In need of a new graphics card....

[caravel]

The one I have, Radeon 9000 Pro 64MB AGP is really showing it's age now. "It was showing it's age a few years ago!" I hear you say... well it probably was, but now it's positively groaning when trying to run EB, and I would like to get MTW running a bit better as well.

The motherboard I have is one venerable GA-7VTXE+. This board has never failed me, never given any problems and has run everything I've thrown at it in the past, so I prefer to stick with it for now. The CPU is an Athlon XP 2400+, and the system has 1GB of DDR 266 SDRAM.

I'm not really up to speed with the latest hardware having lost interest some years ago. So what would be the best AGP graphics card to go for and which brand, Nvidia or ATI? I am looking for something fairly cheap, that will tide me over until I upgrade the whole lot in a year or so.

Thanks in advance


Caravel

[TevashSzat]

Hmm.....I'd say to just save the money and ride it out until you get the new system unless you are extrmely desperate then get EVGA 7600 GTS which is pretty good eunning fear at 32 fps, and half life 2 lost coast at 55 at 1280 x 960 and only costs $125

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

The GeForce 7600GT or the Radeon x1950 are really your only two options for decently performing AGP cards.

[TevashSzat]

They however cost alot of money and is kinda useless since he is going to get a new system. Better to get an okay one right now unless he plans to buy a good video card and then transfer it onto his new comp when he gets it

[sapi]

I agree with xdeathfire - don't invest heavily in outdated technology - you're better off saving up until you can afford a whole new system or taking the other route of getting a mid range card and using that for the time being.

[caravel]

I agree with xdeathfire - don't invest heavily in outdated technology - you're better off saving up until you can afford a whole new system or taking the other route of getting a mid range card and using that for the time being.

This is what I was looking for, a mid range card, to keep me going until I can upgrade. At the moment RTW is unplayable and even MTW is slow on the battlemap, so it is quite important. I'm not so worried about detail levels. I can run RTW with most settings at low or medium.

I've been looking at the X800 XL and XT and 6800 GT and GS. I've seen a few on ebay, but I'll have to look at those again in a few days when they're nearly finished.