Budget video card suggestions?

[Shloom]

AGP, preferably ATI and under 200$

[Noirceur]

NOT the x1300. Bought it for 125$...worst computer-related mistake of my life.

[Captain Colon]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102579R

*E* shit forgot, AGP...I'm not sure if there's an AGP model of the X800XL, but if there is get that.

[marty]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102579R

*E* shit forgot, AGP...I'm not sure if there's an AGP model of the X800XL, but if there is get that.

That's what I got (X800XL, not Sapphire, ew). It was on sale direct from ATI. I think it was under $180

[Captain Colon]

I think you can mail your old ATI cards to ATI for recycling and get like a $50 discount too, if you buy direct from them :o

[StandingCow]

My old card is an X800XL. Was a very good card (in my brothers computer now.

Why ATI? I went back to nvidia when I got my 7950.

[Apoc]

If you're going to buy that generation of cards (X8xx or 68xx series) you should go the Nvidia route to get ShaderModel 3.0 support.

Also:

http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/09/26/the_best_gaming_video_cards_for_the_money/

[Enforcer]

You can get a 6800GT/Ultra for around $175 if you look hard enough.

[Captain Colon]

If you're going to buy that generation of cards (X8xx or 68xx series) you should go the Nvidia route to get ShaderModel 3.0 support.

Also:

http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/09/26/the_best_gaming_video_cards_for_the_money/
Oh yeah, I totally forgot about the 68XX cards...best bang for the buck, by far.

[siddy]

yep, my 6800GS is still going very strong.

[StandingCow]

If you're going to buy that generation of cards (X8xx or 68xx series) you should go the Nvidia route to get ShaderModel 3.0 support.

Also:

http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/09/26/the_best_gaming_video_cards_for_the_money/

Tomshardware is an awsome site.. one of the few I visit daily. + rep for this sir.

[spartan]

If you can score yourself a 6800 vanilla card (should be below or around $150 these days) you can possibly unlock pipelines and a shader to make it an unglorified 6800GT. I had one of those for a year and it was an excellent card.

[whuh?]

he might as well go to the leadtek 7600gt while hes at it. Its cooler already is quiet, it performs better than the 7800gs in some tests, Ive heard good reviews all around about it. he could get custom drivers from tweaksrus (http://tweaksrus.com/). Its where I go.

Apparently the 7600gs from evga is having huge driver issues.:huh:

But the best price is the x800 if you really want to stick with ati. I go with the brand thats the best at the time for what I want.

[Sturmwehr]

That's what I got (X800XL, not Sapphire, ew). It was on sale direct from ATI.

WTF? There's nothing wrong with Sapphire cards.