I'm wondering if I could get cards that are worth less, but are just as good as these expensive ones?
If the world was working that way, there would be no point into making those high priced card.
If you mean some of those card that are sold at a discounted price because a newer series came out, then your out of luck since that situation didn't happen since mid 2010 and probably won't happen before spring or summer next year.
If you would like us to recommend a gpu, you should give us some information about your computer, mainly you power supply's power rating.
also giving info about the game you would like to play and your performance expectation, display resolution might help.
would GeForce be a recommended graphics card
Geforce is just a GPU brand, some are capable and some are aren't that much. Nvidia produce a lot of different gpu ranging from the puny 420 to the mighty 590. Also they just produce the gpu itself, the whole video card are built and sold by different company like asus, gigabyte, xfx, etc.
when a graphic's card series raises, does that mean it is stronger or it's further outdated?
no, for example 400 to 500 (nvidia) and 5000 to 6000 (amd), the jump was just an upgrade to the design, it didn't bring a lot of extra performance (except for the top cards), but mostly lowered power consumption and heat.
also, when they change series the performance raises compared to the ancient card from the same market segment the newer one is aimed.
ex: a low-end gen N card is less powerful than a low-end card from gen N+1 that was made to replace it, but a mid range gen N card will still be more powerful than a low-end gen N+1.
anyway, get a look at this article: (
Best Graphics Cards For The Money: November 2011)
http://www.tomshardw...force,3067.html
the last page might help you understand what i explained in the last paragraph