Video Card replacement

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My Radeon 9800 Pro keeps on crashing on me I think due to overheating. I added a VPU cooler and this problem is still continuing to annoy me constantly. I am very disappointed by ATi, and was thinking of switching to GeForce. But, I will consider an ATi if I can get better bang for my buck. but I was looking to spend around $100. I'm not looking for a total upgrade as I still can only support AGP 8x and do not wish to upgrade my mobo at this time. So I'm looking for something to get by for awhile, I'm fine with keeping games on med settings.
Was thinking of a X1600 or a 6600. They seem to be in the price range I am looking for.
If anyone has any good ideas or thoughts, please feel free to help me out here.

because I rather be able to play a game then have the game constantly crash on me. :mad:
 
Thanks for the recommendation, I think I will check it out more. It's not that much more.

And yes I know AGP is a dying breed, but if I go PCI-express I might as well upgrade my entire PC, and I just don't have the funds for that right now. Stupid house and down payments and everything like that.

Anyways thanks again!
 
Depending on your CPU/RAM the 6800 would be the way to go.
If you can afford it, I would attempt maybe one of the 7 series GeForce cards. But this may be out of your budget.
 
My rig is in my sig.

I am reviewing the feedback received on this video card from new egg, and it seems like a lot of users are experiencing the same problem I am having. With overheating and pooping out in the middle of games. Plus it requires a 500 Watt PSU? I think I have a 420. I do not want to push my system to the breaking point. my CPU doesn't like to be overclocked, it gets unstable. And I'm definitely not going to push the GPU. I just want a stable non-over-heating decent video card. 4 system fans, VGA cooler card, all with proper airflow and clean, and it's overheating.

Maybe I'm spitting out too much information. I'm just frustrated. :mad: :mad: :mad:
 
well you have a few options.. you can get a new mobo for 30$ asrock 478 w agp+pcie*im just guessing you have a 478 cpu.. they make 939 asrock pcie/agp mobos also.. then you can get a 7600gt pcie for 75$!.. if you don't want to do that then you can get a used x800pro or 6800gt used for less than 100$.. here is a handy chart with the diff gfx cards and tests to show you what will beat what! http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics.html?modelx=33&model1=528&model2=572&chart=196
 
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