AGP Card help please

[longshanks]

My mate has a few year old PC which has onboard graphics. He wants to buy as cheap a PC card (AGP) as possible to play some pc games. Will this one play most of the games out at the mo (Not with full settings!!):

Nvidia 6200A 256MB DDR2 heatsink DVI VGA TVOut AGP Graphics Card

 

[gareth170]

it should do but maybe a 7600 or a 7800 would be better...

 

[Columbo]

Try and define a budget for us. Gives a starting point.

Cheapo AGP cards these days wont play that much at all, well anything recent anyway. 2nd hand market might be the best bet.

I would recommend the x1950 Pro AGP but its not exactly in the 'cheap' bracket.

 

[longshanks]

£30 max!!

 

[ACESHIGH]

My mate has a few year old PC which has onboard graphics. He wants to buy as cheap a PC card (AGP) as possible to play some pc games. Will this one play most of the games out at the mo (Not with full settings!!):

Nvidia 6200A 256MB DDR2 heatsink DVI VGA TVOut AGP Graphics Card

Definitely try to get a 2nd hand card then. As that will likely play todays games at low details at 640x 480 ok i would imagine - not overly impressive.

 

[agw_01]

I'd recommend getting a second hand card.

I think I paid £40 for my 9700 Pro a few months ago, only to find a few 9800 Pro's up for the same price just a few days later!

 

[decto]

For £30 you should get a second user 6600GT which is a fair card for light gaming

Just need to check he had a AGP 4x or 8x socket and not the early 2x spec which ran at a higher voltage.

What card and mobo does he have?

 

[Scania]

Just added an Asus 7600GS 256MB to my AGP system, along with 2GB RAM (now got 2.5GB)

very happy with it, BF2 runs much better!

 

[longshanks]

AGP x8

 

[Mitch007]

6600GT or 7600GS second hand should do ya, but look about... you may be able to get better if your careful on auction site...

 

[longshanks]

Thanks people