Which graphic card to choose on a 100$ budget?

[Piotrsama]

(Maybe some bucks more, but not too much)
I think the X700 is the best option, as it has better performance than a 6600...
Am I right?

Thanks !

[Major_A]

AGP or PCIe? Gaming or non/casual gaming? etc.....

[Turok]

I would wait for the x1300 pro because the x700 is simply obsolete with SM2 and no HDR.
The x1300 pro outperforms the x700 in most aplications.
( Example: )
http://www.hardwarezone.com/img/data/articles/2005/1723/FarCry.gif

Even tho the x1300 pro doesnt have VTF (Vertex Texture Fetching), its a lot better than having SM2, VTF requires a lot of GPU power and a x1300 wont be up for it anyway. Its also a nice card for the price, but you'll have to get $50 more to complete the $150 price tag.

In games like AoE3, you will be able to see HDR with the x1300 pro while the x700 looks more like AoE2 grafix, which is one of the reasons why to get the x1300, just to be up-to-date with SM3.

The x1300 pro also supports AVIVO, which looks like a nice improvement over VIVO

Wherever the x700 is better, you can always overclock the x1300 pro higher because of the more powerful 90nm die, and Im sure that those benchmarks where the x700 is faster is because of premature drivers ;)

[Turok]

AGP or PCIe? Gaming or non/casual gaming? etc.....

If he's mentioning the x700 as his next update, it must be PCI-E (since the x700 is only available in PCI-E, and is considered the PCI-E version of the 9800 pro because of simmilar performance)