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Lookin' for a nice upgrade from my Radeon X1600 Pro 512MB w/o spending a ton of money. Or would it be a better idea to just make the switch to PCI Express and spend the money?

I'm a gamer, so i'm lookin' for performance FYI.

7900gs also comes in AGP if you can find it.

Thank you, but i'm tryin' to find good user reviews for it. I looked it up after you mentioned so. So far, not many people have reviewed it (by people i mean consumers).

I'm considering the ATI Radeon X1950 Pro, or the more expensive brother Radeon X1950 XT. Want to keep my price range around $200, $250 probably max. Thanks for the help, sorry for lingering around these forums. I'm retarded when it comes to video cards, just lookin' for help.

not a problem at all, ask all the questions you want

Fastest AGP card I know of - XFX 7950GT w/24 pixel pipelines and 8 vertex shaders (not unified architecture and does not support DX10!)

If you're looking to spend less, then you could get a 7600GT AGP which will still outperform your current solution.

Memory is not a big factor on cards like yours, they are just not powerful enough to use all that RAM to the maximum. So yes, I am saying a 256MB card will outperform a 512MB card, because the 256MB 7600GT has faster memory and a stronger core.

The 7950GT will unleash all sorts of whoop-ass on both of the aforementioned cards, but I'm seeing some negative user reviews of it (defective batch, maybe?) and the card does require a substantial amount of power. However, it is a very fast card and if you get one that works you will be most happy.

The best AGP cards are provided by Powercolor, HIS, and Gecube. HIS and Powercolor provide a 256 or 512MB version of the X1950Pro. Gecube is the only one I know that provides a X1950XT version. Plus they are cheaper than the xFx7950GT.

i have a BFG 6800GT 256mb (it was so nice back in the day) it it a decent card for cheap nowdays.. i would go PCI-e DX10 card- you can get one of those for around $200 i belive.

I always found the Nvidia 5700FX was worth the $150 AU$

We're supposed to be looking for upgrades here guys, not downgrades ^^

7900GS AGP is what I would reccomend.

Dan