Spec me a budget AGP card

[Hen_Dawg]

Hi,
My brother is in need of a new AGP card. He doesn't want to spend much more that £40.
Although gaming performance would be a benefit he really won't be gaming on it much at all so that shouldn't be the deciding factor. He just wants one that is good for multimedia, mostly DVD and divx playback. Also some photoshopping.

I've never paid that much attention to budget cards so would like some advice on what to go for please. Not bothered whether it's ATI or Nvidia.

A problem is the general lack of availability of AGP cards these days, choice is not big but I've got a few suggestions below:

• The Radeon 2400 Pro - seems like a contender with it's features but it seems to suck really bad in games.
  
• X1650 Pro is another
  
• Geforce 7600GS can just about be had for £40

Any help welcomed

 

[semi-pro waster]

If your brother would consider secondhand then that opens up the market a bit more, the X800 series and 6800 series are in budget and are still passable for gaming at lowish resolutions/detail levels.

 

[easyrider]

7600GS

 

[Hen_Dawg]

He'd consider 2nd hand, yes. I put up a wanted in MM a couple of weeks back but got no replies, could try that again.

 

[Dyson]

6800 AGP cards can be found for around the £40 mark, new.

 

[marc2003]

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hehe, you might want to read the faq. no selling outside the members market. you won't have access to that until you get 250 posts.

edit: on topic, the 7600gs isn't a bad little card for the money. i had one for a short while and could play older games such as gta:sa, hl2, flatout2 and pro evo6 on max settings in vista (back in it's beta days ). (1440x900)

 

[P373]

had a 7600gs, nice card

 

[Trunks9486]

a vote for the x800 series

edit: its not bad for games, but i am nut sure if it offers video acceleration

 

[mame]

7600GT is quite a bit better than the GS. AGP versions can be had for £30-40

 

[Hen_Dawg]

7600GT is quite a bit better than the GS. AGP versions can be had for £30-40

I'm sure it's better but can't find it for that price in AGP, unless you mean second hand

 

[mame]

sorry. Yes I meant 2nd hand. You will have to expect to pay over the odds for new AGP cards now.

 

[Hen_Dawg]

sorry. Yes I meant 2nd hand. You will have to expect to pay over the odds for new AGP cards now.

In PC terms, AGP really is old tech and they seem to charge accordingly