whats the best and cheapest agp graphics card available to play intense games like FEAR?

Question

well ive started to get into gaming and am looking for a good, cheap graphics card. one which is capable of playing intense games like FEAR without much trouble. also games like Call of duty 2 etc.

Answer 1

Geforce 7600GS should do the trick, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814125039 that one will run you $130 with 256MB of memory or you can get one with 512MB if you can spend $140, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814133176

Don't listen to the guy below, if you shop at Best Buy, you're paying too much for what is basically... ummmm, crap. The 6600LE is a horrible card, horrible. If you want to go with the 6600 series go with the 6600GT, nothing else. But... as I said, your best bet is the 7600GS.

Oh yeah, very nice copy and paste job, way to go.

Answer 2

Evga is a term for a generic card. So what you`re actually buying is the shop`s own brand with their sticker attached to it. Hey, don`t quote me on that, as it says so in Micro Mart.

I use a Radeon X800 GTO 128MB which cost me £135 on ebuyer. You can get it cheaper now, though it all depends on wether you are using PCI-Express or AGP. The PCI-Express versions of the same card tend to be a little cheaper.

Not the card I got above is able to play Oblivion with the Large textures switched on and some of the slider bars a little way up, but not all the way. The game is playable and the graphics look great. Not so with Call of Duty 2, I have to play with a resolution of 800x600 with all the graphics settings turned max to get a good frame rate. I think this is down to the amount of memory that is available (should have gone for the 256MB version, oh well)

The card has a 256 bit memory controller which is good for a card of that price.

If you want my advice, I`d go for an X1600 by ATI or a 7600GS by Nvidia. They are good mid range cards which will play most graphically intensive games at normal settings.

If you want all the graphics turned up, you`re gonna have to pay around £300 give or take a little.

Answer 3

Go to your local Best Buy or (www.bestbuy.com)

For $129.99 you can get this Great Graphics Card
EVGA GeForce 6600 LE 256MB DDR AGP Graphics Card
Model: 256-A8-N330-AX

Experience realistic gaming with this GeForce 6600 LE graphics card and put yourself in the middle of the action.

Powered by the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE graphics processing unit (GPU)

256MB DDR memory

AGP 8x interface

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Superscaler 8-pipe architecture; 32-bit color precision

NVIDIA CineFX 3.0 engine streamlines complex visual effects for cinematic-quality realism with mind-boggling speed

NVIDIA UltraShadow II technology enhances the performance of bleeding-edge games that feature complex scenes with multiple light sources and objects; delivers more than 4x the shadow processing power over previous generations

NVIDIA Intellisample 3.0 technology delivers realistic visuals with no jagged edges at lightning-fast speeds; visual quality is maximized through a rotated grid sampling

Microsoft DirectX 9.0 and OpenGL 2.0 optimization

VGA, DVI-I and S-video outputs

Product Details

Warranty Terms - Parts Lifetime

Warranty Terms - Labor Lifetime

Type of Video Card Graphics

Video Memory 256MB DDR

Interface Slot Type AGP

Type of Processor NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE

Number of Processors 1

Clock Speed of Video Memory (RAMDAC) 300MHz

Maximum 2D Resolution (at 32-bit color) 2048 x 1536

Maximum 3D Resolution (at 32-bit color) 2048 x 1536

TV-Out Yes

S-Video Output Yes

Software Included NVIDIA software drivers

System Requirements Windows 2000, XP; AGP slot; minimum of a 300 watt power supply

Answer 4

There are some good ones here>>
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_tlc.asp?CatId=28&SRCCODE=WEBGOOVID&CMP=KNC-GOOGL