which middle of th eroad graphics card?

should have typed : which middle of the road graphics card?


ok, computers been re-built now a 500W power supply and a MOBO with a PCI-E slot. looking to spend arround £50

so without breaking the bank whats good?

nVida or ATI? no idea here,

128bit or 256bit?
256MB or 512MB?
DDR2 or DDR3?
I know the latter is better than the former, but at this price I can only get 2 out of the 3 if i shop arround.

Otherwise the MOBO is by ASrock, sory no idea which one
PSU is 500W
Ram, currenlty 1GB of fairly slow stuff, will be upgrading to 4GB @ 677 fairly soon.
CPU is a Pentium D 2.8

 

Here are 2 at TigerDirect (just to show you price) They won't ship to England, I think.
XFX GeForce 8500 GT Ultra Silent Cooling / 512MB DDR2 / SLI Ready / PCI Express / (Dual Link) DVI / VGA / HDTV / Video Card

KFA2 GeForce 8600 GT Video Card - 512MB DDR2, PCI Express, SLI Ready, DVI, VGA, HDTV, Video Card

 

I would have to agree with Musksnipe 8500gt is good choice for middle of the road 512MB card is need be thse days and DVI socket for dual screen playin around

 

An 8500 would be on the higher end of low end gaming. Go for the 8600. Great mid end card for a great price.