Best $200 AGP video card?

[SoLiTuDe]

if you can afford 230, the nvidia 7800 agp is a sweet card I'll be buying one in a month or so, then going crazy next year on a whole new system.

http://castle.pricewatch.com/s/search.asp?s=7800+agp

for quite a bit cheaper, the 512mb 7600 is also a good deal...

http://castle.pricewatch.com/s/search.asp?s=7600+agp

[TsunamiZ]

so i'm deciding between either this:

BFG Tech BFGR78256GSOC GeForce 7800GS 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 AGP 4X/8X Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814143046

or

XFX PVT73AUDE3 GeForce 7600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 AGP 4X/8X Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150210

if i do get the BFG, will this power supply be enough? is seems to be quiet / popular on newegg. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817153023

[singularity2006]

If you are not afraid to overclock your card to get something equivalently much more expensive, I recommend the ATI Radeon X850 Pro. I haven't had much luck with the non-ATI manufactured cards for OC'ing so avoid buying non ATI-manufactured X850Pro's. As soon as you get it, get an ATI Silencer 5 to replace the stock cooler and then do a flashmod on the card with the X850XTPE flash. I was able to successfully do this to my card and now have an X850XTPE running GREAT. For $125, you're getting the performance of a $400 or $500 card (the cost of the AGP versions is ridiculously higher than its PCI-Express counterpart because of the cost of building in the PCI-Express to AGP bridge into the card).

[TsunamiZ]

If you are not afraid to overclock your card to get something equivalently much more expensive, I recommend the ATI Radeon X850 Pro. I haven't had much luck with the non-ATI manufactured cards for OC'ing so avoid buying non ATI-manufactured X850Pro's. As soon as you get it, get an ATI Silencer 5 to replace the stock cooler and then do a flashmod on the card with the X850XTPE flash. I was able to successfully do this to my card and now have an X850XTPE running GREAT. For $125, you're getting the performance of a $400 or $500 card (the cost of the AGP versions is ridiculously higher than its PCI-Express counterpart because of the cost of building in the PCI-Express to AGP bridge into the card).

are you saying you made an x850 pro oc'd to work like an NVIDIA 8800?

[singularity2006]

Eh, not quite. The 8800 is way up there in terms of pure power in MHz and would be a bad comparison with the X850XT PE.

The spec on the X850XT PE is available for this product: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814121541R

But yeah, I was able to flash the BIOS, unlock all 16 pipes, and over clock the card so that it is now performing on par with the X850XT PE.

[TsunamiZ]

still want some opinions on this tho. thanks.

so i'm deciding between either this:

BFG Tech BFGR78256GSOC GeForce 7800GS 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 AGP 4X/8X Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814143046

or

XFX PVT73AUDE3 GeForce 7600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 AGP 4X/8X Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150210

if i do get the BFG, will this power supply be enough? is seems to be quiet / popular on newegg. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817153023

[kilvano]

The 7800 would be faster than the 7600 i would imagine.

[andytw]

The BFG 7800 card is better and it should run on the PSU you listed, though this will depend on the rest of your system.

This (http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculator.jsp) should give you a good idea if the PSU will be OK with your system.
I'd add 20-25% to the recommended power level (as a minimum) to be safe.

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