There is a PCI variant of the GeForceFX 5200. This is about as good as your going to get. It should destroy the Savage at the very least and will be perfect for N64 emulation.
BUT: If you do have money to throw around though, I'd get a new motherboard that does have AGP (Make absolutely sure that you don't have AGP, or if the Savage is occupying your only AGP slot etc. so you aren't wasting money) My crappy one even supports AGP 4X at least and can be found extremely cheaply. Nowadays you could pick up one that supports AGP 8X for very little cost. [£50 or less]
Then you'd have to pay for an AGP gfx card on top for it. Depends how hardcore you want it to be really. A cheapo GeForce4 MX [£30 or less] would be sufficient for N64 emulation @ 1024 X 768. A GeForce4 Ti4200 would generally be a solid choice [£100 or less] anything above is for PC gaming.
So for about £150 you could have an nForce2 type mobo with AGP 8X and a Ti4200, which would do you for a couple of years. Check prices online and it'll be cheaper.
Edit: Try and find out the name of your motherboard. A program like CPU-Z will give you this info quickly. Then you can try to find out it's specs by entering the name in Google or go to the manufacturers website. You can then see if it has AGP support.
BUT: If you do have money to throw around though, I'd get a new motherboard that does have AGP (Make absolutely sure that you don't have AGP, or if the Savage is occupying your only AGP slot etc. so you aren't wasting money) My crappy one even supports AGP 4X at least and can be found extremely cheaply. Nowadays you could pick up one that supports AGP 8X for very little cost. [£50 or less]
Then you'd have to pay for an AGP gfx card on top for it. Depends how hardcore you want it to be really. A cheapo GeForce4 MX [£30 or less] would be sufficient for N64 emulation @ 1024 X 768. A GeForce4 Ti4200 would generally be a solid choice [£100 or less] anything above is for PC gaming.
So for about £150 you could have an nForce2 type mobo with AGP 8X and a Ti4200, which would do you for a couple of years. Check prices online and it'll be cheaper.
Edit: Try and find out the name of your motherboard. A program like CPU-Z will give you this info quickly. Then you can try to find out it's specs by entering the name in Google or go to the manufacturers website. You can then see if it has AGP support.
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