Krobar
01-13-2006, 12:43 PM
Sup? I currently have an Athlon XP 2700+ w/ 1gb of ram on an nf2 mobo by MSI. Turtle Beach Santa Cruz, and a GF3 Ti200 64mb. I'm looking for ideas as to what's the best AGP video card for less than $150 for my setup?
Thanks in advance.
(Upgrading to PCI-E will happen later this year with a new build, but this box will still be used by my wife and I'd like to upgrade the graphics on this now still)
Amadeus
01-13-2006, 12:57 PM
Leadtek A6600GT 128MB (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E1681 4122206), $149
Krobar
01-13-2006, 05:24 PM
Leadtek A6600GT 128MB (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E1681 4122206), $149
thanks for the tip, I've been leaning towards that or this ( http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?Product Code=322698 ) eVGA one from ZipZoomFly, my only concern is the recommendation for 350w min psu, I believe mine is a 330w enermax and it's run really stable thus far, even when I had 2 cd-r's, 2 hd's, and a gf4 ti4200 along with all the other stats I listed. Is that 20w really going to do some damage?
Alternatively, I was looking at this PNY http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E1681 4133137 and it has the same stats and only requires a 300w minimum PSU.
I feel so fucking noob at this and if I had a bit more stretch in the budget right now I'd just get a new cpu, but again, thus far /me knocks on wood the one I've got has been completely problem free. :hrm:
Amadeus
01-13-2006, 06:47 PM
The Leadtek is the best of the AGP 6600GT's according to Anandtech's article (http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2295). Though a Galaxy would be a better choice if you can find one, as it has better cooling, less noise, and comes slightly OC'd out of the box. It doesn't OC very well beyond that though, but your wife isn't going to mess around with that, right?
Krobar
01-13-2006, 06:50 PM
correct, and I won't be either, I'm more worried though about the PSU recommendations though, do you have any thoughts on that?
edit: nevermind, found an answer, I ordered the Leadtek, thanks again Amadeus :)