PCIE card under 100 dollars

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Tha General

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I am buying my new rig next month this one:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...14110944&ci_sku=9191545#tabbed-specifications
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...&ref=06&loc=01&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=9191545

I am not on a budget, however for my first pcie card i only want to spend under 100. So i have some cards in mind and what do you guys think is the better buy.

Note: I do not shop online anymore, i only shop at retail stores offline

VisionTek - ATI RADEON HD 4350 512MB DDR2 PCI Express
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9200991&type=product&id=1218057381797

GeForce 8400 GS 512MB DDR2, i think this version is the one with 9gb and 450/600
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8990407&type=product&id=1218007083381

HD3650 OC 1GB
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8761878&type=product&id=1202650704648

I may come across other cheap pcie cards at other stores, because i am going to drive around town a bit to different retail stores, but those cards above, are my choices which i like and may end up buying one.

The new 4350 card seems pretty good, i seen someone on youtube running crysis on it, at all high settings.

Now my question is this:

When it says this on the best buy page for the computer i am buying:
 
ummm general, the 4350 is a 64 bit memory interface, 40 SpU's, slow DDR2 card....aint nobody running crysis at high on this card, i dont care what you saw on youtube. not gonna happen. Geeeez
 
If it were me i would get the 3650 because its clocked alittle higher has more memory and runs on a 128bit interface instead of 64bit but the main reason i would choose that over the 4350 is because its fanless. not sure if 8400 is so i cant say for that If you really want to look all the cards up go to gpureview.com and you can compare stats on the all
 
Try buying from a small local retail store instead of Best Buy, for the best prices. You can probably get a 9600GT\GSO for around $100 from one of these small stores after some bargaining.
 
ahah if you dont buy online anymore then honestly your going to pay out the end to get like crappy crappy stuff, EX i went to best buy and bought a 8600gt 1gb ddr2 165$ ...so i dont got to retail stores anymore there rip offs and you spend about 100$ more on anything taht involves processors, graphics cards, and memory not to mentions PSU's
 
Thanks for the feedback, people, but i am going to go ahead and buy the
VisionTek - ATI RADEON HD 4350 512MB DDR2 PCI Express next month
Seems to be a nice price for the card, and it should be able to play any of my games that i have trouble playing with on my Pentium III, with ease. I only plan to use 1280x1204 as my resolution for gaming, so everything should work out.

PCIGamer said:
Under 100? Forget the 8400gs.
would give you great Crysis performance at anything up to 1280x1024
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Thats all good and well, but i don't shop online anymore. I never really did , i mean a couple years ago i did, but i never bought any computer stuff online and now i really am not buying anything online anymore.
 
Tha General said:
Thanks for the feedback, people, but i am going to go ahead and buy the
VisionTek - ATI RADEON HD 4350 512MB DDR2 PCI Express next month
Seems to be a nice price for the card, and it should be able to play any of my games that i have trouble playing with on my Pentium III, with ease. I only plan to use 1280x1204 as my resolution for gaming, so everything should work out.


Thats all good and well, but i don't shop online anymore. I never really did , i mean a couple years ago i did, but i never bought any computer stuff online and now i really am not buying anything online anymore.
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Ok, so get someone else to buy online for you? Or there has to be a better place to buy computer parts from than Best Buy or Staples in your area. They are a rip-off

The 4350 isnt a gamer card at all. Its for home theatre pc's, like the 8400gs. The 4670 will give you 42 or so *average* fps at 1280x1024 at Crysis with everything on Medium. That is pretty good performance for a $80 card.
 
I"m just waiting for him to start posting benchmarks of something like a 9600 gso, when we can find around 10-20 articles with crysis benchmarks already.

In all seriousness I'm glad ThaGeneral is making this move.
 
The truth:
http://www.guru3d.com/category/vga_charts_crysis/

You're not going to get very far. And btw, having double the amount of ram DOESN'T mean that you get double the amount of performance...

Regardless, if you're going to get a pentium dual core, expect it to bottleneck your GPU even if you get a good one. Srsly.

I'd rather trust reviews than silly videos with no credibility honestly... But hey, in the end the move is yours to make :X so.. make your choice.
 
Well i will let everyone know when i get everything lol, thats pretty much it.
I know shopping online you can find cheaper deals, but i like to always buy offline and besides, all my bills are paid up, i am not in debt lol, so i have plenty of money to spend.

Now i am going to drive around town and go to other stores to see what they have , and if i find something more powerful and cheaper, i will grab it. So i will let everyone know when i have everything. IMO tho, i shouldn't have any trouble playing crysis or any game with that rig and that card. Just have to wait and see i guess.

Peace
 
im a NVIDIA fanboy myself. i have always use NVIDIA, not once used an ATI video card. not that i won't just haven't had the change to yet.
 
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