Video Card advice, $100 price point

VinnyTAMU · Apr 14, 2011

What I have:

CPU : AMD Phenom II X4 905e 2.5 GHz
MEMORY : 4GB DDR3 1333
MOBO : Some AM3 Mobo
Display : 1080P capable TV

What I want to play:

Borderlands GOTY
L4D Series
HL Series
Portal Series
Older Steam games

Video Card Ideas (don't have a preference on vender) :

ATI Radeon HD 5770
ATI Radeon HD 5750
ATI Radeon HD 5670
nVidia GTS 450

Budget :

$100 +/- $10
New or Used

Advice?

MattNo5ss · Apr 14, 2011

Look through eVGA's B-Stock, they have a GTX460 for $99 with free shipping. It comes with the card only and 90 day warranty. That's probably the best you'll find for ~$100.

VinnyTAMU · Apr 14, 2011

MattNo5ss,

Thanks for the advice. However I have decided to go with the XFX Radeon HD 5770. I forgot to mention that this was going into my HTPC and I would like to have the DisplayPort option that the 5770 gives me.

Thanks for the help.

MattNo5ss · Apr 14, 2011

That's not a bad card, but that GTX460 is much better for less money. You actually need a DisplyPort? I would think converting to HDMI would be better for an HTPC, which you can do with many output adapters.

Glad you found what you needed.

(G{in}[AK)TION] · Apr 14, 2011

how about this. for your older games go get something like a Pentium 2 or Pentium 3 tualatin desktop. i am using my tualatin to play hl2deathmatch and with 512 of system memory and a geforce fx 5500 and it runs fine...just as long as valve dosent release another forking update.

i am using a geforce 8400 to play some games on lower settings and it runs fine. but if you want something else then heres a list i found for you. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...0007320&IsNodeId=1&name=Radeon HD 5000 series

Radioactivaa · May 9, 2011

Look for a 460, if you SLI them two of them, they beat out a GTX 580. They can be found for about $100 new, and easily under $100 on Ebay.

Domino · May 19, 2011

460. Definately a 460.

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