Help with video card

[awsomaha]

I'm looking at buying a Viewsonic 20.1" LCD monitor and currently have a 9700pro AGP video card. Now I was going to upgrade the video card to a 6800GS or 6800GT. Is it worth it? Can my current video card work? Swapping out to PCI-E is not an option right now, so it has to be AGP.

 

[FITCamaro]

Spend a little less on the monitor and get a better video card. 20" LCDs are expensive and normally a lot slower of a panel than a 19". You gotta pay big $$$ for a good 20" LCD while a good 19" LCD runs normally $250-300. 1280x1024 is fine for gaming and anything else. Love my 19" Samsung 8ms. I say get a better video card over a huge monitor thats going to have a crappy response time.

I mean I see two 20" Viewsonics on newegg. One is $420 the other is $550. I say get this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824001228

and save yourself an extra $150 for a nice 7900GT or something so you can play at nice high resolutions with your nice new monitor instead of buying a card thats soon to be two generations old. Or are you running AGP? In that case could still get the 7800GS though.

 

[awsomaha]

Okay, or would this be a good option?

http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=332729&pfp=external&tabtype=ts#moreinfo

 

[cleeve]

That X850 PRO for $179 is actually a very good AGP card for the price.

Better than the AGP 6800 GS. GO for it.

 

[FITCamaro]

Okay, or would this be a good option?

http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=332729&pfp=external&tabtype=ts#moreinfo

Thats a pretty good deal.