rbV5, I undestand what you mean regarding LE versions and VIVO. However I was simply pointing out that GF3 cards have poor TVout & VIVO, and even GF4 cards still need 3rd party sw like TV-Tool to enhance the TVout, something nVidia should be more than able to do through their drivers. When I said Rad8500LE has better '2D' image quality and VIVO I was trying to say that any Radeon card sporting either TVout or VIVO will have it better than any GF3 card, or GF4 for that matter, although they are slightly better. I understand that standard versions of the Rad7500, Rad8500LE and Rad8500 don't come with VIVO, but I thought some versions came with combinations of CRT, DVI and TVout like is now standard for nVidia cards. I also believed that AIW was applicable to all versions of modern Radeons, but perhaps it is missed out on the LE versions. The Radeon cards do tend to vary from country to country, their prices certainly do, in UK, Europe and Australia the GF4TI4200 cards are often cheaper than Rad8500LE and the GF3TI200 is often cheaper than Rad7500.
Athlon4all, Core/RAM clocks don't matter as much as you think. I really wouldn't touch a GF2MX card now, they simply are no longer worth it, go for either Rad7500, GF2TI, GF2GTS-V or GF4MX440. The Rad7500 and GF4MX440 have better '2D' image quality and VIVO (where applicable including just TVout where applicable). The GF4MX440 is slightly faster, and much faster when enabling AA. The GF2GTS-V is the slowest, but not by much and I've heard they o/c to GF2TI levels anyway. Buying anything below these cards is not a very wise move. Another contender in this price bracket ($60ish) is the new SiS Xabre400 which gives GF4MX440 perf but unlike ALL of these other cards it can do some DX8 hw functions, however drivers are still in their early stages, but it does look promising.
Rad DDR: 183/183 128Bit DDR
Rad7500: 290/460 128Bit DDR
GF2MX400: 200/166 128Bit SDR / 64bit DDR
GF2GTS: 200/333 128Bit DDR
GF2TI: 250/400 128Bit DDR
GF4MX440: 270/400 128Bit DDR
Note that non-ATI Radeons, and even oem vs retail Radeons tend to use lower clocks and slower RAM which in turn inhibits o/c potential. I believe the best o/c'er listed is the GF4MX440 which should reach GF4MX460 speeds (300/550), just make sure it uses active cooling (ie a fan). To give you an idea of why clock speed isn't as important as real perf check out these much faster cards clock speeds, they also all support DX8 hw functions too.
Rad8500LE: 250/500 128Bit DDR (much faster than all cards listed above)
GF3TI200: 175/400 128Bit DDR (very close to Rad8500LE perf, esp when o/c'ed to 200/460)
GF4TI4200: 250/444 128Bit DDR (easily beats all cards listed, even before o/c'ed to 300/550)