Upgrade from a AGP 7300LE?

[ssmacc]

My nephew has a old Pentium D @ ~3.2 GHz, it’s an AGP motherboard with a NVIDIA 7300LE. I know it’s not the best PC in the world but it won’t be replaced for a while yet. His birthday is coming up and I was thinking of getting him a graphics card, can anyone recommend one that would be worth the purchase?

Cheers

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

At the moment if I was looking for an AGP card I'd opt for an ATI 3650 or the X1950Pro which are both £58 on OcUK. I'd probably shift towards the 3650 because it's "newer" but both cards would be great upgrades from a 7300LE. There is the 3850 but it's quite a bit more...
Unless you can find a used Gainward 7800GS+ (with 24pipes) then I'm not sure Nvidia have anything that comes close.

 

[mame]

7600gt would be a good card for that system if you can find one. x1950pro is better but will cost a bit more but requires a half decent PSU

 

[ssmacc]

Found a ATI 2600XT I assume thats a good upgrade?

 

[pastymuncher]

Found a ATI 2600XT I assume thats a good upgrade?

It is an upgrade but the 2*** series cards were never much of a success. Depends on the price really. I think the fastest agp card is the ATI 3850 but as it's agp you will pay a premium for one.

 

[ACESHIGH]

Found a ATI 2600XT I assume thats a good upgrade?

From the 7300LE its a pretty good upgrade.

 

[Coldfox]

3850 Pro if you can afford it.