Looking for the best video card to purchase for the money? Games are starting to push the limits of video cards as more of the cut scenes are rendered by the graphics card. LCD monitors are getting larger and thus require more performance to push the higher screen resolutions. The game experience in Starcraft II with a Radeon 4850 vs. a nVidia 8600GTS is a dramatic difference. The better card will have near-video quality renderings of the cut scenes at higher screen resolutions.
In the $100 graphics card range, the Radeon 4850 offers excellent performance for the money. It doesn’t support the latest bells and whistles such as Direct X 11 support, but it makes it up for having excellent performance at lower prices.
