What's a good video card for $120?

Hi, i need a decent video card that will play Games like WoW, warcraft 3 frozen throne, battlefield 2, Need For Speed Most wanted. with nice graphics and solid performance.

I also wanna add that i have a 300 Watt Power Supply, with Pci-Express x16 built in my cpu.

So what card suits me within this price range?|||XFX GeForce 7600GT (PCI Express-16) works great on my Shuttle XPC (SN25P). Product code is PV-T73G-UGD3.



Runs without extra power connector to the video card. And very good frame rates for $110, after mail-in rebate.|||innovision GF 7300 GT 256Mb PCIE for about $125 l|||Here You can get a Geforce 7600 fpr $100-$130 bucks..

I think this one is good....oh and its 512MB preety cool|||(This is all based on the idea of an up-to-date average computer set-up of 2 drives, 1 HDD, 1 video card, 2 PCI filled, 2 USB filled, 1 rear casefan, and 2.1 speakers. Also included in this assumption of power requirements is a 2.6Ghz Pentium 4 processor and 1Gb RAM.)



I can't give you a solid recommendation, as it depends on whether you're shopping online or not, and if you have a particular preference towards brands. However, I do wish to note that a 300 watt power supply will most likely cause problems with a Nvidia / GeForce card, as they often have a large power draw when idle (but lower recommend specs?). For the lower power draw, as well as stability, I would recommend an ATI Radeon card. Even so, pretty much all current gen video cards want you to have at least a 500 watt power supply for stability purposes as they use a large amount of power when under load (such as playing games). 400 watt is usually fine as long as you don't have many extra cards or drives, but at 300 you'll need to pretty much be running at the bare minimum of other parts.



My quick rundown



GeForce: Usually Higher power draw when idle, Better graphics (more pixel piplines), less stability.



Radeon: Usually lower power draw when idle, can exceed GeForce power draw when under load, Mediocre graphics but alot of extra options for rendering (most aren't used in current games), more stability. Usually runs cooler too, depending on model. Some run alot hotter.



Important things for good graphics: Pixel pipelines, processor, RAM and generation of card.



A few possibilities, when ignoring the power problem:

Nvidia 7600GS

Radeon X1650 Pro

Nvidia 7300GT

GECUBE Radeon X1600PRO (Personal favorite of the 4)





Just a little bit of info to help with a decision. I use Nvidia, by the way.|||Asus ATI Radeon X1650Pro Gamer Edition 256MB PCI-Express Video $111



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