I have recently shared a small list on budget graphics cards below $100, and now I have taken the bar to $200 and obviously, we have a better list now.
I have tried to pull out some of the top performing graphic cards and mind you, these won’t hurt your pocket either. Best thing about this list is that these graphics card are better than the dirt cheap cards, which end up doing nothing. In other words, these graphics cards are worth your money.
Whether it would be gaming or any multimedia work, you definitely need to have a solid graphics support. And if you cannot afford high end graphics support, then you can go with mediocre graphics cards which would fit into your budget and also do justice to your needs. If this is the case of yours, then here is the list which would prove to be of good help.
Cheap / Budget Graphics Cards Below $250 Of 2013
EVGA GeForce GTX 660
- 2048MB GDDR5 Memory
- PCI-E 3.0 16x
- 1046Mhz GPU Clock Speed
- 6008Mhz Memory Clock Speed
- NVIDIA SLI ready
- Price – $230
If you wish to to shed few more dollars, then you can get a graphics card of better configuration.
Sapphire Radeon HD 6870
- 1024 MB GDDR5 Memory
- 900 MHz Core Clock
- 4200 MHz Effective
- 1 x Dual-Link DVI
- 1 x HDMI 1.4a1 x HDMI 1.4a
- 1 x DisplayPort
- 1 x Single-Link DVI-D
- DisplayPort 1.2
- Price – $225
AMD Radeon HD 7870
- 2 GB GDDR5 Memory
- 1200MHz Memory Clock
- PCI Express 3.0 x16 bus interface
- OpenGL 4.2 support
- AMD HD Media Accelerator
- Price – $250
You will find number of graphics cards in this price range and you will also see that most of them will have a pretty similar configuration. While making a choice, you have to be slightly flexible with your budget, do some user feedback research and make your buy. Or else, you can choose any one from the above three.