He's looking for an AGP card.

7900GS, save for it, quit *****ing, be done.

Haha, I was waiting for that one. I can justify $30 month for me and my wife. It's not a 'huge' amount of money for entertainment that we are fully using. Hell, it's one of the few things we can agree on doing together. That's worth $100 a month imho.

Anyway, my whole reasoning for wanting to spend around $50 has been stated. I guess I'm one of those that wants instant gratification. I still haven't made a decision though, and it would be logical to get the most bang for my buck. Tax returns are only 2 months away.

Since I only have AGP, is the 7900 GS as good as I can go? The list that Emon linked to is slightly confusing. I've got a Celeron 2.93ghz CPU, and from what I can tell, the 7900 GS is better than the 8600 GT? I don't want to invest in something that's going to turn out like the FX.

The 7900 GS is basicly top line DX9.

For AGP.

Well, decision made then. Thanks for the feedback.

*throws $20 into savings*

Hrmmm, after reading the extensive reviews on newegg.com I don't know. Like, half of the people who reviewed it, had the XFX (the only 7900 GS AGP I could find on there) go out in minutes to months. Some also say it's a power hog too, and a new PSU might be necessary. =\ (I've got a 400w) Not knowing whether or not they have ample cooling or are overclocking it, I'm iffy on it now. Also, not a huge issue, but it's a 'bit big' and it'll be within milimeters of my RAM thingers that you push to pop out the ram. The FX 5500 I have now is made by XFX, and I haven't had a single problem out of it, well, except the part about being an FX series.

I'd never overclock and I'm guessing I have ample cooling: 2 120mm fans chugging away at 1500-2000 rpms, one at the front, one at the back, the PSU has a 120mm fan inside in addition to the regular one on the back of the case, and a 80mm on the side. Airflow is in front/side to out back. I just ran WoW at max everything with all the card options turned on. CPU got up to a max of 60c, and the two other zone sensors were at a max of 40c and 45c. At Idle (after 10 mins of cooldown), I get 45c for cpu, and 34c on the other zones. I guess the 2nd zone sensor is near the vid card. Man, it looked so damn pretty, but 8fps sucks.

You'll be fine on the PSU, but XFX is definitely not the brand to be getting. See if you can find a deal elsewhere (froogle, pricegrabber, etc).