Looking for a good video card

Computer Forum Video Cards, Displays and TV Tuners
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Im looking for a pretty good card that can handle new games at at least medium settings. My price range is between $75-100, if you know any good cards at that price range, please reply

thanks

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There is this one
PNY Geforce 7600GT VCG7600GXPB Video Card - Retail at Newegg.com
for $169US

Or this one
eVGA Geforce 6600 256-P2-N369-T6 Video Card - Retail at Newegg.com
for about 90 bucks.

Personally, I would get a 7600 if you want ok performance for a good price

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First off we do need to know if your video card is AGP 8x format or PCI or PCI-expressx16, PCI or AGPx4

second off assuming that you have the newest, PCI-Expressx16
(Do not consider if you are unsure if you have a PCI-expressx16 find out first, or the video card will not work in it at all)
i think this deal is quite a steal

eVGA Geforce 6800XT 256-P2-N381-TX Video Card - Retail at Newegg.com

its a 6800XT, 80$ after 40$ mail in rebate, and my guess is that it outperforms a 6600GT but underperforms a 6800GT, i think its something you’re looking for

as i always suggest wait for other feedback from HF, someone may come up with something better, but heres my 2 cents, cheers

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I think ninja fetus has a 6800XT, he may be able to give some feedback on it!

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The GeForce 6600/6600GT or Radeon X700/X700Pro are you’re best bets, although the 6800’s are getting around the $130 online, and that would certainly be worth the move. Having said that, with a decent CPU and 512MB-1GB of RAM, you can play stuff like Doom 3 with pretty good detail. I can’t say you’ll do quite as well with FEAR or Oblivion, but I do know that Doom 3-based games will run nicely with the 6600 or X700.

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hi sorry for not putting this up earlier, this is probably gonna be my mobo for my computer

AMD Athlon 64 3500+
2gb Corsair Ram
MSI Motherboard with PCI EXPRESS, PCI EXPRESS X16
Hitachi 80gb Harddrive
Samsung DVD/CD burner

the reason i dont want to spend that much is because i just want to get a pretty good video card that isn’t going to cost me much until DirectX10 comes out

thanks, and i am considering the 6800XT alot

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I run a 6600GT myself, and I can run Quake 4 with pretty good detail at 1024x768.