Whats a good cheap video card to buy?

Question

I wanna play games on my pc wit out them lookin so messed up and slow. So I bought my own PC 2 hook it up from the ground up. But when i went to play battlefield 2 on it. It worked but it was slow and looked very bad. So whats a good, cheap video card out there. I need a good one cause i do a lot of gaming

Answer 1

all depends on what type of video card you can use.

there are AGP, PCI, and PCI-Express slots for video cards.
You need to figure out what type you can use first.
Also how much RAM is installed on your PC?
If you want to play games then i suggest at least 1gig of ram.

http://www.newegg.com has about the best prices and quality service. you can get a real good video card for 100bucks or less.
just make sure you get one that works with your PC.

Answer 2

The ATI Radeon X800xl has served me really well. It is now under $100 for the AGP version. The AGP standard is going to be phased out shortly so be careful what you buy... You may want to spend the extra $$$ on a PCI-E or SLI card depending on what your motherboard supports...

I play tons of games and battlefield 2 looks great with the ATI card...

Answer 3

Either an ATI RADEON or NVIDIA GEFORCE
I use the NVIDIA GEFORCE MX200 and with the NVIDIA if you buy a pair of 3-D shutter glasses it has a hookup built into the card and a driver on their website.

Answer 4

I even have the 8600GT XXX version and is the step down from the 8800GT that's the terrific on the marketplace. i might purchase a 7600 to any the place above that. the recent video games now require a 6600 or extra clever i think. My 8600GT became around $a hundred and fifty

Answer 5

the ATI radeon x800
only $62