please, need AGP vid. card suggestions for a new Duron system, budget <$55 before shipping

[preCRT]

For a system that will be mostly used for office apps &amp; surfing, obviously with an under $55 price tag [before shipping] it won't be used for gaming.

Any and all suggestions will be greatly appreciated as I'm totally clueless about post 1995 video/graphics cards.
Thanks

 

[flambus]

I believe that a Matrox video card might be suitable. It doesn't have to be a G400, but check them out. Best to surf their website and check the product lineup. I have only owned ont Matrox video card and it was decent for 2D applications.

My 2 cents

 

[duragezic]

Hmm the Matrox G400 is kinda expensive I think. The G200 is good but good luck finding one.

A Voodoo 3 might suit you well. The only reason I say that is because it has pretty good 2d quality.

 

[Archknight]

A G200 or G400 would be good. Or how Trident sound to you, they generally have good 2D too.

 

[GregMal]

I believe TigerDirect is selling the Matrox 400 for $59.95 if
your budget can handle it.
NewEgg sells the ATI Xpert 2000 for $39 plus shipping.
Plus I just purchased a 3Dfx VooDoo 2000 AGP (new OEM) for $40
(shipping included) from Team Excess..........

 

[merlocka]

Newegg also has the Hercules Kyro 4000 for $63 shipped. Pretty fast gaming card for the buck.

The Kyro would be a jump above the Matrox and Voodoo for 3D gaming. Not quite as good 2D as the Matrox, probably fairly equal to the Voodoo in 2D.

 

[pay]

A refurbished LE runs at $60 shipped at the newegg.com refurbished sections

 

[danii8]

I think the 2D quality of G200 or mil2 is better than G400.
If you don't care for playing game, G200 AGP will be really good.

 

[rogue1979]

The Rage Pro 128 Xpert 2000 can be had for about $40. It is 32MB 2X AGP. Load DirectX 8.0 and the latest special purpose driver from the ATI site, it has killer 2D. The Radeon tweaker can be used to overclock to 125/145. It supports DVD and has all sorts of color adjustments. My wife has had a choice of many so-called &quot;superior&quot; video cards, but she prefers this just for the laser sharp 2D, and it does play games decently when tweaked properly.