Best AGP Card for HD Files (no gaming)

[wirelessgod]

I am looking to find the best AGP video card for my needs. I currently am running an ancient P4 2.4 on an 845 Intel mobo and 1gb ram. my current graphics card is a 9600 pro 256. My pc is hooked up to my 50" lcd as a monitor and it works great. The issue I am trying to solve is playing 1080 hd media files. I can play most 720 files without a problem and 1080's will play but video and audio are out of sinc. Please let me know what AGP card for the best price would allow me to do what I need. Thanks for your help!

 

[treefrog07]

Here are the AGP cards available at newegg, I was going to suggest the sapphire HD3650 because I've been happily using that on my P-4.Intel 845 system for more than a year, but it appears mine is not currently available.

 

[wirelessgod]

Here are the AGP cards available at newegg, I was going to suggest the sapphire HD3650 because I've been happily using that on my P-4.Intel 845 system for more than a year, but it appears mine is not currently available.

I was looking at that.... I will be able to play the HD and Blu Ray downloads with that card?

 

[weegee64]

Your 2.4 GHz P4 could also be bottlenecking your video performance. My old p4 computer has trouble playing 1080p, despite having a geforce 6600. Just save up for a new system. You're wasting your money upgrading an AGP machine, which most likely can't even play 1080p no matter what video card is in it.

 

[treefrog07]

I've been using mine for light gaming and it works well. I checked the reviews for an available card (SAPPHIRE 100258L Radeon HD 3650 512MB) - found 2 reviews where the reviewer was happy with the HD 1080p performance. Read the reviews and warranties before you decide which best meets your needs.