Video card help

[elcoro2005]

Its incerdible the way the video card industry has evolved in the last 4 years, im totally confused by the ATI and Nvidia chips, could someone recomend me the best video card $150 10+/- can buy.



thanks

 

[nick1985]

save up a few more bucks and get a 9800pro

 

[Actaeon]

Like nick suggested, a 9800Pro is ideal, but its a bit above your budget.

They go for about $180-200 now, but they offer much superior performance to anything else in that range. For $150, a 9600XT might be ideal, but that doesn't offer anything near the performance of the 9800Pro.

A 9700Pro might be found for your pricerange, its not that much slower than the 9800, but they stopped making them a while back, so it might be hard to come across one.

 

[Bucksnort]

definately 9800p.

 

[elcoro2005]

Will 9600XT run HL2?

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: elcoro2005
Will 9600XT run HL2?

about half as good as the 9800pro, for only $40 less. not worth it

 

[Navid]

Keep this in mind.
http://mirror.ati.com/support/infobase/4219.html

 

[Concillian]

For a cheaper alternative to the 9800 Pro, Powercolor appears to be selling REAL Radeon 9800s again! Not the 128-bit Sapphire POS card, but the true 256 bit 9800 non-pro.

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-131-406&depa=1

Best part? $160 and it should be able to overclock to Pro core speeds, maybe not memory speeds. That should still be a nice big step above the 9600XTs without having to go all the way to the Pro.