Best Cheap Card

[mrwho13]

My old Radeon 9700 Pro is crapping out and I want and only need something as good as or a little bit better to replace it. I might point out that I do not have very much money to spend, and I wanted to see what you recommend? Just something that will have similar performance for games and stuff. TIA

 

[spotter]

BFG GeForce 6600 GT OC / 128MB GDDR3 $20 AR (but TigerDirect which many people have issues with)

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2884782

 

[spotter]

though just realized if you're replacing a 9700, it means you have AGP, so the above link does you no good.

 

[doox00]

look for a used 9800 pro perhaps.

 

[defaultluser]

Tell us your maximum budget. AGP cards are relatively expensive, so we need to know how much you're willing to spend. Unless you're willing to pony-up $60 or more, or else do some insane "for sale" forum crawling, you're probably not going to get the performance level of your old 9700 Pro.

This is easily the best retail deal I've found: x1650 512 for $55 after rebate, and much faster than your old 9700 Pro.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102086