Electronics : SAP 11124-0020R HD 3850 512MB AGP

Rating: - Saviour of my system ...
If, like me, you're still running an AGP based PC then you quite possibly installed an X1950 GPU some time ago. If you did then you're probably plagued by lockups, exceptions and bitmap noise that make UT-3 in particular unplayable. I paid £200 for my X1950 a year ago and today I installed this 3850 GPU for less than half that. Once I'd got the drivers right it runs like a charm and I've got system stability again. UT-3 is totally playable even at 1600 x 1200 and feels solid. My 3DMark06 score has gone up by a quarter too.
Drivers: don't be tempted to use the supplied drivers on the CD or worse still the latest Catalyst drivers for the 3850. The former are massively out of date and the latter don't support the AGP version. Instead locate the Hotfix drivers for the 3850 on the ATI Radeon site (customer support area) and use those. They work flawlessly with this GPU (so far).
This is the last great AGP GPU I'd imagine so the end of an era. A great end though!