Best 3D for around $100

LonMax

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I keep up with the current cards, but I want to throw a decent 3D card in my Girlfriends machine for when I use it once and a while.... but am not gonna spend big bucks on her machine.

Today, what is the best 3D only for around $100 (don't care about TV out or anything) from ATI and Nvidia so I can research them both and decide. Also, 2D quality is very important, as she designs web pages and is a programmer from home.

Thanks for the tips!

Lon
 

kmccusker

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Just checked on PriceWatch, you can get a Radeon 9000 128 MB ram for $100...should be good enough for what you're doing :)

Also pretty much any AGP card will work fine for any 2D thing, they aren't demanding. If web design (and especially programming) is going slow, chances are its the processor/ram thats limiting it, not the video card.