This is not my line of expertise, and frankly I'm stumped as to where to even begin looking. my current card is a radeon 9700 with 256MB ram, so the card I get needs to be a fairly large step up from this. If possible it should be able to support direct-x 10 for Vista. Most essentially it must be of the AGP8 standard (I'm feeling too cheap to buy a whole new motherboard)
2006-11-24 19:43:15 · 4 answers · asked by James G 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Having looked around the various sites it seems the Radeon x1650 (256mb ram) is about as good as it gets... Anyone heard anything good/bad about this card?
2006-11-24 20:01:28 · update #1
I dont think you'll find a directx 10 card for agp, as most of the high end cards are now on pci express and sli, but i could be wrong.
However, there are plenty of excellent cards that can run every game on the market, WITHOUT needing to be directx 10 or have a gagillion mb of ram.
www.tigerdirect.com has some EXCELLENT deals for agp cards, ranging from as low as just 120 dollars for some powerful pieces.
2006-11-24 19:46:11 · answer #1 · answered by Midnite 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We just installed a Radeon 9250, with 128 MB and AGP 2.0/3.0 in a Compaq box to run a second display. It cost about $80 and works well, but may not have as much horsepower as you are looking for.
2006-11-24 19:55:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Check out these at newegg.com.
Should fit the specs you want at a good price:)
2006-11-24 19:52:32 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
7600 AGP is the best you can get.
Its not DX10, but you won't get that on AGP.
2006-11-25 02:45:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋