What video card would you choose in each price range.

[mgoldb2]

Since alot of people ask for advice on what video card they should buy I think it would be helpful if all of us listed what we recommend for each price range. I will start with my recommendations. (since the main use for getting a good video card is gamming assume this for a gamming machine)

It should be done in $50 increments until 450 then just 450 and up.

>50: radeon 9250
51-99: geforce 5700LE (if you going to spend the full $99 then radeon 9600 pro)
100-149: 9600 pro on the low side, 9600 XT on the high side.
150-199: geforce 6600GT
200-249: geforce 6600GT
250-299: radeon x800, geforce 6800
300-349: PCI-E:radeon x800xl agp: asus striped down 6800GT
350-399: geforce 6800 GT
400-449: geforce 6800 ultra
450+: geforce 6800 ultra, radeon x800xt, radeon x850xt

 

[Echo_]

200-250 id say 6800le which the pipelinse can be unlocked and oc'd and some guy got it to 6800 ultra speeds o>O

 

[ZER0X]

I'd only spend about $250 dollars on a card so probably the GeForce 6600GT...I like them so much and they have a high engine and core speed which is greaty for high FPS is games.

 

[Praetor]

>50: radeon 9250

1. You mean <50
2. MX4000 is a good competitor here too

200-250 id say 6800le which the pipelinse can be unlocked and oc'd and some guy got it to 6800 ultra speeds o>O

Rathe the X800Pro cuz most X800Pros have GDDR which allows for higher clock scaling