What video card?

I am getting a new video card and was wondering what to get. I will probably be getting it off newegg. This needs to run me under $200 and the lower the better. I remember people talking about a new radeon card coming out soon and i should get that but i cant remember what it was called. Is it even out yet?

Radeon 9600 XT? It's probably your best bet but it's around $210.

Get an older geforce vid card. BUt that is just my opinion.

Get an S3 Virge.

Radeon 9600 XT? It's probably your best bet but it's around $210.

Definitely! 9600XT will the strongest/fastest card in the 200 buxs range. You'll need it to play Half-Life2/Doom3 decently. I'm getting it! Only thing that will beat it is GeForceFX5900 or its brotha 9800XT...

Me no find it.

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...tby=14&order=1

The XT one

The 9600XT hasn't come out yet.

You didn't look very hard....

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...codevalue=5026

Hmm, thought they weren't out yet... Bleh...

It's 3rd party, but that's it for ya.

You didn't look very hard.... http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...codevalue=5026

Which one?

Second one by ASUS. I'd wait until more retailers make them though.

Asus is leet, asus>others

I cant seem to find the difference between each one except for the cost.

For one, the Sapphire is OEM, which means just comes with the card nothing else. No fancy box!

So the obviosu choice is to go with the asus one so i can get a $35 box right?

Yes.

And also because Asus makes a very stable vid. card and they're leet choice in brand... go to compusa... or something, its 200 buxs there for the normal "radeon 9600xt".

http://www.compusa.com/products/prod...210&pfp=SEARCH

Well there it is coming in at $200. Acceptable. And the addition of a free copy of half life 2 only sweetens the deal.

Yep, let's just hope stores to their parts and accept the damn coupon...