first time buying a video card, please help

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#1 raiden7890
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(I was told this would be the better place to ask the question, so here it goes again)

Sad but true, I've been running off of my integrated ATI Radeon Xpress 200 for over a year now. You ever see FEAR running on that thing? Well...nvm, I won't even go into that.

With black friday coming up, I thought I might as well shell out for a video card, however, my budget is extremely, insanely limited.

I have found these 3 cards, but I haven't been able to find any good reviews of them, so if you can give your opinion of them, it would be of a great big help!

ATI Radeon HD2400 Pro 256MB - $49

ATI Raoden HD2600 Pro 512MB - $99

NVidia GeForce 8600 GTS 256MB - $99

As you can see, my budget is below $100, and my options are only those 3, so if you can pick and choose which one you would select out of those 3 and say why, thanks so much =)

(I know theres a lot better out there, but my budget and time only allows for these 3 options, so please limit yourself to only these 3 choices)

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#2 EternalMax
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8600 is decent card....wish you had a bigger budget....
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#3 Raichu_Owns
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Amazon is your best bet. $60 for a 512mb video card.
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#4 Twinturbo120
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yea go with 8600