What is the best buy AGP card?

[champ91]

I screwed up my video card now I need to get a new one.

What is the best card for the money AGP card on the market right now?

throw some suggestions please!

i'm thinking 6800GT for about 400?

[goofball]

I would look at the BST section. there is a 6800 Ultra with Zalman VF700 Cu for 370.

http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=199386

also seen an X800 Pro AGP for around 270 or around there. that's a good buy as well.

[Spare-Flair]

an X800Pro, X800XT, X850XT, etc. will be faster than 6800 GT

[Cafe_333]

the x800xl performance wise is comparable to the 6800gt, but can be had for alot less over in the BST forum.

[coomar]

in agp, the 6800gts are a lot closer in price to x800's, they are the better deal

[zerocool24]

or even at future shop its usually on for 299-329. It performs equally and sometimes better than the 6800gt for about 100 bucks cheaper.

http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20050705/vga-charts-pcie-07.html

[oc613]

best bang for buck is still 9800pro.

[vladislav]

x800 pro/xt/xl would be your best bet, they will beat GT (OCed pro will beat pretty much anything pre new-gen even with 12 pipes) and cost a lot less. At the price range you are looking at nVidia is not competitive.

[champ91]

i'm thinking about this. what do you guys think?

is this better than the 6800 GT?

http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0926INGFS10059866&catid=20397

[PSiBeR]

the 9800 Pro is $169 right now..

but I would look at 6600GT or 6800

[champ91]

no more 9800 pro for me...

[champ91]

so how is the x800 xl? i know it doesn't overclock well but it does have the 16 pipelines...is it better than 6800GT?

[zerocool24]

i'm thinking about this. what do you guys think?

is this better than the 6800 GT?

http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0926INGFS10059866&catid=20397

it is better in the fact that it costs about 100 bucks less than a 6800 gt, performance is about equal, with the xl winning some benchmarks, and the gt winning others. check my last post for a whole bunch of benchmarks done by tomshardware.

[RastaManMax]

If you keep your eyes peeled there was somebody selling an X800XT AIW the other day for $300 and i've seen X800XT PE's hit $300. That ATI clearance deal really set the tone for the drops in price of these cards. X800XT PE > 6800U

LEMAR

[champ91]

i didn't want to take chances buying a used card

[champ91]

http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0926INGFS10066453&catid=20397

how about the x850 Pro?

what does bilingual mean? i knwo it means two languages but does it mean anything specific for video cards?

[terrybear]

Champ .. IF ya find the right RFD member they will sell ya a non faulty video card. There are some quite honest & reliable peaple on here for used parts. I know if someone offered me the right $ I'd probly give up my Ati Radeon X800 XT (500 mhz core - 1 ghz ram speed & 16 pipelines) agp video card :P

As for the X850 Pro .. stay away from it ... all it is is a faster version of the X800 Pro ( 520 mhz core - 950 mhz ram speed & 12 pipelines ) if I remember corectly.

X800 XL/XT/XT PE or X850 XT/XT PE are the cards ya want to look at for shure.

[duckdown]

I'd vote for a 6800 series

[champ91]

i think i'm going with the x800xl