ATI AGP Card suggestions

[Jhock]

Well, I have a ATI AIW 9800 Pro card and although it has been really
good, I am at the point where I either need to upgrade my Asus P4C800 MB
and P4 3.ghz chip or maybe just getting a faster AGP video card which
would have more on board memory and be faster. Just got Flight
Simulator X and it is not bad but could be faster. Games like FEAR, and
Half Life 2 ep 1 play good at 1024x768, sometime HL2 gettings some
artifacts like little snow flakes in the scene but rarely.

What newer ATI card in the $200 range would be a good upgrade. Must be
AGP .

Jack

 

[Fidelis K]

Well, I have a ATI AIW 9800 Pro card and although it has been really good,
I am at the point where I either need to upgrade my Asus P4C800 MB and P4
3.ghz chip or maybe just getting a faster AGP video card which would have
more on board memory and be faster. Just got Flight Simulator X and it is
not bad but could be faster. Games like FEAR, and Half Life 2 ep 1 play
good at 1024x768, sometime HL2 gettings some artifacts like little snow
flakes in the scene but rarely.

What newer ATI card in the $200 range would be a good upgrade. Must be
AGP .

Jack

I upgraded from the AIW 9800 to X850 Pro AGP and the graphic performance
jumped significantly. I got it for $200 brand new 6 months ago.

 

[Roger Wilkerson]

The X1300 and X850 AGP cards are now in the $100-130 price range via
most outlets.

Just a couple of weeks ago, Best had the x1300 for less than $100.
Seem to recall around $80. These are 8x AGP cards with 256mbyte of
DDR2 ram. Add another $50 for an AGP card with 512mbyte.

Roger

 

[Frodo]

X850 AGP cards at Newegg start at $135.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102606

Powercolor is just coming out with an X1950 AGP for $249.
Hopefully other companies will be coming out soon with X1950 AGPs
and the price should drop a bit.