AGP Vid Card, Best bang for buck!?! suggs pls.

Hey all I just bought PC1 below in August last year when I was a complete n00b. Now I am finding this Video Card is already struggling for gaming: "Oblivion" but I'm sure there are many more. Apparently Pixel and Vertex Shaders v.xx are holding it back and I have found this card is at the real low end of the gaming spectrum, Frustrated!! My oaf I think the salesman saw me coming. I don't want to have to travel the expensive and painful path yet, dual PCI-E w SLI, so:

Can you provide "best bang for buck" suggestions for AGP; Make, Model, etc and brief explanatin why.

I have some kick arse refrence sites but want some input into what to look for.

This site will state crap with a CAPITAL C and it doesn't paint a pretty pict. for ATI's first attempt at "Crossfire" (would-be SLI killer, lol):

http://www.atomicmpc.com.au/category.asp?SCID=15

Any and all help greatly appreaciated. Other good sites of interest as well. Also use guru3d.com.

 

best agp card out as of now, and probably the last, is the 7800gs below that the 6800 ultra followed by the 6800gt and then the 6800gs. I dont know too much about ati cards but the best for them as far as i know is the x850xt. I prefer nvidia but its up to you. Actually, i believe that the 800 series cards only support up to shader 2.0, while the nvidia 6 series supports 3.0. Ok, thats what i know, gl finding a card. peace out

 

Cheers, hopefully a lot more to come. I think this will be an important post for many who can't afford the comp sys upgrade and yet want to optimise their fading AGP tech.

 

i was gonna get a 7800gs and went to compusa and the prices are way to high. they had a bfg 7800gs oc and a evga 7800 gs oc both for around $350. ive seen full blown pci-e 7800s that dont cost near that much. guess the prices will come down sooner or later.

 

newegg has the evga version for cheaper (deal ends today tho): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130275

 

Okay with this out other VGA cards are predicted to be coming down in cost so still after some other good models to search for at less $$.