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Title: Need some input for new video card
Post by: Eastwood on January 03, 2008, 04:15:09 AM

I have a Dell 8400 with a Pentium 4 3.4 GHz 3.39GHz,3.00 GB of ram any suggestions on a new card, mid range price......:aok

Title: Need some input for new video card
Post by: Krusty on January 03, 2008, 09:03:08 AM

Well, a quick google search tells me by default you already have an X800 XT, PCIe.

For anywhere between $60 and $80 you could go X1600 or (even better) Ge7600GS (or there are a few GTs this cheap, too). They have some ATI 2600PROs in this price range too, but they're the stripped down cards, I think. The 2600 also supposedly generates tons of heat and isn't the best card.

If you can move into the $120 range, there's the 2900GT. Sure it's got heat problems but it also has a huge fan and heatsink (on some models)

If you can go up to about $180, you'll find my wish-list card, the Radeon 3850 (or, hard to believe, even better the 3870 for ~$220)