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Razz1234
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_ 		27. November 2004 @ 12:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I'm buying a new computer in January and need some help picking out my video card. I want the best card I can get for the money I want to spend. Around $100 - $135 or so.

I play an occasional game, use spreadsheets, word, burn DVD/CD and stuff, lots of internet junk, that sort of thing... not too intesive.

Here is what I'm planning on so far:

AMD 64 3200+
512MB Dual Channel DDR3200 ram
160GB SATA HD
BenQ DW 1620A dual layer DVD Burner
DVD reader (help here too!!!!)
-don't care about sound, i think integrated will be fine

Any sugestions will be appreciated....

Oh yeah.. I don't watch TV on my computer and will only be using 1 monitor, I don't do any video editing either. (i hope that helps)
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Nephilim
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_ 		27. November 2004 @ 17:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
For $135 the best deal going is the Radeon 9600XT such as this one:

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-164-008&depa=1
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Razz1234
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_ 		28. November 2004 @ 23:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Nephilim - Hey thanks, I found two web sites that have reviews on them and the site you gave me gives prices for EVERYTHING... I love it.. It's very helpful.

After all this, and reading reviews for the last two hours, I think I have decided to upgrade the Video card to a:
GeForce 6600GT 128MB GDDR3 128bit
I will be paying a great deal more than I hoped to but I am thinking that I will be glad I did.

Here is the a link to the card, and I would like to here what you think as well....
http://www.a1-electronics.net/Graphics_Cards/GeForce/2004/GeForce_6600-GT_Nov.shtml

There are some good graphs regarding other cards as well.
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_ 		29. November 2004 @ 02:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Might be able to hunt down a 5700/5700U as well :)

Or the 6600s :)
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Razz1234
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_ 		29. November 2004 @ 15:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
some of the reviews I read showed the 6600GT blowing away the FX 5700's and the 6600 was a real chopped down version of the 6600GT
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