Affordable Modern Graphics Cards

Posted by michael on Friday September 24, 2004 @07:15AM from the save-a-pixel-or-two dept.

EconolineCrush writes "If graphics cards that cost more than a mortgage payment make your wallet quiver, it's worth checking out ATI's Radeon X700 and NVIDIA's GeForce 6600 series. Both are based on cut down versions of latest and greatest graphics chips, but at under $200, they sell for a fraction of the price of high-end cards. What's more, these $200 wonders outperform last year's $500 cards, sometimes by embarrassingly large margins. The Tech Report has in-depth reviews of both the GeForce 6600GT and Radeon X700 XT if you're in the market for a next-gen graphics card that's a little more affordable."

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A mortgage payment!!!???? by Gr8Apes · 2004-09-24 07:17 · Score: 5, Funny

If a graphics card = a mortgage payment, you're either buying one hell of a graphics card, or I want your mortgage payment!

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1. Re:A mortgage payment!!!???? by Otter · 2004-09-24 07:22 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I assumed from the nick "EconolineCrush" that he's living in a Ford van. (Perhaps down by the river, perhaps not.) A $500 mortgage therefore seems reasonable.
  
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Re:Cooling! by joib · 2004-09-24 08:33 · Score: 4, Funny

Good. It's probably optimized for flight simulators then.