Best PCI Express Card For -$50

Great 1280x1024 performance in most games, 1680x1050 with lowered detail

Radeon HD 4650 DDR3

Codename: RV730

Process: 55nm

Universal Shaders: 320

Texture Units: 32

ROPs: 16

Memory Bus: 128-bit

Core Speed MHz: 600

Memory Speed MHz: 400 (800 effective)

DirectX/Shader Model: DX 10.1/SM 4.1

You will not find a card that packs more punch than ATI's Radeon HD 4650 under the alluring $50 price point. With solid stock performance and an overclockable GPU, this card is an excellent starting point for our recommendations, and a wholly worthwhile upgrade if you're currently stuck using a motherboard with integrated graphics.

Graphics Cards: Should Buy at Every Price

Don Woligroski Choosing a graphics cards is a confusing endeavor. So Tom's Hardware shared their buying results after testing pretty much every card on the planet. Whether you've got $50 to spend or $250 to spend, this list will come in handy:Some Notes About Our Recommendations
This list is for gamers who want to get the most for their money. If you don't play games, then the cards on this list are more expensive than what you really need. We've added a reference page at the end of the column covering integrated graphics processors, which is likely more apropos.
The criteria to get on this list are strictly price/performance. We acknowledge that recommendations for multiple video cards, such as two Radeon cards in CrossFire mode or two GeForce cards in SLI, typically require a motherboard that supports CrossFire or SLI and a chassis with more space to install multiple graphics cards. They also require a beefier power supply compared to what a single card needs, and will almost certainly produce more heat than a single card. Keep these factors in mind when making your purchasing decision. In most cases, if we have recommended a multiple-card solution, we try to recommend a single-card honorable mention at a comparable price point for those who find multi-card setups undesirable.
Prices and availability change on a daily basis. We can't base our decisions on always-changing pricing information, but we can list some good cards that you probably won't regret buying at the price ranges we suggest, along with real-time prices from our PriceGrabber engine, for your reference.
The list is based on some of the best U.S. prices from online retailers. In other countries or at retail stores, your mileage will most certainly vary.
These are new card prices. No used or open-box cards are in the list; they might represent a good deal, but it's outside the scope of what we're trying to do.

buy.at History

Founded in 1999, Perfiliate Technologies Ltd started the buy.at affiliate network in 2002, which grew to become the UK’s largest independent affiliate marketing network. The company demonstrated strong performance early on, generating an average 250% year over year revenue growth from 2004-2006 [4] and was recognized as the UK’s ninth fastest growing technology company in the 2007 Sunday Times TechTrack.[5][6][7] This coincided with buy.at’s recognition as the fastest growing affiliate network in the UK by New Media Age (NMA).
In addition to network growth, buy.at received awards and recognition for campaign performance and overall operations including:
2003 New Statesman New Media Award for ‘Contribution to Civic Society'[10]
2003 Finalist in the Revolution 2003 Awards for ‘Most Innovative Online Business'
2003 Regional winner of the National E-Commerce Awards, E-Trading Category
2007 Travolution award for best affiliate marketing campaign (LateRooms)
Highly commended as ‘Publisher Choice of Network 2007’ at the a4uAwards
Highly commended for the ‘Innovation in Affiliate Marketing – Network Award’ at the 2007 a4uAwards
Also in 2007, buy.at acquired Lightstate (now buy.at leads) to expand capabilities and product offerings for advertisers and affiliates in the lead generation space.[17] This year also marked buy.at’s beginning in the United States, opening an office in New York and launching Ticketmaster’s US affiliate program in December.[18]
buy.at’s continued growth captured the attention of AOL, who purchased the company in 2008 to operate as a wholly-owned business unit of Advertising.com.[19][20] This acquisition marked the official launch of buy.at’s network in the United States.
Coinciding with AOL’s ‘Platform-A’ European expansion, buy.at began supporting clients in Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden in 2009.[21] In the same year, buy.at’s Agnieszka Marchewka was highly commended for ‘Publishers Choice of Account Manager’ at the a4uAwards.[22]
In 2010, AOL sold buy.at to Digital Window, which now includes both Affiliate Window and buy.at to form the largest affiliate marketing network in the UK.