Love the smell of burnt video cards in the morning.

[Rook]

I fried my ATI 9200 yesterday and now its time to get a new one. I haven't been keeping up with the times though, so I need some suggestions on what cards are good.

My MB is a Gigabyte K8NS Ultra-939 with AGP8X so that's what I need to buy for. I have an Athlon 64 3800 processor and a gig of RAM.

I am not a top of the line kind of guy. I'm looking for something under $300 that is reliable, and won't be too obsolete in 6 months. Also, I don't want to have to get all crazy with cooling requirements.

Your suggestions will be appreciated.

[alva]

A 6600 or even better, the 6800 cards should be just fine.

[Solver]

My personal opinion is that, right now, the 6600 cards are a perfect balance of power and price. They're not the most powerful card on the market, but are sufficient even for graphically heavy games, and the price tag is acceptable.

[Sabre2th]

6600s are decent.

Personally, I think the 6800GS is the best deal out there, especially the ones made by XFX. I recently built a new computer with one and I'm loving it

[Rook]

I was looking at the 6800GS from advice I got on other sites. Your replies have pretty much confirmed my decision.

Thanks a plenty.

[Urban Ranger]

It may not be your graphcs card that got borked. It could be the slot. I have seen that happen.

[Rook]

It was the card. The 6800 works fine.