What cheap video card to get

[Supertag]

I have a Geforce 440MX SE 128MB

I wish to upgrade and am extraordinarily cheap

I wish to choose between the 6800XE , X1550, and X1650

X1650 costs a lot of money though

 

[DrStrangeBrew]

well, one's options are limited, but I believe Etch-a-Sketch has an excellent product on the market


or if you're serious, probably a 7600.. maybe a used 8500 if you're feeling bold?

 

[HardwareGuru]

Will this be for playing games? How extraordinarily cheap are you?

 

[FinalAura]

pci-express, or agp?

 

[kurt454]

I have an X1550 pci-e in my second computer. It is actually a pretty decent card for most games pre-2004. It can even play Doom 3 with reduced settings.

 

[Supertag]

AGP.

I would have just snapped up that $60 8600GT if I had PCI-E.

 

[hossdaddy]

DIAMOND Stealth X1550PRO256ASB Radeon X1550 256MB 128-bit GDDR2 AGP $39.99 after mir
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814103030
About as cheap as you can go without hitting $100.

 

[FinalAura]

I would get this.
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[houe]

The 8400gs is quite cheap too.

 

[DrStrangeBrew]

I would get this.
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$10 nice! it's been awhile, but I bet at one point in time someone would've killed for one of those

 

[Supertag]

I don't know where the X1550PRO rates, but according to this chart, that card on Ebay should be better

http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics_2007.html?modelx=33&model1=741&model2=737&chart=276

Thanks. I hope the X850XT doesn't go up too much

 

[AssMan]

well, one's options are limited, but I believe Etch-a-Sketch has an excellent product on the market

Some people confuse them with bombs though .

 

[soundguy]

i'd say X1950 pro or 7600GT if you can get one, and if you have the money...

your in the US right? cos i saw some 7900's in a store near me for less than $200 (sorry, AUD not USD)

 

[Supertag]

If I had $200 I would have purchased a 3850HD AGP. As an added bonus, it plays HD movies for me which my 2600+ can't do well.

 

[Silus]

If I had $200 I would have purchased a 3850HD AGP. As an added bonus, it plays HD movies for me which my 2600+ can't do well.

I'm with soundguy. You should be aiming at a 7600 GT or X1950 Pro. Still good performers and, at this point in time, at a great price.

 

[skadebo]

If you're looking used, 7600GT, 9800xt, x8xx series are all pretty awesome. If you can stretch the budget a bit, then get the x1950 pro