Looking for a better AGP Card

[gizmosmustang]

right now I'm running an nvidia Geforce FX 5200 and the card is about 4 years old and sucks whats a better fast card? If there isn't one I'm buying a new board with PCI X16 on it

[qazwsx]

how much you looking to spend? heres a nice AGP one,
Newegg.com - SAPPHIRE 100171L Radeon X1950PRO 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 AGP 4X/8X HDCP Video Card - Retail
if you're looking for another nvidia one theres this; Newegg.com - BFG Tech BFGR78256GSOC GeForce 7800GS 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 AGP 4X/8X Video Card - Retail
out of the 2, I think you would get more for you're money with the x1950

I recommened the idea of getting a new board, leaves alot more choise of cards then

[OCNoob]

I second the x1950 Pro.

P.S. Holy crap you have a 5800 Ultra! Got pics?

[Yellowhello]

third the X1950PRO, or a new mobo would open up A LOT of new possibilities.

[wtcnbrwndo4u]

I also second the X1950 Pro, but I'm putting getting a new mobo/system ahead of it.

[Banditman]

I have the 7800 GS OC and am very pleased with it. Damn good card. It is the best AGP you can get before PCI-E

[fps justin]

i'm sure both of those cards will work wonders.

EDIT: you may want to upgrade your power supply when you gett eh 7800GS or the x1950 pro.

Also another note, your pc is pretty aged. Have you though of getting a new rig? Although a new videocard will suffice, i'm just wondering if it is best to keep buying old hardware.

[gizmosmustang]

yeah I have considered updating everything within the next 6 months when the price drops hitwas looking to go with this to be put in a modified Dell Demission Case 4gbs of RAM because this one will be used to design houses and SLI because well it'll also be used for gaming and also will be running Vista Ultimate 64-bit
MOBO:
Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-N650SLI-DS4 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
CPU:
Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Conroe 2.13GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail
or
Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail
when prices drop
RAM:
Newegg.com - WINTEC AMPO 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail x 2
Graphics Cards:
Newegg.com - XFX PVT86JUAF3 GeForce 8500GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail x 2
Power Supply:
Newegg.com - APEVIA ATX-AS600W-BL ATX12V / EPS12V 600W Power Supply 115/230 V CB IEC 950/ TUV EN 60950/ UL 1950/ CSA 950 - Retail

[Stormcrow]

You'd be better off with a single 8600 GT then two 8500s, two 8500s would be $200, and a 8600 GT can be had for $130-150 and has double the shaders of the 8500 and faster ram/core clocks

[simple_inhibition]

i think this 7950GT would give the X1950PRO a good run for the money. however it has a pricetag of $269.99. if you want a good card that wont break the bank, may i suggest this 7600GT which rings up at a much more afordable $119.99 after $20 mail in rebate. dont worry about performance with the 7600gt. i run one with my baghdad build and it plays all my games on max settings @ 1280x1024 (with the exception of supreme commander. settings are at medium)

now on to your future build. i see two things that i would personally change. 1 being the power supply and 2 the video cards. for problem number 1 i would get a power supply from Antec, Enermax, Seasonic, OCZ, FSP(Fortron source) Tagan or Thermaltake. theres also many other good brands out there, but these are my choices for the best bang for buck. ive run Antec psu's in all of my computers and have never had a problem with them. my dads athlon xp system sports a 400w FPS power supply and it hasnt had any hiccups yet.

solution to the second problem has been touched on already by Stormcrow. however if i had $200 to spend on a video card, i would put it towards something like an X1950PRO or 7900GS. both of these cards outperform the 8600GTS at higher resolutions and offer plenty of power. sure they lack DX10, but 1. no one knows how well current DX10 cards will run DX10 games, and 2. theres no DX10 games available.