Best Video card 120 or under?

[Mad Butter]

hey guys........I was just wondering what the best video card is for 120 dollars or less......I am buying one this weekend........I was originalluy going to buy the radeon 8500 with 128mb but my friend told me they had reviews that the cards kept restarting your computer and locking up? Anybody with the radeon 8500........Is this true???? If it is........What other card would you suggest........What other card is the best for the money and has good drivers........???? Thx





-evan

[h0mersimps0n]

chaintech, ti4200, with VGA, DVI, S-video out.... $129, free shipping newegg...

I love this card... best bang for the buck

[Mad Butter]

Is that a good brand? Any warranty's on it if it breaks? What's the best brand? thx

[maxima88]

If you can afford $133, get the MSI GF4 ti4200 64mb at avlogic.com.
Super vid card!!!

[HeXenViRii]

Originally posted by maxima88
If you can afford $133, get the MSI GF4 ti4200 64mb at avlogic.com.
Super vid card!!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2057167104

[PreservedSwine]

R8500 is rock solid, and under $100.
:)

[Mad Butter]

Hey guys.........Thanks for your advice........I want to get the Radeon 8500 but a person told me that they have problems with restarting the computer and locking up........He said he heard this at toms hardware review i guess.........Does anybody have a radeon 8500 that works perfect and good??? Because i dont want to buy it and have it not work......Thx guys...






-evan

[Scotty-boy]

You can get the Radeon 8500LE at circuit city this week for 90 dollars..Retail,128mb card...Not to bad...Not to shabby!!

[Mr. Chambers]

well Mad Butter, for starters, dont ever listen to anyone who actually takes tomshardware seriously :D

now then, i think about half the board here uses 8500's, i for one have used 3 different cards in various machines and have had 0 problems with them.. they are a great card, and ever since ati got its drivers all worked out, they're pretty hard to beat value wise.. 90shipped there abouts from www.newegg.com for an LE, which you can overclock to retail 8500 lvls very easily. i'd go with that and spend the money on another game or something :)

[funnyperson1]

mine works great :)...no driver issues whatsoever....i suggest you go for the 128mb LE at Circuit City (i believe compUSA had one for 99$ as well) if not newegg has one for 107$

[PreservedSwine]

R8500 DID have driver issuesd at it's release. The hardeware was strong, but the drivers at release sucked, and ATI caught major he** for it.
Since about the middle of the R8500's life, the drivers have been stable and offered high performance, along with many options in their control panel.

Very stable, and they keep squeezing more and more perfromance out of this card. I mean, it actually outperforms the Ti4600 w, full aniso on both cards! If you like MOHAA, you will be blown away by how much sharper the textures become. Although, in some games, aniso is a waste of time.

But anyway, it's a great card, and the only folks knocking the "drivers" don't currently own one.......

Just my .00000002

[Mad Butter]

Thanks guys.........I'm gonna buy it........Do you guys know the newest and most recently drivers for the radeon 8500LE.......I'm buying it but i'm not very good at finding drivers.......Can someone paste a site of where to get the newest ones.........thx so much







-evan

[Anfallgel]

I've got a a Radeon 8500 and never had a prob. I'd personally go with the chaintech ti4200 myself.

[funnyperson1]

newest drivers can be found on ati.com Catalyst 2.3....if you do run into issues with certain games however, i recommend the drivers at www.omegacorner.com