Best card for around $100?

[grimmgrinn]

I'm looking to upgrade my (ahem) Nvidia Vanta to something with a little more gusto, but I'm no l33t gaming fiend looking for the cutting edge. So, for around $100, what's the best card for doing a little light gaming?

 

[KoolHonda]

I'd go with one of these.

 

[PliotronX]

A Radeon 9100/8500 128Meg.

 

[grimmgrinn]

Originally posted by: PliotronX
A Radeon 9100/8500 128Meg.

So what's the difference between the 9100 and the 9000?

I found this 9000 Pro at pricegrabber, and it looks about the same.

 

[kurt454]

Originally posted by: grimmgrinn

Originally posted by: PliotronX
A Radeon 9100/8500 128Meg.

So what's the difference between the 9100 and the 9000?

I found this 9000 Pro at pricegrabber, and it looks about the same.

The 9100 is the 8500LE renamed. It is faster than the 9000Pro. 8500/9100 series has two texture units per pixel pipeline vs. one per pipe on the 9000 series.

 

[Shifty]

For about $110-$125 you could pick up a Ti4200 64mb card. Works as well as a 128mb card in most current games, certainly at lower resolutions. You start to lose out on its bigger brother when you crank the resolution up, turn on AA and play the more recent heavily graphics intensive games.

 

[grimmgrinn]

Thanks for your help, guys.

I decided to go with the Radeon 9100, as it's got the best bang for the buck.

You know, I read these boards, and looked around the review sites, but I just couldn't make up my mind.

In the end, all I had to do was post a thread here, and you guys narrowed my choices down considerably.

Thanks again.