Cheap AGP card

Post by **TezzRexx** » January 30th, 2008, 23:43

Hay Guise, basically, I've been asked to get an AGP card for about £50, was just wondering which is the the best I could get for that price.

thanks :D

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 31st, 2008, 0:01

maybe an ati 2600 or a nvidia 7600?

both will be kinda crap, and depends on PSU and stuff.

check reviews etc.

Post by **deject** » January 31st, 2008, 5:00

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:maybe an ati 2600 or a nvidia 7600?

both will be kinda crap, and depends on PSU and stuff.

check reviews etc.

it will be crap, unless you can somehow find an AGP Radeon 3850 for that cheap. I'm not even sure those are on sale yet though.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 31st, 2008, 10:00

also, what is the card likely to be used for?

an old card, like an ati 9700 or GF6600 might be a good bet for low end gaming on a budget.

or, if it's not gonna be used for much more than youtube and popcap games, something like ati 9500 might be worth a shot.

Post by **TezzRexx** » January 31st, 2008, 20:04

Erm, mostly source games really like CSS, TEEF, etc.

Not expecting it to handle new games, just a few older titles.

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » January 31st, 2008, 21:16

Ati 9700 Pro will run CS:S, and therefore probably Teef.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » February 1st, 2008, 0:01

buzzmong wrote:Ati 9700 Pro will just barely run CS:S acceptably, and therefore probably fail at Teef.

Fix'd.

Honestly, for £50 for a graphics card, I'd be inclined to hit ebay for something like a 6800 ultra or a 7800GS

It won't be perfect, and there are the usual ebay risks but you'll get something capable of running most stuff.

Post by **FatherJack** » February 1st, 2008, 0:09

Dr. kitteny berk wrote: Fix'd.

CS:S is a 2004 game, and runs fine on a 6600 with 128M, TF2 was released in October 2007 and has correspondingly higher requirements - in the £50-new range a 7300/7600 might not cut it.

Fear · Post by **Fear** » February 1st, 2008, 1:00

I have an NVidia GeForce 6800 XT AGP.

I'm not sure what it'll cost, but i'm always tight when it comes to GFX cards to it wouldn't be much.

It plays all the Source games, COD 4, S.T.A.L.K.E.R, BioShock.

It is coming to the end of it's life, sure, but it sounds just like the sort of thing you need.

http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/search. ... a+6800+agp

Killavodka · Post by **Killavodka** » February 1st, 2008, 17:23

for £50
<a href="http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.a ... 091-04-20r">
512MB Sapphire Radeon X1650 PRO</a>

Post by **HereComesPete** » February 1st, 2008, 18:48

Is cheaper on ebuyer. Also, these guys bought them and use them for beef/cod4, they seem to like it.