Top 3 PCI Graphics Cards under $80?

[ES13Raven]

What are the best PCI graphics/gaming cards under $80?

 

[JammingJay]

$59.99 if you can still find it, for a Visiontek 64mb Radeon 9100 PCI at CompUSA. There may still be a $20 MIR on the card if you're lucky as well. Performance should drive the FX5200 PCI and Geforce 4MX series card into the ground.

 

[Mloot]

second the Visiontek.

 

[Pete]

Thirded, because of the secondeder's benchmarks.

 

[ES13Raven]

Thanks.....

I found the Visiontek 9100 PCI with 128MB at tigerdirect for $69 and a $20 rebate

 

[Pete]

Not bad, but be wary of Tiger Direct and their rebates. Search the forums for TigerDirect the warnings of fellow Anandtechers. Still, even without the rebate that's a pretty good buy, especially for a PCI card.

 

[plewis00]

Am I right in thinking that the Radeon 9100 is ATi's replacement name for the Radeon 8500LE they used to manufacture? I heard that somewhere and I can't find much info on a specific 9100 chip, nor any reviews. But if that is the case then that would explain it's good performance.

 

[fell8]

Originally posted by: plewis00
Am I right in thinking that the Radeon 9100 is ATi's replacement name for the Radeon 8500LE they used to manufacture? I heard that somewhere and I can't find much info on a specific 9100 chip, nor any reviews. But if that is the case then that would explain it's good performance.

Yup, it's true, but the 9100s seem to perform slightly worse for some reason. I guess it's just in keeping with ATI's recent trend of newer chipsets being stripped-down versions of older chipsets.