I have an ati radeon 9700 pro graphics card, AGP of course. I want to install the best AGP card possible in my system. I dont want to replace the Mobo with PCIe, because i also plan on getting a new PC but will keep this one around for friends to game with me. I tend to lead toward Ati radeon, but any feedback would be appreciated. I have many FPS's such as battlefield 2, fear, doom 3, quake 4, etc. etc. I am hoping that a beefier card will allow me to play on high settings with AA and AF enabled. Thank You

You can get a Geforce 7800GS for about $275-300 or an X850XT for about $250 http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/02/02/nvidia_7800gs_confirms_agp_aint_dead_yet/page11.html

if u can find one, the gainward bliss 7800gs is the best and fastest agp card available. it has a full fledged 7800gt core completely unlocked and 512mb GDDR3 memory. it is basically a PCI-E beast on AGP. Zo

they r mainly only available in europe but if u can find one to ship here ur computer will be the s---. Zo

Missing a very important point in all this: There's no sense getting an AGP card that will be heavily bottlenecked within the system. Keep that in mind. I personally would be looking at the X1600Pro for around $125. I just don't see a lot of point putting anything higher than that into a 2.4GHz P4 that doesn't even appear to be the "800MHz bus" type. "Milk was a bad choice!"

ya its Bus Clock: 533 megahertz, how "bottlenecked" would the X850XT be? in comparison to the X1600Pro

The X850XT would give better performance without a doubt. However, I don't see any game that one can run that the other can't, and I seriously doubt the X850XT would boost performance that reflects the price difference. "Milk was a bad choice!"