Need a PCIe video card

[aircooled]

OK, I've been using a 9800 Pro 256mb AGP card for a while. Now I have a mobo with PCIe. It has on-board video but it's analog and I want a good digital out for my LCD.

Even though I am not a big gamer at the moment, I want something that will display them well as I may go through another 'phase' one day

Any suggestions? (yes, I will search the older posts after this )

 

[dug777]

i suggest a vanilla 6800 or an x800...

or if you can wait the r5xx midrange cards from ATI look HAWT as it stands from what we know so far....

 

[aircooled]

Thanks for the info. looks like I have a little research to do.

 

[SynthDude2001]

You might also specify a budget too. If you can swing it, an X800XL would be a great choice and good even for relatively mid-to-high-end gaming. (And they're not too expensive either, from what I recall)

 

[aircooled]

budget = $200-ish

 

[SynthDude2001]

The cheapest X800XL I found with a quick search was on Newegg at $249, so that's out. The next best would be the regular 6800 probably, those can be had for around $200 or a little less. Any less than that and it wouldn't be much better than the 9800 Pro you already have.

 

[dug777]

What Synth said, except if you can wait a little while some of those mid/lowrange r5xx ATI cards looked hawt