Looking for suggestions : low budget 100$ range video cards!

Computer Forum Video Cards, Displays and TV Tuners
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I need to replace my GeForce 4 Ti-4200 that burnt recently (fan stoped and dust got in, which resulted in a not working anymore card).

I though about buying a 130$ super-deal XFX GeForce 6600GT card but realized that my 300w PSU wouldn’t do.

I was looking at the Asus N6200 card or something like that but I’m wondering if there’s not anything that would compete it for THIS RANGE OF PRICES. I used to like having latest technology, buying latest cards as they came out, but I calmed down and realized it wasn’t what was the most important.

Any suggestions?

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For AGP it’s a little tough, you could probably find a 6600 (plain version) I belive.

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For AGP it’s a little tough, you could probably find a 6600 (plain version) I belive.
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Doesn’t all 6600 require more than a 300w psu?

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It shouldn’t because it’s a reasonably low powered card (clockspeed wise) but if your going to be getting a beefy card, you really should invest in a new PSU.
What other specs do you have?

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It’s a very old computer but I mostly changed everything inside.

The processor is an Athlon 1600+ if I remember, or is it a 1800+? Anyway, thats the only original piece left with the ugly case.

It has a K7N Delta2 board with Nforce2, 512 DDR 400 Dual Channel, the 335W PSU and that’s about it.

I have 2 120mm fans that I do not use at the moment and a LG dvd re-writer.

Not like my PSU had to work a lot :wink:

I just want a good card that won’t be too big since my proc aint that good anyway.

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Well unfortunately most new cards will probably bottleneck it anyway but the 6600 is a good bet as it’s pretty speedy but affordable. If you can’t find a cheap one I’d go with the X700, or X700Pro if you’re lucky. Now that I think of it, it’ll probably be you’re better bet as they consume little power and still prove to be faster in many tests.

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I found a XFX 6600GT with lifetime waranty shipped for 120, wow, what a deal :wink:

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Nice dude, go for it, the extra $20 is totally worth it. If you add another 512Mb of ram you’ll be able to play some top shelf games:good:

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Wow, the guy told me he managed to kill his card by the time I sent him my shipping infos. Great :confused: Anyway .. I’ll find a 9600 then, less troubles.

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Sounds like the guy was playing you the whole time and backed out in the end:( The 9600 is alright but you’d be much better served by a 6600 if you can find one in AGP, the X700 being better again.

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Nvidia 7300 just came out, I have no idea how good it is, but it’s supposed to be $99.

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It’s basically the replacement for the 6200 line, though a good mark better and with more features. I don’t think it will top the X700 though.