Good Budget Video Card w/ Good Performance

[pureenergon]

ok.. was looking for a budget price but decent for most gaming and video.. and going through the ncix site and found some decent ones i think as potential video cards i was thinking of getting..need some help.

Diamond Stealth Radeon HD 2400 Pro 525MHZ 512MB 800MHZ DDR2 PCI-E VGA DVI HDCP HDTV Out Video Card $59.99 after MIR
http://forum.ncix.com/forums/index.p...d=0#msg1448268

Diamond Viper Radeon X1650 Pro 600MHZ PCI-E 512MB 800MHZ GDDR2 Dual DVI-I HDTV Out Video Card $49.99 after MIR
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...ture =Diamond

HIS Radeon ICEQ3 X1650 Pro 500MHZ 512MB 800MHZ 128BIT DDR2 PCI-E VGA DVI-I HDTV Out Video Card $69.99 after MIR
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...anufacture=HIS
(cool looking fan. looks big tho.)

EVGA E-GEFORCE 8400GS 459MHZ 512MB 64BIT 800MHZ DDR2 PCI-E VGA DVI-I HDCP TV Out Video Card $60.94 after MIR
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...nufacture=eVGA

I'm aware of needing to get a power supply. i think i will be getting this one:http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...e=COOLERMASTER

if anybody have any reviews, experience and suggestions of these video cards listed.. or a BETTER suggestioned to point out.. please feel free to respond!!!

[willy]

Scratch ATI 2400 and nVidia 8400 off your list ...

[Zertz]

I'm sorry, but at this price point you won't get much of a gaming card, the 8400/2400 are great HTPC cards, but that's it.

If you want to game at half decent resolution you'll have to stretch your budget a bit

[ShadowVlican]

what games do u play?

my lowly 7300GT can MAX out (except AA) older games like WoW (at 1920x1200) or WC3 (i forgot...)