video card wanted

Would be good to know computer specs like how much MHz, RAM you have, and what is your price ceiling for my suggestion. Some of the best cost $200 and up. Assume you want to have better graphics for newer type games.

Here is a list, scroll down to the end of page on how they compare with different games.

http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic/20031229/index.html

For prices, check newegg, scroll down to the end of page for clicking on the different Nvidia cards.

http://www.newegg.com/app/manufactory.asp?catalog=48&DEPA=1

I have a GeForce 4 TI 4600 on my WinXP, Pent 4, 2.0 MHZ, 512MB RAM desktop that plays the latest video games pretty good with no problems.

Hi Mark
If you want to to stick with Nvidia then go for GeforceFX 5600 128 MB,if you want to play Direct X 9 games(anything less than that is a waste of money).For the better performance go for GeforceFX 5950 256MB.
In case of ATI Redeon 9600 will offer good results, but for the ultimate firepower get Redeon 9800XT 256 MB.
ATI GPUs offer better performance than Nvidia.
PS- Make sure your PC can handle these video cards first.

ok the exact equivalent from nVidia would be a GeForce FX 5200 128.
I would not reccomend this card.
the GeForce4 MX400 64MB can play quite a few games including Halo, supprisingly enough.
if you want a decent mid level card try somthing like a GeForce FX 5600 Ultra or a GeForce FX 5700 Ultra.
From ATI you have the Radeon 9600 Pro and 9600XT
but to outperform those for about the same money as the 9600XT or its nVidia equivalent the GeForce FX 5700 Ultra

a Radeon 9700 Pro 128 would run just fine (its benchmarking with the ATI Radeon 9800 PRO 256 and the GeForce FX 5900 Ultra, just under both)

good luck
Oh
if your system is running less than a Pentium 3 733 or equivalent i would just buy a new machine with a better graphics card thrown in (AMD AthlonXP processors are going for almost nothing anymore)

Recently built my own computer from components. Info received from associate who was in IT led me to look at ATI. This is the Radeon type video card. The one I selected was the Radeon 9600SE with 128MB DDR Memory. It is AGP and works with Windows 2000, 98SE, ME, and XP. The cost is fairly reasonable and, of course, it is easy to install and also easy to install the software. You might want to check out Newegg.com or TigerDirect.com as sources. Newegg seems to have the more reasonable prices.
While not in IT or Computer Development, I hope this information will be of some use to you.