Low profile AGP graphics card, recommendations?

[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!

[AdMartin]

;-)

Anyway, as I mentioned, this one is cheaper and you get a DVI output as well, but you'd need two low-profile brackets for it. Both are 9550 SEs, which is the best LP you can get in this price segment. So, it's basically up to how much space you have in the computer.

[whabang]

For the record, the 9200 and the 9250 (not the pathetic SE-versions) are excellent performers, and I have not seen anyone with problems running the latest games on those cards.

[AdMartin]

Well, I'm used to my 9500@9700, so to me the 9200 and 9250 are pathetic performers! :-P Plus they aren't DX9 compliant, so I'd take a 9550 SE any day, since it's faster, DX9 compliant and costs the same!

Edit: Doom 3 and Battlefield 2 flies on my card with high quality settings on 1024x768. I doubt a 9200/9250 would do very well in those games...

[whabang]

I'm running in 1024x768, no aa, and vsync on (60 Hz), and I generally run at 60 frames per second. No complaints there.
I use a TFT, and if I go with higher framerates I feel dizzy! :crazy:

[AdMartin]

 :-o

[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

[AdMartin]

Good luck!