9800GT or 4830 if you must buy new. the 4850 can be had on here for $100 used and its a great card. About 20% faster than the others.
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IMO, one of the best video cards under 100 bucks is the HD4830. Here's an MSI GDDR3 version for $90 (and a $15 MIR), with free shipping. I can't find a GDDR4 version of the card for under $100, though. Maybe someone else knows of a good deal.
Not sure if it will play Crysis @ 1920x1200; you'll have trouble finding a video card that will do that for under $100 (unless you lower the detail, I guess).
EDIT: As posted above, you could always look for an open box deal on a better card.
Originally Posted by NakedSuperhero so im building a comp, and i need to find the best gpu under 100 bucks to stay in budget. I just need something that can play crysis legitly on a 24in at 1920x1200rez.. i heard that gddr4 would be better because it can be overclocked like crazy, I also heard that if im going with that big of a screen, i should get something that has 1gb of memory. |
Not sure if it will play Crysis @ 1920x1200; you'll have trouble finding a video card that will do that for under $100 (unless you lower the detail, I guess).
EDIT: As posted above, you could always look for an open box deal on a better card.
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most "low level" cars now have GDDR2. The gtx295, the fastest card out, uses gddr3. Nvidia has not released a card with anything past GDDR3. The 4830 gddr3 is faster than the 3870 gddr4. Just make sure that the card u get doesnt have GDDR2 and you are good.
Originally Posted by charliemopps Most low level cards have ddr3 and high level cards have ddr5 now. The odd one out is the 3870. You can find em with ddr4 but i don't think it helps performance any. The 4830 has more stream processors and a higher clock. |
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well 1gb is useless on a weak card and you will have trouble finding a decent card with 1gb of Vram for $100. The power of the card is more imporatant than the memory. and DO NOT get gddr2. you could always play the game at 1680x1050 too.
Originally Posted by NakedSuperhero alright. what about with the size of the card? i was told in order to get any decent AA/AF at that res I would need a 1GB card |
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Originally Posted by NakedSuperhero ok, ok, but like i said, if the card is DOA? |
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