be interested in any game recommendations, in addition to the vid card, any new ones my system could handle. COD4 looks interesting, but I do not know if my machine will run it.

Thanks

 

[OS]

this is a long shot since they may all be gone, but you can try looking for the $60 best buy 2600XT

 

[myocardia]

This 2600XT is the fasest card in your price range. The more expensive AGP 3850's are faster, but they're also faster than your processor, unless you game at high resoltions.

 

[Skunkwourk]

I have the same computer as you except I have a 3700 in it instead of a 3400. I run a x1950 pro. You can try getting one off ebay, just make sure your power supply can handle it. I might be interested in selling mine (to get a 3850), but Im not sure mine would fit in your case as I put an Accelero S1 on it so though its fanless, cool, and makes no noise, it also takes up 2 slots.

 

[evolucion8]

The Athlon 64 is a very nice gaming chip, if you overclock it more, you can get the HD 3850 which costs only 164 on Newegg, even if you don't overclock it, you will still get a nice performance boost, even Pentium 4 users had a considerable performance boost upgrading from the old but still powerful X1950PRO.

 

[ajaidevsingh]

If you want you can get the 3850 Agp... There are driver issues with vista but not XP...!!!

 

[OS]

i am having driver problems with mine in WinXP, i can either use
ATI's latest, and crash HL2, but not crysis,
or run omegas, and crash crysis, but not HL2.

 

[Skunkwourk]

Originally posted by: OS
i am having driver problems with mine in WinXP, i can either use
ATI's latest, and crash HL2, but not crysis,
or run omegas, and crash crysis, but not HL2.

with the 3850 i assume?

not sure whats out there but did you try looking and applying any hotfixes?

this thread at Rage might help Text