~$180-220 budget for PCI-E card recommendations?

[LyNX31]

hey guys, im on a budget for a pci-e video card for my bro's computer. $180-220 is the budget. what can you guys recommend? the game he is gonna play is battlefield2 and he has a nice 19" CRT monitor. thanks for your help!

 

[j511180]

x800 maybe? I bought this one a week or so ago. I've played the BF2 demo at 1280 x 960 with a mix of medium and high settings and 4xaa. It runs fine at those settings, but I haven't really played around with other settings much. The demo is very laggy when you first join a game - it's virtually unplayable for the first 20 seconds or so, but after that it runs pretty smooth. I guess that's just when the map is loading, and not video card related

 

[OVERKILL]

from what i hear, the 6600GT or 800XL is a good choice

 

[dedejean]

heard a lot of gud stuffs about 6600GT. The problem is what brand/manufacturer is the best choice.

 

[Blastman]

In that price range the X800 is going be the fastest card.

That card j511180 listed for $196 is nice, and well within his budget.