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#1 kier1992
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Its my birthay on April 2nd and i want to get a good video card that can play mostly all new games (such as WOW, Everquest 2, Elders scroll iv, Dark messiah, neverwinter nights 2 and other games).

I know my motherbard can hold an AGP or PCI but i dont think it can hold PCI-E so ill just stick with the AGP video cards could people just give me a list of video cards (AGP) bet to worst (price ranging 100-200quid) and cause i want the list cause i may get one of the best ones from ebay =).

Many Thanks KAEdwards

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#2 BLKR4330
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Top three agp gpu's are:
1) x1950pro
2) GF 7800gs
3) GF 7600gt
They will all be within that budget (see here for example) but what to get also depends on your sytem specs, and make sure your psu can handle it.
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#3 adam0926
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get a new motherboard for your birthday and use any money you get to buy a 8800gts 320mb 
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#4 SSJBen
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Sticking with AGP is just going to pro-long your longevity from the dying AGP interface. The x1950Pro is the best AGP card out right now and is able to handle most games on 1024x768 at max and some of the latest games on medium-high at 1280x1024. This also depends on your other hardware as well.
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#5 kier1992
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What do you mean by hardware? I think most video cards meet the requirements for all new games but some are faster or slower... and as for buy a new motherboard for my birthday well there isnt any point because my motherboard can handle most of the AGP cards and as long as i can play the game and it runs fast then its alright.

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Your CPU and RAM will play a role in how good a game runs as well. Also, if your CPU is too weak... games which takes up huge chunk of resources will start to bottleneck your CPU, thus your game starting to become GPU bound rather than a balanced state. Yes, most graphics card meet the requirements for almost ever new game out there. But if you are wanting to play Oblivion with a Gefore 6200 at 1280x1024 and only getting less than 5 FPS, be my guest. The x1950 Pro can handle most games right up till the end of this year and maybe a little more after that. But it won't be long before it turns out to be a scrap piece of metal.
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If you have a 500+watt PSU go with the X1950 Pro from Sapphire. This card kicks some butt with APG people like me. Spend the 250 bucks now then upgrade with Crysis comes out or whatever.
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#8 kier1992
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So i am going to be upgrading my RAM to about 1gb and about the CPU how do i found stuff out about that.

In other words you are telling me i can get the x1950 pro (which is one of the best AGP cards out atm) but it depends also on RAM and CPU?

Your CPU and RAM will play a role in how good a game runs as well. Also, if your CPU is too weak... games which takes up huge chunk of resources will start to bottleneck your CPU, thus your game starting to become GPU bound rather than a balanced state. Yes, most graphics card meet the requirements for almost ever new game out there. But if you are wanting to play Oblivion with a Gefore 6200 at 1280x1024 and only getting less than 5 FPS, be my guest. The x1950 Pro can handle most games right up till the end of this year and maybe a little more after that. But it won't be long before it turns out to be a scrap piece of metal.SSJBen