Buying GRAPHICS card less than $100

[Greg J.]

What is the most kick-ass card I can buy for a bit less than $100 ??? (Maybe have 128MB memory or more?)

 

[kb1ghc]

check out http://www.pricewatch.com but i recommend not getting an nVidia card, if you every want to try expermenting with linux or any other OS. because i HATE my nVidia card.

 

[Flash_AAA]

http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20031229/index.html use this to compare which card framerates are better. There isn't really to much difference between Nivida and Radeon. Performance speaks louder than words you just hope you dont get compatability problems with your card. What do you want to use this card for? If its gaming i recommend you save up a lil more and get a midrange card.

 

[Praetor]

You might be able to fetch a 9600(SE) for around $100 but anything else youll be shooting at say the GFX5200 256MB

 

[Greg J.]

Okay, weel....

My power supply is a 160-watt one. So, any cards that won't have power problems?

 

[ZER0X]

Well i'm from Aus* so the only thing I can recomend is a Radeon9200 because Radeon9600's are $200+

 

[ThePCmaN]

ill sell u a 350Watt PSU thats never been used for $30 shipped and a nVidia GeForce FX5600 256MB with the driver and the stuff that came with it, for $100 shipped !! PM me if ur interested...

 

[smitherz]

graphics

if you want a decents card but reletively cheap i suggest www.novatech.co.uk , this is english but im sure they post to anywhere.

smitherz

 

[Greg J.]

Thanks

Thank you everyone. BTW, 100th post.

 

[b3n]

you probably wont find many cards with 128mb for under $100. Maybe 64mb....

 

[ZER0X]

you probably wont find many cards with 128mb for under $100. Maybe 64mb....

Sure you can you can get Radeon 9200 128MB for $90-or less depending were you get it from. take a look at Price watch

http://www.pricewatch.com/m/mn.aspx?i=37&c=56&f=1

 

[b3n]

why didnt u get one then?

 

[ZER0X]

why didnt u get one then?

Because they are AGP I havn't got AGP slots, my motherboard only contains PCI Slots

 

[b3n]

I see.

 

[Praetor]

you probably wont find many cards with 128mb for under $100. Maybe 64mb....

You can in North America (well Canada at least) -- its actually quite hard to get a 64MB card now

 

[Maurik]

I got my geforce4 MX440SE with AGP 8x for £50 that's 91 USD, but that was a while ago. I think its a good card for me, I play games on a regular basis but im not a "power user", however i do wanna get the most outta my system.

Anyhoo check out the card, i'd recomend it