Budget Graphics Card Roundup 186
Anonymous Coward writes "Not all of us are prepared to drop $500 for a killer graphics card. Generally, the sweet spot in price and performance is in the budget category of GPUs. Joel Durham Jr. over at ExtremeTech reviews nine current graphics cards, all of which are below $250, some below $150, to determine which cards are worth the time and money for the gamer on a budget. In the sub $150 category, the ATI Radeon 4770 performed the best for its price. Spend a little more and Joel recommends the GeForce 260."
But can they render... (Score:4, Funny)
...first posts?
Re:Extended Windows OS Tax (Score:2, Funny)
And look how far Tux Racer has advanced in that time!
Re:Extended Windows OS Tax (Score:5, Funny)
Haven't had to upgrade my graphics cards in my Linux boxes for the last 5 years...
Have you been avoiding a Trojan tax all these years, too?
Re:Wrong... (Score:5, Funny)
OMG StarCraft III?!? That's amazing considering StarCraft II is still in beta [shacknews.com]
Product names (Score:4, Funny)
Geforce 260... that can't be much better than Geforce 256, can it?
(Hint: Maybe it's around time NVidia thought a new product name.)
Re:Wrong... (Score:3, Funny)
Starcraft is a Blizzard game, their requirements are stupid low
They'd better... I would hate to think I need to upgrade my computers just to have my wife zerg-rush me!