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Graphics Card budget

May 22, 2005 2:57AM PDT

To all, I need to buy a graphics card but I have a 200 dollar budget and I want somthing good. Any suggestions ? Thanx.

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What can you buy for 200 in the part of the world or
May 22, 2005 3:00AM PDT

In your world or time-space what is 200 or less?

Did you research what you can obtain to see if there are benchmarks at www.tomshardware.com?

And given no applications you could be doing video editing which some of the staff does on 4 megabyte ATI cards that were 12 bucks. Video editing doesn't strain a video card, games do.

Bob

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Err.........
May 22, 2005 4:27AM PDT
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GeForce 6600 sounds good
May 22, 2005 11:38AM PDT

Thanx Dude, appreciate it. I've recently been looking for that card but every where I found it, it was around $250-$270.

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Gee, I thought you lived in the US....
May 22, 2005 12:44PM PDT

Talking about the 6600GT not the 6600 that can be had for $112.

Right now the eVga version of the GeForce 6600GT for $159 (after rebates) is currently out of stock at Newegg. Can get on their waiting list or pick another starting at $167 from here:

http://tinyurl.com/creg3

Newegg is extremely legit and reliable, many people including myself have had good dealings with them. I do shopping on line with different merchants, but order and give my credit card number over the telephone.
You can call toll free and they will accept a money order by mail if you do not have a credit card:
http://www.newegg.com/CustomerService/ContactUs.asp

Their policy:
http://www.newegg.com/CustomerService/PolicyAgreement.asp