A good Card/money sollution

[Nonny]

Hello there!
I hope this is the right forum to post this in. I am to buy a new computer and lately i've not been following the market as much as i would've liked to. Now i wonder what card would be worth the money. I play lots of games, and i plan to play WoW, so i'm after a upper end GFX, but i'm not interested in one of those "This card is very new so it costs 3 times the decent price". So i'm asking what card would you suggest for someone who wants decent power and dont want to pay over say 340 or so $.

Thankfull for any replies

 

[cleeve]

Best bang for the buck, by far, is the 9800 PRO right now.

~$160 american, and it'll compete well with the X700s and 6600's if you overclock it a bit.

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<b>Radeon <font color=red>9700 PRO</b></font color=red> <i>(o/c 332/345)</i>
<b>AthlonXP <font color=red>3200+</b></font color=red> <i>(Barton 2500+ o/c 400 FSB)</i>
<b>3dMark03: <font color=red>5,354</b>

 

[Nonny]

That's exactly what i'm looking for, but here in sweden where i live, there's so many different brands and they vary so much in price i find it hard to know which one to take.

MSI Radeon RX9800Pro 128Mb DDR TV-out DVI RETAIL AGP
Connect3D All In Wonder Radeon 9800SE 128Mb DDR TV-out DVI VIVO bulk AGP
GeCube Radeon 9800Pro 128Mb DDR TV-out DVI RETAIL AGP

RX? SE? I know i sounds really new at this but i'm trying to get back in the saddle once again

 

[cleeve]

SE-crap. 128-bit memory bus, like a Radeon 9500 (instead of the 256-bit memory bus of the real 9700 PROs).

Gecube=crap. Poor quality

MSI is your best bet, it's probably a full-fledged 256-bit memory bus card, but I'd look into it just to be sure.

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<b>Radeon <font color=red>9700 PRO</b></font color=red> <i>(o/c 332/345)</i>
<b>AthlonXP <font color=red>3200+</b></font color=red> <i>(Barton 2500+ o/c 400 FSB)</i>
<b>3dMark03: <font color=red>5,354</b>

 

[Manhota]

get a 6800 vanilla or 9800 pro (9800 pro for about $260) or (£130) im from the uk so euros would be about 220.

you really wont be able to find a 9700 pro anymore so 9800pro above is best bet.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Corsair_XL.html