£50 AGP Card

[adsmithy]

Hi,

Whats the best value AGP card at the moment? Looking for something quiet and with HDCP if possible.

Regards,
Adrian

[Andy3536]

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Looks good to me.

[vhero]

honestly I would look into getting a new board with PCI-E as you cna buy the same cards for like £20 cheaper saves money in teh future

[adsmithy]

honestly I would look into getting a new board with PCI-E as you cna buy the same cards for like £20 cheaper saves money in teh future

If it was for me I would, but it's for my Dad whos a bit of a cheap skate. He's using an AMD BARTON 2500+ CPU and has 1Gb PC3200 memory, I have no idea if this can be transfered to a new motherboard?

[Andy3536]

If it was for me I would, but it's for my Dad whos a bit of a cheap skate. He's using an AMD BARTON 2500+ CPU and has 1Gb PC3200 memory, I have no idea if this can be transfered to a new motherboard?

Most new boards will not be compatible with PC3200, it's got 182 pins as opposed to the 240 now used.
It may be possible that you could find a board on ebay that'll take the ram/cpu with a PCI.

[cambridge_blue]

Check out tomshardware.co.uk which has a good graphics section and a regular roundup of the recommended graphics cards in various price categories including AGP as well as PcIE.
There are AGP cards available which will do just fine on this rig unless your dad is playing Crysis maxed out on a 24" monitor
Also you don't need to spend a fortune either or endure the hassle of a mobo swapout to get a decent AGP card.
There are even better choices available if you are prepared to by a used AGP card.