Graphics Card Upgrade

atiup

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Hi,

My now 4 year old ati 9800 pro graphics card has finally gone caput and I was looking to buy a new one on the cheap.

I just wanted something that was cheap and would work in my Dell 8300. I'm not sure what motherboard I have but the manual says its a intel 875p chipset, 3ghz pentium 4. It definately only accepts an agp card and as the last ATI one worked really well I was going to just grab another but before I fork out some money I was just hoping for some advice as to what card to get...

will any agp card work on my system?
can anyone recommend a good budget card?

I was thinking of something like either of these but would welcome any and all advice

http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/-/667/874/-/5973032/Play-Value-X1650-Pro-512MB-AGP-8x-Graphics-Card/Product.html?searchtype=genre

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=222231

Thanks
 

major53

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atiup I believe I would go with the 1650 pro I think it a little better card than the 2400 and @ that price you can't beat it.lol
 

ibuypower

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No, I would personally go with one of these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161225

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102730

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131090

Those, as far as I know, are the best AGP cards on the market.

Oh wait sorry didn't know you were in the UK, so if you can find those on a site (you should at least be able to look at them on the links I posted) that will deliver to you, those wold be your best bet.