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Price: Unlimited
 | Easily the fastest card available. With two RV870 cores, it easily outpaces its next closest competitor, the GeForce GTX 480. |
Price: $400-$499
 | With the GeForce GTX 480 costing a full $100 more, the Radeon HD 5870 reigns supreme at $400. Some models of the HD 5870 can be had for right under $400 right now. |
Price: $300-$399
 | The GTX 470 costs about $40 more than HD 5850, but both of the cards are pretty evenly matched. Go with the HD 5850 unless your motherboard is SLI only. |
Price: $200-$299
| The HD 5850 is available for less than 300 dollars now, but the GTX 460 1GB sells for about $60 less and is nearly as fast as the HD 5850 at stock speeds. Get yourself a GTX 460 1GB, overclock it and be secure in your purchase decision. |
Price: $100-$199
| The 768MB GTX 460 is brand new, overclocks very well and is faster than the HD 5770 which was holding this spot. If you can find yourself a rebate or coupon code to narrow the price difference the choice becomes even easier to make. |
Price: $50-$99
 | It is the same price as the HD 5670, but it is faster in any game that is not running in its DirectX 11 mode. It is also still very available. Try to get a model that is running at the full 738/1,100 clock speed though. Many manufacturers have released 'Green' versions that use less power and run at 675/1,000. |
Price: $0-$49
 | The GT 220 is often twice as fast as the HD 5450 which makes up for the $14 price difference. At this price point, gamers probably don't care about DirectX 11 capability at all. |
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Price: $100 and up
| This is the only card you need to look at if you want to continue upgrading your AGP system ... |
Price: < $100
| ... unless you want to spend less than $100, in which case you should get an HD 4650. |
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