Need Upgrade Help

[rpatone]

Hey guys, first time poster.

Was wondering if you guys could recommend an AGP card for me.

My ATI x850 Pro 256 MB recently bit the dust and no longer works.
My motherboad is an ASUS P4C800 and does not support PCI-E cards, so I am looking for a good replacement for my AGP ATI card. Something that can play games like Battlefield 2.

My processor is a Intel 3.2 Ghz HT chip. I'm looking for an AGP card that will be an upgrade over the x850 Pro, but that won't be bottlenecked by my processor. Something about $200 or less. Went to Best Buy (I know, I know) and they didn't even cary AGP cards anymore, haha.

Any suggestions? I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks guys (and gals!)

 

[Denithor]

Powercolor 3850

$85 after $10MIR

 

[toyota]

Originally posted by: rpatone
Hey guys, first time poster.

Was wondering if you guys could recommend an AGP card for me.

My ATI x850 Pro 256 MB recently bit the dust and no longer works.
My motherboad is an ASUS P4C800 and does not support PCI-E cards, so I am looking for a good replacement for my AGP ATI card. Something that can play games like Battlefield 2.

My processor is a Intel 3.2 Ghz HT chip. I'm looking for an AGP card that will be an upgrade over the x850 Pro, but that won't be bottlenecked by my processor. Something about $200 or less. Went to Best Buy (I know, I know) and they didn't even cary AGP cards anymore, haha.

Any suggestions? I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks guys (and gals!)

please dont sink 200 bucks into an AGP single core P4 computer. any decent card will be bottleneck in modern games with that cpu.

 

[happy medium]

Originally posted by: toyota

Originally posted by: rpatone
Hey guys, first time poster.

Was wondering if you guys could recommend an AGP card for me.

My ATI x850 Pro 256 MB recently bit the dust and no longer works.
My motherboad is an ASUS P4C800 and does not support PCI-E cards, so I am looking for a good replacement for my AGP ATI card. Something that can play games like Battlefield 2.

My processor is a Intel 3.2 Ghz HT chip. I'm looking for an AGP card that will be an upgrade over the x850 Pro, but that won't be bottlenecked by my processor. Something about $200 or less. Went to Best Buy (I know, I know) and they didn't even cary AGP cards anymore, haha.

Any suggestions? I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks guys (and gals!)

please dont sink 200 bucks into an AGP single core P4 computer. any decent card will be bottleneck in modern games with that cpu.

Toyota is right get yourself a used 6800gt/7800gs or 2600xt

 

[Denithor]

Originally posted by: happy medium

Originally posted by: toyota

Originally posted by: rpatone
Hey guys, first time poster.

Was wondering if you guys could recommend an AGP card for me.

My ATI x850 Pro 256 MB recently bit the dust and no longer works.
My motherboad is an ASUS P4C800 and does not support PCI-E cards, so I am looking for a good replacement for my AGP ATI card. Something that can play games like Battlefield 2.

My processor is a Intel 3.2 Ghz HT chip. I'm looking for an AGP card that will be an upgrade over the x850 Pro, but that won't be bottlenecked by my processor. Something about $200 or less. Went to Best Buy (I know, I know) and they didn't even cary AGP cards anymore, haha.

Any suggestions? I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks guys (and gals!)

please dont sink 200 bucks into an AGP single core P4 computer. any decent card will be bottleneck in modern games with that cpu.

Toyota is right get yourself a used 6800gt/7800gs or 2600xt

WTH guys? I linked him an $85 AGP 3850 above - that suites his needs perfectly. Fast enough for older games like BF2, won't be too cpu-bottlenecked and - best of all - cheap.

 

[brblx]

3850 will be a decent upgrade. although i remember running BF2 at pretty high settings with an x850pro and 3000+ with no issues.

 

[lifeblood]

I would actually consider a PCI video card. When you replace your AGP mobo, the AGP video card is unusable. With a PCI card, you can put it into the new PC or a MPC, or something like that. It can still be used.

Otherwise, the 3850 suggested above would be perfect.