need a cheap card for...

[Karbon]

I'm finally switching over from agp to pci-e. I'm looking for a cheap card, all it has to do is run cs 1.6 well. Anything equivalant to a radeon 9800pro or higher should be fine. ATI preferred, but nvidia is okay.

thanks

 

[Karbon]

I need to plan out my build by tomorrow.

anyone?

 

[grumperfish]

You didn't really specify a price range, but you could get one of any number of x1600/x1650 ATI cards from Newegg for ~$50-$100 that would be alright (note: I have a very negative personal opinion about these cards after trying a few out although some people seem to like them), or:

Not sure how I feel about Chaintech but a 7600GS would be a pretty good choice for what you need to do: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814145131

x800GTO (Fast, but no SM3 support):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814241021

x850pro (Faster than the GTO, still no SM3 support):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814241022