Best Video card under $300.00

I am not a fan boy of either nvidia or ATI.

What is the best video card I can buy for under $300.00

I was looking at either a 7800gt card or an x800xl card.

I am leaning toward the 7800gt but of course it is a bit more money.

Is there a particular 7800gt or x800xl card I should look at?

I saw this one

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130247

Model
Brand eVGA
Model 256-P2-N515-AX
Chipset
GPU Geforce 7800GT
Core clock 445MHz
PixelPipelines 20
Memory
Memory Clock 1070MHz
Memory Size 256MB
Memory Interface 256-bit
Memory Type GDDR3

Let me know!!

X800XL won't even come close, so I wouldn't even consider that anymore. Get the 7800GT, or, if you're willing to buy from eBay, the X1800XL is better. The eVGA 7800GT you picked will be fine. If you can find the eVGA 7800GT CO for less than $300, that'd be the one to buy. Here's a link to the X1800XL.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ATI-X1800XL-256...ryZ40158QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Well I can get the CO version from zzf at $320.

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=322741&affiliate=yahoo

Is it really worth the $50 for 25mhz core and 30mhz memory speed increase.

I guess if I could get it for under 300 that would be the one to get, but looks not.

nope, you can oc way past that for 50 less

the 7800gt will blow the x800xl out of the water

But is the x1800xl a better card? Because i thought the 7800GT was better, idk.

It's really not worth it for the extra speed for $50 unless money is no object to you (and if that's the case, you'd be getting 7800GTX 512MBs anyway). Only get the CO version if you get lucky and find a good deal on it. The X1800XL is better and faster in most cases. It's also a little more expensive, the cheapest you'll find one retail from a reputable shop is around $350 or so. But new ones have been sold on eBay for $300 recently (search for completed listings to see). So, if you feel confident about buying on eBay (which I generally do), that'd be the way to go.

The 7800GT is better and faster (especially if OCd) in most cases over the XL. Only real exception is if you want to run 6x AA. At 1280x1024 I run 2x AA, 16AF, hi IQ, plus transparency AA. GT is still much cheaper last time I looked so best bang would go to the 7800 easily.