JustAnEngineer
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Joined: 27 Jan 2002 Posts: 4512
Location: Heart of Dixie
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Wed Sep 05, 2007 2:31 am Post subject: Best graphics cards for under $200? |
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I'm sharing a post that I researched and posted elsewhere:
Caution! The graphics card ODMs are playing games with memory types and speeds again. Graphics cards with similar model numbers may have noticeably different performance.
512MB is recommended:
$216 -20MIR GeForce 8600GTS 512MB GDDR3 (2000MHz) <-- Favor
$172 -10MIR Radeon HD2600XT 512MB GDDR4 (2300MHz) <-- Favor
$176 -20MIR Radeon HD2600XT 512MB GDDR3 (1860MHz)
$156 no MIR GeForce 8600GT 512MB GDDR3 (1400MHz) <-- Consider
$136 -10MIR Radeon HD2600XT 512MB GDDR3 (1400MHz)
$129 -15MIR GeForce 8600GT 512MB GDDR2 (800MHz) <-- Avoid
256MB can be slightly cheaper:
$166 -15MIR GeForce 8600GTS 256MB GDDR3 (2000MHz)
$141 -20MIR Radeon HD2600XT 256MB GDDR4 (2300MHz)
$116 no MIR GeForce 8600GT 256MB GDDR3 (1400MHz)
$106 no MIR Radeon HD2600XT 256MB GDDR3 (1400MHz)
$104 no MIR GeForce 8600GT 256MB GDDR2 (800MHz) <-- Avoid
http://techreport.com/articles.x/12843/7
If 3D gaming is important to you, I woudn't suggest anything slower than a Radeon HD2600XT or GeForce 8600GT with GDDR3. |
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1: C2Q 9300, GA-X48-DS4, 8 GiB PC2-6400, Radeon HD3870X2, 4x 640GB Caviar SE16 (RAID 1+0) +750GB, Pioneer 106S, X-Fi XG, Antec P182, 650TX, 3007WFP, CVT Avant Prime, Logitech G7
2: Athlon64 X2 4600+, DFI RS482 Infinity, 2 GiB PC3200LL, Radeon X800XL, 320GB Barracuda 7200.10, Samsung SH-S182M, ASUS TM-210, M12-500, 2001FP, Logitech MX3000
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