Best card for this system??

have a system with
MB ASROCK 4COREDUAL-SATA2 PT880 775
CPU INTEL|P4 631 3.0G 65NM 775 2M R
2G of ram (stated max on board)

the curent video card is fairly old ( ok ancient ) radeon 9800ultra
only problem wiht it is its limited to the older games with shader 2

was looking at 2 different cards a while ago since the board has both pcie-16 and AGPx8 slot I dont have a preference on either.

pcie
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814103127

AGP (which looks like it might be better)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814161337

was looking upto 130 price range. I'm sure there is better in that range now.
last chart i saw on a simular AGP was listed in 2008 charts but if I recall the memory set was a bit different

also was wondering if this board was really limited to the stated 2G ram

Specs for the ASRock 4CoreDual-SATAII motherboard:

http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview. [...] DUAL-SATA2

Yes, you really are limited to 2GB RAM max (either DDR or DDR2). Also, I'd remind you that the PCI-Ex16 slot is limited to x4 mode.

While I wouldn't personally recommend either of the two (should go with a full system upgrade), you should also list your power supply specs before anyone can make a recommendation.

-Wolf sends

both cards are low end now,well if you can find a hd 5570 ddr5,it would be way to go.

would this one work? and how well?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814127523

unless they changed the model number here is a 5670 (redwood seen in a different site that the 5550 with "new gddr5 memory would be dubbed redwood)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814121362

there are a bunch of 5670 available still but the chart at
http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] 704-7.html doesnt specify which manufacture was tested for the 5670 HIS, powercool, sapphire, etc

hd 4670 1 gb would be a good choice. if your motherboard is compatible with the hd 5770 buy it. i dont think your motherboard is compatible with that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp096bizs6c gameplay video of just cause 2 on hd 4670 on pentium 4!!
you can play most of the modern games with that card i think!
if you get a chance fully upgrade your system. buy a new motherboard etc.. but if you are into gaming buy an amd processer its cheap and performs well in gaming and other applications. hope this helps!