The 7600 GT is an amazing card in this price range, sporting new SM 3.0 technology and very high clock speeds that let it deliver excellent performance. Its weakest feature is its 128-bit memory bus, but its high memory speeds offset that disadvantage and make it competitive with 256-bit cards like the X800 XT / X850 XT, and even the 7800 GS.

The worst thing we can say about the 7600 GT AGP is that the X1950 PRO is quite a bit better. But it is also more expensive, so the 7600 GT is still a great value.

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The X1950 PRO is similar to the X1900 GT, the main difference being that it is not based on the X1900 XT, but a new, less power-hungry core. The card's main competition is the 7900 GS, which it beats in almost every benchmark, but the 7900 GS isn't available in an AGP flavour, which makes the X1950 PRO the fastest AGP card available*

*The Gainward BLISS+ 7800 GS series cards, which actually have 7900 GT and 7900 GS GPUs, are also fast AGP cards and on par with the X1950 PRO. These, however, are far more expensive, and can only be purchased in Europe.

The X1950 PRO is a powerful card that will make AGP gaming viable for at least another year or two. The biggest problem with this card is that it seems difficult to find in stock at this time, but manufacturers are still making them, so if you're interested keep checking the online stores.

It must be noted however, that if you have the money to spend on an AGP card, you may be much better off purchasing a PCI Express motherboard, CPU and PCI Express video card instead. For starters, PCIe cards are cheaper than their AGP cousins. If you upgrade your system to PCIe and sell your old components, you may actually spend a similar amount of money compared to buying an expensive AGP card alone.