Best card for under $150

[cleeve]

You guys are forgetting something.

In a year or so, game developers may well be using over 128 megs of textures in games. If that is the case, the 256 megs would come in handy.

Don't get me wrong, I don't think it's a major issue. but for a measley $10? Come on, I usually keep my video cards for over a year, I don't think it's a bad investment.

256 megs is only really stupid when a n00b chooses a 256 meg 5200 ULTRA over a 128 meg 9600 PRO because it seems so much more powerful...
But I'd pay the $10 to get the extra 128 megs on a decent GPU. Why not?

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Radeon 9500 (modded to PRO w/8 pixel pipelines)
AMD AthlonXP 2000+
3dMark03: 3529

 

[atfihunred]

Without doubt you should try a VisionTek Extasy ATI 9100 for $59 at Comp Usa before you spend a penny more.
You will be amazed.
If you like the speed and don't care about DX 9 support UNTIL NEXT YEAR WHEN IT WILL REALLY MATTER,
then take it from my 9009 points on 3d2001.
This card cooks for the money.
By the way I was running an ATI 7200 AIW before the big change,and The score there was 4462. You will better than double your score with the 9100!
PS download the newest drivers cuz the disc comes w/ uncertified ones.

AM37 2200+XP Thoro
WD 40.00 54
256mb Kingston
Xtacy ATI Radeon 9100 64mb

 

[ufo_warviper]

That Radeon 9100 is a great value. Also consider the GeForce 4 Ti 4200 64 meg for $80 bucks if your really budget conscious like me, but my previous reccomendations on the 9600 Pro still remain probably the best option if you can afford it.

My OS features preemptive multitasking, a fully interactive command line, & support for 640K of RAM!