Video Card Advice - Please

[Centella Cajon]

I am building a computer for my daughter. I am an experienced computer
builder. I have all the parts necessary to build her a decent system,
but I have not been in the loop lately in the area of video cards. She
will do some gaming, but I don't want to go high end. Can some of you
suggest a video card for less than, say, $100 that I can be assured
will handle most games acceptably? Any feedback appreciated.

 

[Dennis Savatski]

get an ATI radeon $70

 

[Cooly]

Crucial.com is offering Radeon video cards, mine is working fine.
Cooly

 

[Bas Ruiter]

This question gets asked about once a week, so have a look thru old
posts in this newsgroup.

 

[BarryNL]

An ATI Radeon 9000 Pro is about that price or you could probably find a
GeForce4 Ti4200 for slightly more. Both good cards.

 

[BarryNL]

get an ATI radeon $70

Hmm, Radeons seem to be $50 - $450. Maybe you should be a bit more specific?

 

[Ancra]

An ATI Radeon 9000 Pro is about that price or you could probably find a
GeForce4 Ti4200 for slightly more. Both good cards.

Concur. These are the best performance/buck on the market. Ti4200 is
probably the one you're really asking for. It's more than $100 though.
Radeon 9000 is probably the only other one you need to consider, down
at $70. Sorry, there doesn't seem to be anything worthwhile in
between.
Mind you, neither of these cards have hardware support for DX9
features. But I assume that is a mute point, considering your budget,
anyway.


ancra