7600gt or x1650 pro AGP for my Older PC

I want to upgrad my older PC which is AGP. I have choice of 7600gt or x1650pro. I want it to last for abt 3yrs, Is this possible? When are these cards going to death, becoming obsolete? I mean, as these cards are dx 9, so will they continue to run new dx10 games in future? also I am even satisfied with low settings.
I know that 7600gt is better in performance but I want more life and what i've seen is x1650 pro playing Crysis on high settings bettr than 7600gt, which makes me think it has some more life. Want ur expert suggestions. Thanx

An ATI 3850 AGP out of price range?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102730

Should get you more longevity on the AGP platform. DX10 compliant. Only $137 with shipping, after mail-in rebate. It may be the last AGP board to come out.

I've seen Oblivion benchmarks where the 7600GT was doing better than the x1650. That being said, I'm voting for the HD 3850 too.

I don't think games will be getting DX10 ONLY any time soon, because that would mean game companies can only sell games to people who use Vista, and they'd go bankrupt. Windows XP only has DX9, and it runs the vast majority of PCs, so they'll keep supporting it. Really, no worries there.

Isn't DX10 working on XP
So u mean these cards hav 2-3 yrs in them
Also tell me whether in new games x1650 is better?

Yeah go the 7600gt.....not the 7600gs...make sure it has ddr3

The 1650xt might be ok and was the card i was thinking of...the 1650pro is slower and i think the 7600gt is better.

My advice would be the 1950 pro if you can stretch to it....1950 pro was a big step up over either card whats more, it fairs better in modern games than most high end nvidia dx9 cards.

I wouldn't bother with the 3850 agp as its overpriced and chances are the rest of your pc isnt quick enough to take advantage of it.

Just one more thing, How much ram should be there i already hav 512mb 400mhz ?

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Yes SM3 will be fine.
System RAM 1 GB is what i would consider as a minimum really. Normally i would say get 2x 1 gb sticks and run then in dual channel mode, but if just getting another 1gb and putting it in suites your budget then go for that. You could definatly use more than 512, Oblivion uses about 400 ish.
What kind of processor are you using ?
Also the video card wouldnt hurt being 512mb instead of 256 but im not sure if they made a GDDR3 512 model or not.
The extra ram would help with modern games but its not something to worry about too much it would just be that bit better is all. A 256mb graphics card will be fine on a small screen say up to 19 inch, just make sure its GDDR3.
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