Question: What budget video card for win2k?

[Methusela]

I'm looking for a budget video card for my brother. He was thinking of going with the ATI Radeon LE 32mb because of it's price, but does it have a 'all-in-one' version? I mean, is there a lower priced 'all-in-one' model than the top of the line Radeon? My brother's really looking for a budget card with vivo options... The only thing he was concerned about with the Radeon was it's poor win2k performance, but, if that's only for gaming, it's not such a big deal because he really doesn't play any games.

Any ideas? Links to recent reviews and pricing for various online retailers would be apprciated.

Thanks!

 

[Methusela]

Thanks for the lack of help.

 

[Insane3D]

If he isn't a gamer...the Ati Xpert2000 is a nice, cheap 32mb (SDRAM) AGP videocard with hardware DVD support. It's only $37 @ Newegg.. I just got one for a Win2K system I built that isn't used for games, and it work great.

 

[Insane3D]

Here's the product page for it.

Xpert 2000

 

[John]

The Radeon LE is the base card on the block. In if you want vivo, you will need the higher priced Radeon w/ vivo. In addition, the Win 2K drivers are very stable, and the performance is not that far off from the 9x drivers. I am not sure where you received your information....