AGP Video Cards

Hello,

Can anyone give me opinions on the best performing AGP cards? I am looking for one final upgrade to my old machine and have considered an ATI X1950 card. I would like Shader 3.0 support and that card has it. I have found a few on Ebay that are quite affordable (under $50). Are there any better choices for gaming on this machine with an AGP slot? Is $50 a decent price for this card? I saw the best video card for the money thread in this forum. Wheer does this card fit into the list?

Thanks in advance.

It really depends on which X1950 AGP card you're talking about, XT ? PRO?,GT?, XTX? The HD3850AGP card is the best AGP card that's out, but it also has pretty high power requirements that you should be aware of, as do some of the X1950 cards. Here's links to the hierarchy chart.
http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] 086-7.html
Power requirement chart (just the card, not the total system)
http://forums.atomicmpc.com.au/index.php?showtopic=264

If you can find an affordable X1950 that your PSU supports it would be a good solution to extending the life of your system.

Thanks for the info. That was all very helpful. I probably do not have the PSU necessary to run even a X1950. I have a 350w PSU and am running two optical drives, two hard drives and several USB items (most are powered through AC cords--another hard drive, a video box and sometimes a gamepad or joystick). I already run a Radeon x800XL in there and I was uneasy about upgrading to that card with the 350w PSU. Maybe I'll just save the money to upgrade the machine once I can talk my wife into it.