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Decent graphics card for under $200?

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Kennysan

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So, it's time for me to build my first desktop PC in a long time. I want to build a performance/gaming rig for under $1000. Currently, with just the dual core athlon processor, mobo, PS, CD/DVD burner, and case, that's costing about $434. I still need to buy ram, a hard drive, and a video card with the remaining 566.

Thread with my current machine specs

Is it possible to get a good video card for under/around $200, especially if I want to use this machine to game? I'm pretty confused by all the talk about stuff like SLI and whatnot.
 
Step up to a 7600GT instead of the GS & forget about the 512mb cards ... better still go for a cheap 7900GT which you should be able to snag for around $250.
 
This one looks pretty good for the price and it will pummel a 7600GT. A 7900GT will be a tad faster if you want to spend the extra $25-30.
 
Originally posted by: Wreckage
Spend an extra $30 and get this.....
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150144
Click to expand...

Or he could spend $55 less and get a perfectly acceptable gaming experience with this.

I think things can be summed up like as:
7600GT - play all games maxed @ 1024x768, 4X AA...maybe drop AA to 2X if moving up to 1280x1024
X1900GT/7900GT - play all games maxed @ 1280x1024, 4X AA...some games go upto 1600x1200 with a few tweaks here and there.

Oblivion is an entirely different story.
 
That is if the OP can meddle around with MIR and has 300US on hand.

The 7600 GT is under 200US natively and offers a great performance for it's price.
 
i'd recommend a card in the $200-225 range, there are several options - X1900GT, X1800XT 256MB, and 7900GT. all these cards will be around twice as fast as a 7600GT, not that a 7600GT is bad by any means. Also, you can get better ram for $160. I just bought a 2x1GB kit of OCZ Platinum PC6400 DDR with 4-5-4-15 timings from outpost for $140 after rebate, and I saw similar kits on newegg for around $160 (i think they were CAS 5 instead of CAS 4, but that's not a huge deal).
 
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