Best sub-$100 PCI-E card?

kirbyrj

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I just sold off my SLI cards and now that I'm dealing with a RageXL 8MB PCI card, I've come to the conclusion that I need a new video card ASAP. What is the best sub-$100 PCI-E card out there? I don't normally follow this price bracket around, so I have no idea about the X300 vs. 6200 (other than the fact that I don't want Hypermemory/Turbo Cache :) ). I saw a X600 Pro for $90, and that potentially looked like my winner. Any thoughts?
 
GeForce 6600 by a long shot, should be plentiful choices at $99 :D
 
If you're looking to game, Splinter is right. The Geforce 6600 is right at the $100 mark, and is the best choice. If you'll never play a game on the machine ever, you can go cheaper, but otherwise the 6600 is the one to go with.
 
mrweasel said:
the x600xt runs the SIMS2 fine on the wife's machine
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True, but The Sims 2 can take a dip below 30fps for a couple seconds and it doesn't get you rail gunned or ganked, the 6600 is a far better choice.
 
Thanks guys. I'll look around. I'm kind of leary about going with an Nvidia card only because I might end up going with a primary ATI card next, and I might want to run both cards in my SLI board for 4 monitor goodness :). Don't think Nvidia and ATI will play nicely in that situation. Oh well, we'll see.
 
Can anyone link me to a sub-$100 6600? I can't find one anywhere (I can barely fine a 6200 for under $100 :eek: ).
 
kirbyrj said:
Can anyone link me to a sub-$100 6600? I can't find one anywhere (I can barely fine a 6200 for under $100 :eek: ).
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Hmm, I got my Leadtek 6600 for $99 a few weeks ago at Newegg, but I later exchanged it for a 6600GT. I suspect they will run at that price again, but I see they are higher today. Did you try ZipZoomFly?
 
I found a 6600 refurbed for $75 at newegg, so I might get me one of those :). Thanks again.
 
best choice would be to get a 6600 refurb at newegg. my friend got it for his dell and it runs pretty smooth with a good oc. he got a gigabyte one
 
I just picked up a refurb ASUS 6600 w/256MB. For $78 it seemed like a good deal. Thanks for the help ;).
 
I got the card and it OC's nicely to 500/600. For the price, it games a little bit (not a lot with the Dell 2005FPW :eek: ).
 
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