Help dont know what to buy

[TheKru]

ok guys heres my dilemma. im pretty much broke and need a new graphics card but want to spend under $100. i have compaq AMD 3800+ 2.4GHZ with 3gigs of ram and only a 300watt power supply i dont plan on upgrading soon.. my current card is an ati visiontek x1300 pro that came factory overclocked. i just want a better card that can run shaders and has more stream processors so i can play more recent games w/o dumbing down the graphics to get an ok frame rate. i got dizzy looking at the hundreds of graphics cards so i decided to leave it to the experts. i appreciate the help. thx guys.

[entropy13]

ok guys heres my dilemma. im pretty much broke and need a new graphics card but want to spend under $100. i have compaq AMD 3800+ 2.4GHZ with 3gigs of ram and only a 300watt power supply i dont plan on upgrading soon.. my current card is an ati visiontek x1300 pro that came factory overclocked. i just want a better card that can run shaders and has more stream processors so i can play more recent games w/o dumbing down the graphics to get an ok frame rate. i got dizzy looking at the hundreds of graphics cards so i decided to leave it to the experts. i appreciate the help. thx guys.

If you can wait for a month, the HD4750/4770 from ATi will be coming in May. If not, go for either the HD4670 or the 9600GT

[-RK]

I'd stick to the hd4670 for an unknown 300w PSU. It doesn't require any extra power connectors, eats very little power for it's performance, does pretty in price/performance, and does just fine in almost every game currently out there at moderate-high settings.

The 9600gt would perform a fair bit better for it's price, but it also eats a fair bit more power.