graphics card advice required - cheap

[chemdog]

upgrade for the father...

upgrade card required (30 quid ish would be nice) dont plan on spending much since big upgrade / replace approx 12 months away. (to PCI-E) - this card needs to be AGP.

currently running MSI geforce 4 mx440 which runs current games - Rome Total War & Barbarian Invasion to a satisfactory quality.however, just got age of empires 3 and system doesnt meet minimum spec

would like it to run (at normal settings - nothing spectacular required) age of empires 3. although would like to be able to run Battlefield 2 (im trying to get him into it) and need for speed most wanted at normal settings.

XP2400+ chip, 768mb ram

help appreciated.

iain

 

[chemdog]

thanks folks... now only if i had enough posts to get into the second hand section of these forums... post post post!!

 

[chemdog]

cheapest option would be a asus v9999 which is a 6800nu. cracking card for only 105 inc vat. even has shader model 3.0 which 3 days ago got a real boost in popularity.

105 notes seems a little over the top for a graphics card for the old man for one year. the 9600se appears to run battlefield 2, so im assuming it'll run NFSMW and AOE3. The 9700 and 9800 appears a bit more expensive again even second hand.

having a look about for cheap 9600se's which should make a considerable difference. if anyone feels like scanning the for sale forum (to which i dont yet have access - i think its 250 posts) and send me a pm if theres anything suitable / your selling something (if you can do that on this forum or email [email protected]) it would be greatly appreciated. ive had a look on a well known auction site but no luck as yet - perhaps its to well known.

cheers

Iain