New card worth it?

[SK8-BizArrE]

I currently run a Radeon 9800 Pro but want to get a good performance boost without having to change to a PCI-E motherboard as current one is AGP (Gigabyte GA-7VA). Would this be possible if I only spent £100-£150? and what cards would you all recommend as I find the cards on the market a minefield!
As long as the new one keeps me going 1 1/2 - 2 years till I can afford to build a new tower using a PCI-E mobo as I looked in to that and it would mean new memory, harddrive, GFX Card etc etc lol.
Thanx in advance
BizArrE

 

[SK8-BizArrE]

AMD Aathlon XP3200+

 

[SK8-BizArrE]

I have posted in other forums to and they are saying about the Geforce 6800GS
Which would you say is better of the two cards and if it is the 6800 does it warrant the extra £25?
Thanks Bizarre

 

[SK8-BizArrE]

lol cool thanks for the help m8

 

[SK8-BizArrE]

Right I have decided to go down the X800 route and am looking at spending a little more possibly but looking for some last advice?
The one I am looking at at the moment is thePowerColor ATI Radeon X800 GTO which would be a nice step up.
However there is also the following two which are 16 pipelines and the latter has more memory etc :-
1. HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X800 XL ICEQII 256MB
2. PowerColor ATI Radeon X850 XT 256MB
What I am wondering is if I were to pick either XL or the XT would they be held back by my system and not be able to run at full capacity?

Gigabyte GA-7VA KT400A
AMD Athlon 3200+
Crucial 512mb PC3200 X2 sticks
Maxtor 120GB 7200rpm
Gigabyte 9800 Pro
SB X-Fi XtremeMusic

as this will be the last system it is used in as next step when it all is tired will be new tower with PCI-E.
Please help as I dont wanna spend money pointlessly.
The following is a link to a site which has specs for all three cards.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/X800_Series.html
Thanx in advance
SK8
ps Didnt ignore the 6800gs Lemon but apparantly the agp spec aint as good as the PCI-E version and having a prob finding one too

 

[SK8-BizArrE]

I aint planning on going PCI-E till late next year so this has gotta last me 2 years or there abouts cant see my 9800 pro doing that am I wrong?

 

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AM2?

 

[SK8-BizArrE]

7800GS could change decision!

Hold your horses!!!!!!
Just found out a Nvidia 7800GS is going to be available.
Seems like a better idea to me shader 3 for a start!
What do you think?
Cheers
SK8

 

[SK8-BizArrE]

Right so would it be a better buy than a X850XT?
If so the kids may have to stay down the mines a few more hours a day!
Cheers SK8

 

[SK8-BizArrE]

Right I might have to put the kids on 24 hr/ 7day week shifts for a month as the 7800GS is starting to look mighty tempting!
Glad to be here by the way! as all advice is helpful good or bad as I can weigh up differences. I have been posting on about 4 forums lol.
If I were to upgrade both memory and card which would I benefit from most as I cant afford to do both at once, say a nice 2 gig pair of corsair or a gfx card?
Cheers SK8

 

[SK8-BizArrE]

Ohhhhhhh the 7800 gs is out and ranges from £200-£240 and compared to the X850XT £200 I am leaning towards the 7800. decisions decisions?