Upgrades for my dad.

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dagon11985

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Video Card: Geforce 5200

Games he plays: Oblivion, Neverwinter Nights.

Games he intends on buying in the future: Neverwinter Nights 2

His card can barely play Oblivion, and he won't be able to play NwN 2 at all with his current video card.

Price Range - $100 - $200 dollars.

He needs an AGP card. I looked on Newegg to see if I could find him a 6800 GS, but apparently the 7800 GS phased out the 6800 GS. He doesn't upgrade too frequently, so I'd like to get him something that will last him two years. I looked at the 6600gt, It has decent clock-speeds but the 128 mb ram simply isn't enough in my opinion. Any suggestions for a video card?
 
Obi_Kwiet said:
I think you'd be better off with a 9800 pro. Those are crap.

I'd get a 6800 NU, and OC/unlock it. Or a 6800GS if you could find on.
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No, the X1600PRO is a good deal better than the 9800PRO... still wouldn't get one, though.

Find an X800PRO or an X800GTO2. They should do the trick.
 
x800gto2 is not agp (atleast to my knowledge) You really should get a switch to a PCI-E setup. You're going to be throwing away resale value as of right now.. the high end agp cards are expensive (Atleast compared to their pci-e counterparts), but will depriciate to nothing. If you must, a 6600gt would be okay, the best you could find for agp would be an x850xt.
 
Oh4Sh0 said:
x800gto2 is not agp (atleast to my knowledge) You really should get a switch to a PCI-E setup. You're going to be throwing away resale value as of right now.. the high end agp cards are expensive (Atleast compared to their pci-e counterparts), but will depriciate to nothing. If you must, a 6600gt would be okay, the best you could find for agp would be an x850xt.
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No point in switching to 939. That would be money wasted. I just want to get him a card that will last him for the time being. He'll upgrade in a year or so.
 
Looks like I'll be getting him the X800GTO 256MB.Thanks Marvelous, and thank you, G-money, for trying to help.
 
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