"best" <$100 PCI-EXP video card?

[_Sin_]

Only choices I see are the x300, and the fx5300.

Anyone know of a better card, or place to find, i've already checked newegg, zipzoom, and gameve.

 

[tranCendenZ]

6200 pci-e will be available soon, that will be your best bet

http://www.nvnews.net/previews/geforce_6200/index.shtml

6200
Shader Model 3.0
4x1
128mb
300mhz core
550mhz memory
128-bit memory bus
MPEG2/WMV encode & decode acceleration

can run Doom3 at 1024x768 no problem

 

[_Sin_]

ah that's right, forgot about that. I'll let my cousin know.

edit, actually the [H] Article says its going to be $129, thats out of his budget, and he wants a card now, guess its the x300 :/

edit2- would something like a radeon 9100 or so PCI - (since there is no agp slot ) trump these duds of cards?

 

[tranCendenZ]

ah that's right, forgot about that. I'll let my cousin know.

edit, actually the [H] Article says its going to be $129, thats out of his budget, and he wants a card now, guess its the x300 :/

edit2- would something like a radeon 9100 or so PCI - (since there is no agp slot ) trump these duds of cards?

there are going to be $99 and $129 versions of the 6200

 

[robberbaron]

there are going to be $99 and $129 versions of the 6200

That $99 version will have 64bit memory wont it?

 

[tranCendenZ]

That $99 version will have 64bit memory wont it?

Dunno, guess we'll see

NV will have nothing to cover the low end if they don't have a ~$80 card. So I think there will be something at ~$100 that will be decent. Plus $129 for a 128-bit 4x1 card (6200) without OpenEXR or $149 for a 128-bit 8x1 card with OpenEXR (6600), I think the street price on the 6200 is gonna be lower than 129 or it just wont sell, people will buy the 6600 instead. I am guessing we will see 128-bit 6200 cards at 100-110 and 64bit cards at 80-90