The SiS530 is THE WORST socket 7 chipset I ever worked with. As a general rule, SiS chipsets suck. If the card I posted is too expensive, you must REALLY be on a budget. Unfortunately, decent AGP gaming cards are expensive, but just about anything is better than your current IGP. Here's a few other 128-bit choices: Radeon X1650 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 AGP - $45 after rebate Radeon 9550 256MB 128-bit DDR - $40 after rebate GeForce FX 5500 256MB 128-bit DDR AGP - $27 after rebate And here's a couple of 64-bit cards (128-bit are better for gaming): Radeon X1550 256MB 64-bit GDDR2 AGP - $32 after rebate GeForce 6200 256MB 64-bit GDDR2 AGP - $23 after rebate "And that's the fishing line, because Sharkboy said so!"

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My uncle just gave me his old AGP video card, which has been sitting in a box for a year, for my birthday. It is an ATI Rage 128 Pro. It's 128 bit-which is good, but I know the Rage series is getting up there in age. I don't know the specs, but based on research, I think it has 32 MB of memory, AGP 4x, and a 300 Mhz GPU. The memory is fine, but if i'm correct, AGP 8x is the fastest. If these specs are wrong let me know. I also want to know how good this card is. I know it wont be top-of-the-line, but will it be better than the UniChrome IGP? Also, do I need a driver or is it plug-and-play? I know i'll have to set the bios to check the AGP slot on bootup. Thanks for any ideas! I'm pretty excited to put in this thing! -Trent Windows XP Media Center Edition 2002 AMD Sempron 2500+ @ 1.74 Ghz 512 MB RAM

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I just installed the Rage 128 Pro, and I am slightly disappointed. It turns out it only has 16 MB of RAM, Media Center won't even use transitions because it says it doesn't support the card, and my games aren't much better, either. My game does ok in direct 3D mode (10 - 20 FPS) but it does terrible in OpenGL Mode! (0.7 - 1.5 FPS) I can get up to about 25 FPS in OpenGL mode on the UniChrome. I do notice that Windows seems to run faster, considering I have 64 MB of shared RAM back. And it seems to handle the Video effects in Windows better than the UniChrome can. I'm also surprised how easy it was to install, when I turned on the computer (with the monitor plugged into the UniChrome's port, incase the Rage 128 Pro wasn't installed yet) the monitor wouldn't come on, so I plugged it into the Rage's port and on it went. Windows installed it as soon as it started. I thought I was gonna have to find a driver on the internet or something. (Thank God for Plug and Play!) -Trent Windows XP Media Center Edition 2002 AMD Sempron 2500+ @ 1.74 Ghz 512 MB RAM

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350 Mhz GPU. At least Windows' OpenGL screensavers work smoothly! Windows XP Media Center Edition 2002 AMD Sempron 2500+ @ 1.74 Ghz 512 MB RAM

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