Low profile AGP graphics card, recommendations?

[Cyberus]

I was given, yes given, an IBM NetVista 8303-15 last week. Anyway, it has a low profile 4x AGP slot. I was recommended that I get a Sapphire gfx card by a friend, perhaps this one :
http://www.casetech.co.uk/product.php?productid=17657&cat=0&page=1

because I don't have a lot of money. What do you guys think? Also, I seem to have real difficulty finding the word 'low profile' in a lot of graphics card descriptions. Is it because there aren't that many, or because the MFRs just neglect to mention it?

Cheers, Adam

[Cyberus]

well, the case is a wee desktop one


like this:

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-42767.html?up=unknownuser

hence the need for a low-profile card

my requirements for the card, are that it is DirectX9 compatible and under say, 45 quid including postage.

[45 quid = approx 65 Euro/$]

[Cyberus]

The only one I seem to be able to find that's low profile, or at least, visibly so from specs etc, is the Sapphire Atlantis Radeon 9200SE....

I've been looking for Powercolor ones as well. Just wondering what you guys think of the Radeon 9200?

I've seen low-profile Sapphire Radeon 9600s advertised on US sites, but is it worth the extra cash?

My main requirements, are that I want to be able to play Dawn of War, Day of Defeat (when the source is released for HL2) and perhaps World of Warcraft...

Thanks in advance

[Cyberus]

Thanks for your replies.
You can fit a low profile bracket to the Sapphire 9200SE, AFAIK.

@ Piru
I was under the impression that a lot of the **50s were worse for performance than the corresponding **00, as they were later cost reduced models [Can anyone confirm this?]

[Cyberus]

Thanks for the heads up, AdMartin.

The thing is, I'm finding it hard to tell what cards are low-profile and which are not. Like, where does it say that the card you mention is low profile?

[Cyberus]

AdMartin wrote:
Check out the product webpage that I linked too

I did!

and look at the pictures!

Ahh, I was expecting to see the words 'low profile'. TBH, this is the first PC I've owned (well, apart from a laptop) and I haven't got a clue just by looking at gfx card if its smaller than normal or not!

[Cyberus]

Thsnkf for your help guys, particularly AdMartin and Piru - you helped me work out what I was looking for. It seems (rather confusingly) that there are three versions of the Sapphire 9600SE, two of which are low profile. That's what I'm going to go for.

Cheers again,
Adam