[MasterMind]

I'm looking to build a new PC soon and was wondering what kind of cards you all would recommend. I haven't been keeping up with the latest ones but I have been looking at Radeon 9600XT or 9800Pro. How long would these things keep me going for? Another couple of years? I don't do much gaming, just a little now and then and never the latest games.

I would be upgrading from a Radeon 7000. I also have looked at buying refurbished from Newegg.com. Any one buy that before? Or just new? Looking to spend <$150 so latest and greatest are out of the question unless I find something worth justify spending a little extra on.

Any Nvidia cards aroung that price that I should look at?


Specs of main components for the new computer I'm trying to piece together:

Athlon 64 3200
1 GB RAM
ASUS A8v mobo
1 or 2 SATA HDDs(still deciding if I should run a RAID setup)
and all the other necessities

Until I get everything together, I'll be putting the video card in my current PC.

Also what's your experience with newegg.com? I've never bought there before but I could save some money if I did.