anyone know of a good, but cheap vid card?

[Tykwer]

what "cheap" video card would i need to run battlefield the way it's supposed to look? i have a nvidia geforce fx 5200 and it runs on low everything, but doesnt look amazing.
my other system specs are an amd athlon XP 3100+ 2.20 GHz, 512 MB of ram. and i was thinking of adding on another 512 MB of ram, just want to upgrade my vid card so it looks like the screen shots i see :happyhappy:
just remember im on a jobless bum budget so i want the best quality for the fewest pretty pennies.

[SoReal]

Are youn running a manufacters computer?

[-LiT- Killer_B]

Either the Radeon 9800 256 or this card http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1244482&CatId=0 You shouldn't be dissapointed with the prices or the quality :thumbsup:

[Tykwer]

manufacter's computer, upgraded vid card.

[p00p]

I'm going to go ahead and throw my two cents and say that the 256meg version of the 9800 is useless. I've read a few video card roundups that basically show that there's not much of a point to get 256 over 128 on the older generation cards.

If you had a price range, it'd help out a lot.

And assuming your budget is $170 or less, I'd go with this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130220

[monos]

i am drooling over this card
:bonk: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814161132#DetailSpecs