» Sun Oct 31, 2010 9:00 pm
The minimum Geforce was a Dx9 card, not Dx10, and you cannot buy one new any more, It was new six years ago. The first Geforce Dx10 cards were the 8n00 generation, but you can't modify one of those to fit into an AGP slot, and it would be very difficult to find a new one now, were that an actual option.
Only ATI ever made any Dx10 cards for AGP. nVIDIA stopped AGP with the 7n00 generation, and Dx9, while AMD went on covering that type through their HD 4n00s. They cost half again more than PCIe cards, though. You can still buy the PCIe version of an HD 4650 for about $50, maybe $60, but the AGP version, when you can locate one, will be $70-$75.
I believe that the last 256 bit card for AGP, the HD 3850, was Dx10, but yes, it would want more juice than any brand name PC's original equipment power supply, while the HD 4650 would work with a 250 watt unit that had not worn out completely (power supplies wear out on PCs when only the cooling fans and displays are dying).