Cheaper ones do exist, like 7100GS and what not, I tried running Crysis 64bit at lowest possible settings on the card, and surprisingly the game did run, but not at playable frame rates... I don't know how other games etc will run, the card has actually been used only for few days (3-4 days), was plugged into system only once, hence not much Idea. I felt it was better than on-board solutions, having a 256Mb memory on card obviously gives an advantage over onboard solutions. But I will suggest you do your own research on the same.