Video Card for <$100

[ledfortr]

I am in the market for a video card and wanted to spend 100 or less. I did see the thread on the 8500le and it was recommended as the best in that price range. Would this still hold true today? What would you all recommend?

 

[selfbuilt]

The 8500le (or 9100 under its new name) is certainly your best bet for a sub-$100 US card around here. I just picked one up for my son's system.

 

[CurtCold]

If you can find a GF4 for $100-$120 that would be a nice card to get. If you opt for the 8500-9100, then be careful of memory speeds. Crucial being one of the worst with Ram Speeds.

 

[selfbuilt]

I agree, if you can get a GeF4 Ti4200 for $100-120, go for that instead! It's just that around here (Canada), even the 64MB Ti4200 still cost around $135US or so, whereas you can get a 128MB Sapphire Radeon 9100 for $85US. But that may have something to do with our proximity to ATI .

Memory speeds are indeed an important issue for the 8500/9100 series. The retail ATIs are typically 230/230, and the Sapphire's are 250/230 (or 250/200 for the 128MB version). That's as low as I would want to go.