Best budget <$100 video card for WOW and Warcraft 3?

[Lyfer]

So my good ole Radeon X800XL crapped out after 3 years of great service, I need a PCI-E replacement <$100.

Ive been looking at :

Evga Geforce 8600 GT 512mb $83


Monitor is 19 CRT, was able to play both games (WOW and warcraft III) fine at 1600x1200 with no hiccups. They also have the Radeon X1650PRO 512mb for less (~$55).



Any ideas? Thanks!

 

[Jax Omen]

since you're not talking about DX10 games, or really anything remotely high-end, the x1650 PRO would probably be a better choice for War3 and WoW. Might as well save $30 if you're going cheap anyway.

 

[AzN]

1650pro is piss poor. Probably worse than your old card for WOW.

 

[JACKDRUID]

8600 gts 512mb for $94.99

has $20 rebate and
use google checkout as new user to -$10 or
if you already have a google checkout account most likely you have -$20

so

94.99 - 20 rebate - 10/20 = $64 / 54

bought it last week got it a few days ago, works great for wow.

play 1400x 800 everything max in wow

 

[cdmccool]

Originally posted by: JACKDRUID
8600 gts 512mb for $94.99

has $20 rebate and
use google checkout as new user to -$10 or
if you already have a google checkout account most likely you have -$20

so

94.99 - 20 rebate - 10/20 = $64 / 54

bought it last week got it a few days ago, works great for wow.

play 1400x 800 everything max in wow

I was looking at that card yesterday. How loud is the fan on that thing?

 

[JACKDRUID]

Originally posted by: cdmccool

Originally posted by: JACKDRUID
8600 gts 512mb for $94.99

has $20 rebate and
use google checkout as new user to -$10 or
if you already have a google checkout account most likely you have -$20

so

94.99 - 20 rebate - 10/20 = $64 / 54

bought it last week got it a few days ago, works great for wow.

play 1400x 800 everything max in wow

I was looking at that card yesterday. How loud is the fan on that thing?

I'm not to sensitive to voice but it really isn't bad...compare to my x800 i do not notice any difference..

 

[IL2SturmovikPilot]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814260059

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814121232

My choice would be the 8600GT,since it OC's better,though you could probably get away with even a HD 2600Pro for WoW and WC3,especially since MMORPG's and RTS'es usually need more CPU power than GPU power.

 

[JACKDRUID]

Originally posted by: IL2SturmovikPilot
My choice would be the 8600GT,since it OC's better

umm... 8600GTs is a much better part and its cheaper... as posted above..

 

[AzN]

8600gt doesn't overclock better than 8600gts. The stock settings for 8600gts is 675/2000. It's no brainer as Jackdruid pointed out with that price. If you can use the google checkout that would be a good deal.

Don't always count on rebates though as all of them do not come or just a big hassle for you to get your check.

If you want to step up a notch a EVGA 8800gs for $110 after rebate is heck of a deal too. Should be twice as fast as 8600gts. EVGA at least are known to be good with rebates.

 

[IL2SturmovikPilot]

I was talking about VS the HD 3650,of course the GTS will OC better,and not everyone does rebates,so for some people,the GT is still cheaper.

 

[Crass]

Are you looking for new? If not, x1950xt's can be found in for sale/trade quite often for this price.. Where i got mine