Best value video card?

[MrCrispy]

Been out of the loop. I am looking for a cheap card that's quiet and easy to install (single slot). It will be used for light gaming and running HTPC frontends.

I can also wait a month or two if there are some new chipsets/price drops expected soon.

Between Nvidia/ATI, which is the the current recommendation for best value and stability?

 

[CruisD64]

ATi 4830

 

[jlqrb]

I second that. If you don't need that much gaming power though the 4670 is a sweet card.

 

[kirbyrj]

I'd wait and see what kind of price the 47XX cards come in at. They are supposed to be priced cheap, yet perform somewhere in between the 4830 and 4850.

 

[Valset]

if your not gaming the 4650 512mb is sweet, about 45 dollars AR and has enough horsepower to do shader functions, like video sharpening, up converting, and other post processing