New Graphic Card

[m16si]

1 Week ago my old Radeon 9600XT died.

Now im deciding what's the best thing to buy?

1. I don't have a lot of money

2. I have AGP

Im thinking between these:

Radeon 9600XT 128mb (like old one) - USED

Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb - USED

Geforce 6600GT - USED or NEW

Radeon X1600PRO - NEW (is this card better than 6600gt or 9800 pro? )

Thnx m16si

[nitroshift]

I'd go for nVIDIA, better driver support, no bloatware as in ATI's Catalyst... But that's only my 2 cents.

[Scubar]

I would personally pick the X1600 out of those.

X1600Pro > 6600GT > 9800Pro > 9600XT

If you can afford one of the new 7 series nvidea cards then that would probably be a better choice than any of them. I heard the AGP 7600GS can have pipes unlocked and overclocked pretty well.

Edited August 22, 2006 by Scubar

[puntoMX]

I go with Scubar .

@nitroshift,

ATI drivers arn´t big, it´s the control centre of ATI that is big but most people don´t even install it...

[ripken204]

nvidia 7000series all the way here

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList....=&maxPrice=

[Pete_]

X1600 sounds nice, but i guess its not the most expensive model, there was the XTX model?

[nitroshift]

I heard the AGP 7600GS can have pipes unlocked and overclocked pretty well.

I had my 6600GT's pipelines unlocked (that was my previous card, now I got the one in my sig). Got 16 instead of 8 Now I've got 48! By the way, any tweaks related to graphics cards may be found here.

Edited August 24, 2006 by nitroshift

[CptMurphy]

I'm a radeon fan, mainly because some series, forget which, from nvidia are big power consumers. Also, they take up an extra pci slot.

[nitroshift]

I'm a radeon fan, mainly because some series, forget which, from nvidia are big power consumers. Also, they take up an extra pci slot.

Mine surely is a power-hungry card and it does occupy the PCI-E slot and the 1 next to it. But I ain't got any expansion cards apart of the DVB-satellite card, so I'm ok with case spacing

[heavyuser]

ati x850 this is a very good card for agp

[ripken204]

nitroshift- haha, nice card you got there. but i think ur cpu is limiting it.... you should consider a conroe then with a conroe you need a new mobo, 2 gigs of ram, a new psu.... lol