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IF the AGP bus will only see 256MB, then it will only fill 256MB of your VRAM, thus making the more powerful card a waste. A better card would be a 7800GS or a X1800 series card. Or better yet, a PCI-E motherboard (nForce 4 say?) and a midrange PCI-E card.

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Cameron

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 flavor, 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.

It wasn't just that list I got the info from, I saw a few reports stating the 7600GT was a little better, I should have just looked up the specs instead of repeating what some whackos said, my bad.