need a new AGP video card

[Mindflux]

My dad just got a new and enormous monitor (1920x1200 or something like that) and his old video card is having trouble running things now.

He has a sapphire radeon 9600pro now, I figured it should be pretty easy to find something newer and fairly cheap that will run better but I don't know what to get. I was look at this but I can't really tell whether or not it'd be a big improvement.

He doesn't really need something incredible, the most stressful thing he does is run WoW which isn't all that intensive.

So, any suggestions on a cheap AGP card that'll still be a nice improvement on his crappy 9600? (looking for cheap here, he can hardly tell how bad it's running now so trying to keep this under $100)

[Guest r3d c0m3t]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814103046

 

GDDR3 is more expensive, but this'll definitely get him by.

 

This one is a bit cheaper....

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814129097

 

Cheers.

[n_w95482]

Here's the two I would recommend:

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814131070

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814102085

 

I just got the Sapphire card (512 MB version though) for a friend, I'll be putting it in this weekend. I'm looking forward to testing it out .

[soundx98]

All good choices

In fact any of them will me a huge improvement over a 9600.

Just like death and taxes, you can always be sure that last year's vid card will get killed by the new model this year (similar price points).

 

Really, for $70 to $99 it will be a big improvement.

(might even get your Dad Jonesin' so he buys even more new toys)

All ATI cards too.

I always thought they had better Image Quality in their entry level cards than nVidia did

Tell him to get a new case too, for himself, for Christmas, to show what a pimp he is (old guys love that when you say that)

 

Use the NewEgg link at the top of page so DIY-Street makes a buck or too.

 

Happy Holidays!