hey guys i need a new video card (upgrading form 9600xt) i was looking at the sapphire Radeon X1950 Pro AGP but newegg stopped selling it...? i found it other places Sapphire X1950Pro 512MB 100171L ATi Radeon AGP 8X Video Card Dual DVI, VGA, HDTV, TV-Out, DirectX 9.0, Shader Model 3.0: 100171L (Retail) (Discontinued) but i see discontinued under it and im wondering what is the replacement? why was it discontinued? i want something that will last me a few more years and i am pretty broke so i cant spend a bunch of money to upgrade the entire system. so ideas is there a better card i have seen the 7900GS from nvidia but the specs are better on the ati card... idk i have not seriously even looked at cards since i bought my 9600xt years ago so any advise would be helpful. just so you guys know i will throw specs up for you to help in suggestons
PC specs:
ASUS P4S800D-X
P4 3.0E Ghz Prescott
2 GB Corsair XMS PC3200
250 GB WD HDD
500 GB WD HDD
650 Watt BFG PSU (obviously power will be no problem)
Cooler Master Aquagate water cooling system
ATI 9600XT
here is that video card link again
Sapphire Radeon X1950 Pro AGP
Sapphire X1950Pro 512MB 100171L ATi Radeon AGP 8X Video Card Dual DVI, VGA, HDTV, TV-Out, DirectX 9.0, Shader Model 3.0: 100171L (Retail) (Discontinued)
PC specs:
ASUS P4S800D-X
P4 3.0E Ghz Prescott
2 GB Corsair XMS PC3200
250 GB WD HDD
500 GB WD HDD
650 Watt BFG PSU (obviously power will be no problem)
Cooler Master Aquagate water cooling system
ATI 9600XT
here is that video card link again
Sapphire Radeon X1950 Pro AGP
Sapphire X1950Pro 512MB 100171L ATi Radeon AGP 8X Video Card Dual DVI, VGA, HDTV, TV-Out, DirectX 9.0, Shader Model 3.0: 100171L (Retail) (Discontinued)