hi everyone,

planning to buy a new vga and wanted to ask your opinion and advices whats best price and quality. here is what i've found http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=IjxEYpL7ep0Vs5mh planning to buy this one. tell me what you think about it. thanks  What computer (or specs if home-brew) are you planning to add this to?

What do you intend to use the computer for?

What's your price range?

processor is AMD athlon 2,3ghz x2, 5600+, 64bit, 3gb ram, motherboard is MSI.

it would be for gaming. I'm not from US so if i convert it would be about 80$$80 can be a little tight for gaming if your looking into modern gaming that has lots of action in it. If your talking about like World of Warcraft you can get by with a cheapie videocard, but if you are looking to PLAYING the latest first person shooters and games with lots of action in it, you might have to get a card that is bare minimum for those games at $80.  What games are you planning to play on it so we can point out a few that will work within $80

Also hopefully your system has an available Video PCI Express 16x slot to take a video upgrade without having to resort to older and much limited PCI slot type.The ATi Radeon 5450 Chipset isn't a bad one, modern features albeit older sized down components. Good value for money, but not what I would recommend for serious gaming. That said you also don't want to go too mad on a graphics card without going overboard on everything else as well. Did you know that they also sell a fan less version?

I'm going to assume though that as you have listed specs instead of a brand & model that you have a self built machine. The components you listed suggest PCI-E capability from your motherboard. However you did pick out a low profile GPU. Is that an issue or are you ok with standard & full sized as well? (It will be something new to me if someone tells me that GPU cards now have form factors.)

I would recommend NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 Chipset for better performance though. It doesn't have as advanced features as the 5450 (being an older model), but it is significantly more powerful for about another $30. I don't think you'll notice the lack of DirectX 11 SUPPORT, any games that will use it will be out of its league anyway (on settings that utilise the latest DirectX).
http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=IiSRMp9XGJsFqwsi
(Sticking with ASUS as they list good specs, are neutral ground atm (I have no idea where you're from) and I trust ASUS.

For another $10 you could go with a GeForce GT 440 for a little bit better performance (about $10 extra worth actually). Although I would just go with the next option as it should be the same price.
http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=a9D5iyfxMP5hHEL0

This is the best I could find within your price range: ATi's Radeon 5670. You'll get the best performance out of this one and it should be the same price as the GT 440 at $74.99. It should play modern games fairly well (I have a 5770 and it gets me through most things on high settings).
http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=VIgJqfcDS3hZebCQ


These suggestions are based on the premise that your motherboard is PCI_E capable!
Having nothing to go on I also have no idea what sort power supply you are using. It may not be ideal for these suggestions!
Prices are based on US sales and may not be up to date!i'm not that serious gamer but like call of duty all series, gta 4, ASSASSINS creed, dirt and so on.
i found this low profile and i'm ok with full size if it is good enough and fits my price.
i saw that 5450 silent but i think there would be a problem with overheating, fan is helpful i think.
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i see your point they are much better than 5450 but they are too expensive for me, at least in my country. i trust asus too at the moment i have asus eah3850 256mb.
so i want to fit to 80$ for sure and to have a good not best video card with latest features and which lets me to play latest games Quote from: rejnis on March 16, 2011, 06:30:50 AM

i'm not that serious gamer but like call of duty all series, gta 4, assassins creed, dirt and so on.

i'm not that serious gamer but like call of duty all series, gta 4, assassins creed, dirt and so on.
i found this low profile and i'm ok with full size if it is good enough and fits my price.
i saw that 5450 silent but i think there would be a problem with overheating, fan is helpful i think.
Accessless
i see your point they are much better than 5450 but they are too expensive for me, at least in my country. i trust asus too at the moment i have asus eah3850 256mb.
so i want to fit to 80$ for sure and to have a good not best video card with latest features and which lets me to play latest games