Budget video card suggestions

[Hypertek]

man so playin doom3 makes me wanna upgrade.. yes I know its been goin on everywhere.. I dont feel like droppin mad cash on buildin a new system yet so Ill list my specs and would like suggestions on improvements...

windows xp pro
Abit BD7 II mobo
Pentium 4 1.6 oc @ 1.93
Abit Siluro gforce 3 ti200 64mb oc (latest forceware drivers)
sb audigy 2 soundcard
512 mb (1 256 stick of kingston, 1 stick of either crucial or generic i forgot)
40 gig hd and a 7gig hd..

Im not worried about hd cuz they are dirt cheap.

Ive been thinking about a new video card, but everyone tells me that if you dont throw at least 200 at a vid card, its probably wack.

I think Ill upgrade cpu in a few weeks to like a 2.6 or 2.8 and oc it to 3gig.

 

[peacemaker1ps]

Your best bet is 9800pro.
They dropped the price.
You can get 128mb one for under 2oo shipped.

 

[Kobra]

He said $150... 9800's are still $200+..

I'd recommend a 5900XT, you can pick em up for $150 range, and they have some great bang for the buck.. I grabbed one for my sons machine, and we are very very happy with it.,

 

[duragezic]

Might be able to find a used 9800 Pro for not too far from $150. It seems the next-gen GPUs are quite the hit around here and I'm willing to bet that many of those users used to have 9800Ps...

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: Kobra
He said $150... 9800's are still $200+..

cheapest 5900XT on pricewatch is $170

 

[vshah]

your cpu will bottleneck a 9800pro. you could save some cash, get a fx5700 with gddr3 and OC the hell out of it. they run 100-150.

welcome to Anandtech.

-Vivan

 

[GeneralGrievous]

Sell current card and get a $190 9800 Pro. If you are lucky they can be had for less on a hot deal.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/graphics-cards-2004_54.html

 

[edmundoab]

Get an OEM 9800 Pro then.
Yeah sell your card and get back some money to contra with the extra spending. Its worth getting an 8 pipeline card

 

[Cawchy87]

9700pro (cheaper than 150)

 

[Hypertek]

thansk for the suggestions.. thanks for teh link GeneralGrievous . I may jus wait wait a lil and get a 9800, and maybe a 2.6 or 2.8 p4 and jus oc it to 3gig.