Help! Need cheap AGP graphic card

[Opium]

Hey guys,

I'm in a pickle, I want to buy a cheap AGP graphic card that gives me the most bang for my buck. I have around $AU300 to spend so I need some recommendations.

My computer:

P4 2.6Ghz (overclocked to around 2.8)
Old Asus motherboard (AGP slots, IDE harddrives etc)
1GB DDR ram
Radeon 9800XT


The graphics card isn't really cutting it anymore. I want something with shader 3.0 support so I can play Unreal Tournament 3 when it comes out. Also stuff like BF2142/Oblivion runs a little slowly on my current setup.

So yeah I don't have the money to spend to upgrade my whole computer to PCI or whatever so it needs to be a cheap AGP graphics card. What would you guys recommend? I've been looking at these ones:

eVGA GEFORCE 7800GS CO 256MB DDR3 AGP8X
HIS ATi Radeon X1950Pro 512M DDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI 8xAGP
HIS ATi Radeon X1650Pro 512M IceQ DDR2 HDTV/Dual DVI 8xAGP
XFX GeForce 7600GS 512MB DDR2 8xAGP

Thanks for the help

 

[Mooney]

ATI Radeon 9800 PRO ftw.

 

[Opium]

ATI Radeon 9800 PRO ftw.

lol. It's aging

I can play Half-Life 2: Episode One reasonably but there's no hope for some of the newer games. I found the X1950Pro 512M here form $AU318, it seems like a good buy. Some reviews of it show great performance over the others.

 

[fischju_original]

That 1650 is the best choice for cash+power

 

[nintendofreak]

whats AGP?

My brother uses the 7600GS (PCI 16x tho) and it runs BF2142 beautifully!! I dont know how i manage with this sorry x1400 on my laptop

 

[Opium]

I'm not sure if my power supply can handle the X1950 Pro. the Pro uses a 6 pin connector and my power supply uses 4 pins. I was told I can get a power splitter cable and make it work with two 4 pin cables which is fair enough. But I'm not sure the power supply has enough power to run it.

400 Watts total output

 

[xcalibur]

the x1950 ddr3 will be your best bet!
ddr3 is so much faster than ddr2 and can give a world of difference but if i were you i would just get a new motherboard...AGP just doesnt cut it anymore

 

[Mangofett]

If you don't like ATI...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814150223

 

[iamwhoiam]

I'm on a 6800 GT AGP... was the best bang for buck AGP card at the time (last year).... I dunno what AUS$300 is tho

My ignorance *checks xe.com*

 

[fischju_original]

X1650 is the best budget card there

 

[pikachucrackpipe]

I'm not sure if my power supply can handle the X1950 Pro. the Pro uses a 6 pin connector and my power supply uses 4 pins. I was told I can get a power splitter cable and make it work with two 4 pin cables which is fair enough. But I'm not sure the power supply has enough power to run it.

400 Watts total output

get this. and there's a 50 dollar rebate. w00t