Best video card for $100 or less?

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Audette

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I need it to play Enemy territory and some of the other new games that are coming out.
 
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McArra

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No, DX8, but the only DX9 card in that price range is FX5200, a very bad performer in games.
 
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kylebisme

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well it is compatable, just not compliant; and for et it will do great for the price.
 
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modedepe

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You won't find anything dx9 compliant that's worth a damn for $100 or less. Best option is a ti4200.

Also, if you want to be playing the new games such as HL2 and want them to play well, you're really going to need to step up and buy a better card.
 
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bunnyfubbles

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Yeah, try to put this together... A 5200 is a DX9 part, but its has major troubles running DX8 games, now how do you think the 5200 being a DX9 part helps out? Unless MS is going to go downhill with DX, then I'd suggest staying AWAY from a 5200, Ti 4200 is the way to go.
 
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fibes

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Originally posted by: seraph621
It's not going to be easy to find a Ti-4200 under 100.00. But you can find them from 110.00 ---> 130.00

Go to http://www.pricewatch.com and type GeForce4 TI 4200 128MB in the search box.
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you can try new.com in the referbd. section. They may may have a GeForce4 TI 4200 for < $100 bucks

 
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mcoski

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Originally posted by: fibes
Originally posted by: seraph621
It's not going to be easy to find a Ti-4200 under 100.00. But you can find them from 110.00 ---> 130.00

Go to http://www.pricewatch.com and type GeForce4 TI 4200 128MB in the search box.
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you can try new.com in the referbd. section. They may may have a GeForce4 TI 4200 for < $100 bucks
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Mmmhmmm just got my MSI Titanium Ed. for 91!

 
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techwanabe

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I just purchased a GAINWARD/CARDEXPERT GeForce 4, 8X AGP. Ti 4200, 3.6ns, 128MB DDR for $99 at newegg in the Refurb section. Hopefully this will work out to be a nice card

BTW, do you'all think this will be a major boost over my old Radeon LE 32DDR? system specs are below.
 
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modedepe

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Hmmm..$99 for a refurb..I've seen brand new gainwards for that price. Hopefully you got a golden sample for that much.

That PNY @ newegg isn't a very good deal; only 64mb
 
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DahDee

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That $99 Gainward is a Golden Sample:

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?DEPA=&submit=Go&description=N82E16814128140

Edit: Most of the good deals in the current batch of Newegg refurbs are long gone, down to 21 available models from the 135 or so posted a couple of days ago. I'm sure another batch is on the way! I got the refurb XFX 4200 128 8x DVI/VIVO for $85. Wish I had gotten in on the refurb Albatron 4680 for $99 though. Rats.

Edit 2: Of the remaining Newegg refurb cards, there are what look to be a few good GF4 cards in the $100 range: a Chaintech 4200 128 8x DVI/VIVO ($101), a Chaintech 4800SE 128 8X DVI ($105), and a PNY 4400 128 8X DVI ($105). I'm not sure which of those is the best card, but you can probably find reviews of all on the web.
 
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techwanabe

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This was the full description from Newegg below. Looks pretty good and I'll drop it in a Athlon XP Barton system this fall when I build it:

REFURBISHED: GAINWARD/CARDEXPERT GeForce 4, 8X AGP. Ti 4200, 3.6ns, 128MB DDR,
Overclocking enhanced mode,DVD player and video editing software with game.
Specifications:
GPU: Geforce4 Ti-4200 8X AGP
MEM:128MB DDR (3.6ns)
Bus: AGP 8x
Ports: 1 DVI + 1 CRT + VIVO + nVIEW (two CRT display).
OS SUPPORT Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP/NT (OEM, BAREBONE) Model#: GF4PUltra\650-8X XP -OEM Special

 
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DahDee

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Yeah, that Gainward card is nice. Sold out now. I almost got it but decided to be a cheapster and save $14 by getting the XFX card. Ordered it Wednesday afternoon and the tracking page tells me it's out for delivery here in Virginia today. Wow.
 
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CrosshairBill

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Alright, similar question as original... I've got about $200 (maybe a bit more) to spend on a video card for a system I'm building (ASUS 7n8x-dx, Athlon 2500+, 512ram, etc). I've been reading reviews and looking at benchmarks for the past few days but seeing as how I haven't looked at video cards in over 3 years, I'm still lost. I'm mainly looking for good performance on Enemy Territory like the original poster, but decent to good performance on HL2 would be a bonus.

I was all set to buy an MSI VI/VO 5600 but decided to do some more investigating as I've heard the Ti4600 could be a better card.

Thanks in advance for any input you guys have.
 
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ZimZum

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Originally posted by: CrosshairBill
Alright, similar question as original... I've got about $200 (maybe a bit more) to spend on a video card for a system I'm building (ASUS 7n8x-dx, Athlon 2500+, 512ram, etc). I've been reading reviews and looking at benchmarks for the past few days but seeing as how I haven't looked at video cards in over 3 years, I'm still lost. I'm mainly looking for good performance on Enemy Territory like the original poster, but decent to good performance on HL2 would be a bonus.

I was all set to buy an MSI VI/VO 5600 but decided to do some more investigating as I've heard the Ti4600 could be a better card.

Thanks in advance for any input you guys have.
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9700 non pro
 
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modedepe

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Get a 9700 non pro and stay away from that damn fx5600. The only good fx5600 is the ultra rev 2, which costs way too much.
 
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