Looking for a Video Card

[RogueChampion]

Hello All,

I have an Asus P5Q-EM Mobo with an Intel E7300 CPU, running 4GB of Corsair RAM, and a Western Digital 320GB SATA HDD.

I am looking for a decent video card that outputs in HDMI for under $200. I just built this system a few days ago and am having problems with the X4500HD not living up to its name. It was supposed to be good integrated graphics (I know how funny that sounds). I am looking for a graphics card that will let me do some mid level gaming and 3-D work. I do not need to run Crysis on high settings or anything like that, I just need to be able to go around and do some regular games.

Been looking at the SAPPHIRE 100225L and the EVGA 512-P3-N871-AR one is ATi the other in Nvidia. Any other suggestions would be great, thanks alot


Josh

 

[nerrawg]

You should check this post on gamer oriented GPUs as the prices have been slashed for Xmas: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/258033-33-best-gamer-gpus-xmas-sales-slash-prices

If you will be gaming a lot I would recommend paying between $100 and $150 dollars if you have a small screen. This would put you choices between the ATIs: 4830 ~ $100, 4850s ~ $140
or NVidea: 9800 GT ~ $100, 9800 GTX+ ~ $150
Generally I would say ATI is the best value although your mobo won't do a crossfire PCI 2x upgrade.

If you are less serious about gaming I would look at the ATI 4670 or the NVidea 9600 GSO - but be mindful of how much cheaper they are compared to the much better gaming cards like the 4830 or the 9800 GT