Video card/graphics card noob questions

So i am a noob with PC hardware and i am woundering what video card i should get that can play all games out at the moment and games for next year so it will last *and the speed would be fast*?

Details; please list some *or top 5* of each video card for AGP PCI PCI-E *Mainly PCI-E and whatevers better AGP or PCI*, also my price range is £50-150 so id say $100-200.

Due to my motherboard not allowing PCI-E i am more happy to buy a new motherboard aswell but if an AGP/PCI video card will be good enough for this year and the entire next year then is there any point?

in AGP i don't think you can get anything much better than a X1950XT, like this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102093

EDIT: the x1950will last 2 years, but by 2009 it'll only run games on low/medium

There are only two with two years' potential. Both are PCIe, both are Geforce 8800s.Kiwi_1

Agreed.

£50-£150? Tricky-if you can stretch to about £180 then the 8800GTS is OK, otherwise go with the x1950manic111

180 + new mobo because there are no 8800GTS on AGP

The OP has set an impossible goal. The X1950 will not run run everything fast for two years. The cards that can do that are PCIe only and cost more than he has budgeted for the purchase.

Game requirements have moved from the escalator up onto the express elevator. Two years from now, given any relation to changes over the past year, and there will be no AGP card able to go above the lower end of medium. The X1950 XT has been seen in an AGP version, making it the fastest AGP in existence. But it is Dx9, and a year and a half from now, a sizable part of the newest and best games will start to appear in Dx10 (not exclusively, at first, despite Microsoft's wishes).

If you will settle for "playable, but nothing special", why the X1950 XT has two years in it (not sure about the rest of a system from now -- memory requirements are almost certain to be at 2 GBs by then, for instance).

I can stretch my budget £100-200 and or $200-300... can someone explain why they will last two years? and can someone know give me a video card? aswell as so its okai to have an AGP card for two years or would it be best to have a PCI - E card or whats better?

I can stretch my budget £100-200 and or $200-300... can someone explain why they will last two years? and can someone know give me a video card? aswell as so its okai to have an AGP card for two years or would it be best to have a PCI - E card or whats better?

kier1992

to use a PCIe card, you'd need a PCIe mobo, which you don't have, so, the best card you can get is a X1950(AGP version), and i don't think you can buy a good VGA and mobo for $300, as changing the mobo usually means a entire new PC

and also, as I said in my first post, the X1950 WILL last 2 years, but it won't be a great card by there, I was using a FX5500 until some days ago, and just now it's stopping to run most new games, i could run games like NFSC, AOE3 and others, but just on low and with low FPS(around 20-25 averange)

What card do you mean these are the ones i found x1950; Radeon X1950 XT AGP
Radeon X1950 GT AGP
Radeon X1950 CrossFire

Two years could be enough for me i surpose... or i could just see if my uncle will let me spend even more lol.

What card do you mean these are the ones i found x1950; Radeon X1950 XT AGP
Radeon X1950 GT AGP
Radeon X1950 CrossFire

Two years could be enough for me i surpose... or i could just see if my uncle will let me spend even more lol.

kier1992

It's name is Radeon X1950XT AGP, it's the card i linked in my first post, try to find it

You might want to go with a GeForce 7600 GS its a nooby card and you can get one for around like $150.Rewey

Lol a X1950 is alot better than that nooby 7600 GS do your research -.-