hey guys.
im looking for a graphics card for around £80 - £120 and would any sugestions from you guys.
ive looked around and found 6600GT for £105 which has 500MHz clock and ATI X700PRO for £105 wich has a 425MHz clock speed but better cooling.
is there any other cards on the market for this price that are better.
btw, im looking for a AGP card.....
Regards
KC
QuoteOriginally posted by killcrazy@Sep 21 2005, 11:52 AM
hey guys.
im looking for a graphics card for around £80 - £120 and would any sugestions from you guys.
ive looked around and found 6600GT for £105 which has 500MHz clock and ATI X700PRO for £105 wich has a 425MHz clock speed but better cooling.
is there any other cards on the market for this price that are better.
btw, im looking for a AGP card.....
Regards
KC
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Hi Killcrazy, this thread at OC might help?
graphic cards (http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17471926)
Let us know which card you go for. Overclockers has some good deals on GC at the moment, worth a look.
You can get a 6800le from overclockers for £105.
i got the WinFast 6600GT TDH,
orderd it yester lunchtime and got it this morning :biggrin:
it clocks at 500MHz core and 1000MHz memory and has increased my 3DMARK03 score by 2000 points!!! :woot:
QuoteOriginally posted by killcrazy@Sep 22 2005, 09:22 AM
i got the WinFast 6600GT TDH,
orderd it yester lunchtime and got it this morning :biggrin:
it clocks at 500MHz core and 1000MHz memory and has increased my 3DMARK03 score by 2000 points!!! :woot:
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Sounds good m8, where did you get it from, how much did you pay, what did you have before... does it make your breakfast...we need answers :)
I have a rather nice 6600GT, and I LOVE it!! :D
I too am thinking of upgrading, what do people think of these and which one would you go for?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/GeForce_6800_GT.html (http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/GeForce_6800_GT.html)
QuoteOriginally posted by FBG@Sep 22 2005, 01:23 PM
I too am thinking of upgrading, what do people think of these and which one would you go for?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/GeForce_6800_GT.html (http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/GeForce_6800_GT.html)
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FBG thats a very good price, cheapest I could find on the net for that make and model.
Why not get the cheaper OC model below it on that page?
The 6800 GT's are nice cards and I believe can be overclocked or flashed to give you the same speed as the Ultras.
I'll be buying a new card soon, obviously I'd like a 7800GTX but haven't got the money. So I may go for a either a 6800GT or 7800GT - ah decisions decisions!
I've had to buy a new card this week due to having problems with my Asus 9800XT.
Bought the
QuoteXFX GeForce 6600 GT 256MB DDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (AGP)
from O/C (http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/6600AGP_Series.html)
Seems i have swapped a good card for a good card and can see no difference apart from the graphics glitches are now gone.
Now i need to phone them about the missing games :(
QuoteOriginally posted by smite@Sep 22 2005, 04:09 PM
I've had to buy a new card this week due to having problems with my Asus 9800XT.
Bought the from O/C (http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/6600AGP_Series.html)
Seems i have swapped a good card for a good card and can see no difference apart from the graphics glitches are now gone.
Now i need to phone them about the missing games :(
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Smite, can't you get better resolution or quality with your new card, it should be faster.
Didnt one of our guys have 6600 GT for sale in the exchange for a good price? Did anyone buy that?
Yep but nothing different from my old card, they both go upto 1920 x 1440 and run easily.
QuoteOriginally posted by BIG-Dewey@Sep 22 2005, 12:49 PM
FBG thats a very good price, cheapest I could find on the net for that make and model.
Why not get the cheaper OC model below it on that page?
The 6800 GT's are nice cards and I believe can be overclocked or flashed to give you the same speed as the Ultras.
I'll be buying a new card soon, obviously I'd like a 7800GTX but haven't got the money. So I may go for a either a 6800GT or 7800GT - ah decisions decisions!
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I got the XFX 6800GT a while ago. I fitted the Artic Cooling NV5 fan as recommended by Dogmeat and it happily clocks to faster than an Ultra.
Fitting the NV5 is highly recommended in my book, quiter and cooler plus increases OC ability :)
Oooh, what are the 7800GTX like? Any good reviews?
QuoteOriginally posted by FBG@Sep 22 2005, 04:42 PM
Oooh, what are the 7800GTX like? Any good reviews?
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Very expensive, bloody fast!
PCI-E only no AGP!
http://www.tomshardware.com/column/200506221/index.html (http://www.tomshardware.com/column/200506221/index.html)
Another review: http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/229/ (http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/229/)
QuoteOriginally posted by FBG@Sep 22 2005, 05:42 PM
Oooh, what are the 7800GTX like? Any good reviews?
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QuoteAt these higher clock speeds, a single (!) XFX GeForce 7800 GTX Overclocked card outperforms two GeForce 6800 GT cards in an SLI configuration across the board, and in most benchmarks, even beats two GeForce 6800 Ultra cards in SLI as well. This is some serious graphics horsepower for a single graphics card. In order to get the best performance out of these cards, you really do need a fairly high-end processor and you do need to run your games at high resolutions with the image quality effects turned up. The XFX cards really shine on newer titles like Battlefield 2 and FEAR, besting dual 6800 Ultra cards in SLI at a far lower price tag.Â
QuoteThe speed-demon GeForce 7800 GTX reference board we tested was a single-slot PCI Express x16 card equipped with a 430-MHz processor, 256MB of 600-MHz DDR3 memory, and dual DVI outputs. It set new speed records in almost all of the PC World Test Center's gaming tests--an impressive feat in and of itself. In our Doom 3 test with antialiasing, the 7800 GTX posted frame rates of 65 and 42 frames per second, at resolutions of 1024 by 768 and 1600 by 1200, respectively. By contrast, a previous speed leader, ATI's $500 Radeon 850 XT Platinum Edition, managed 52 and 31 fps, respectively, in the same tests.
The results of our Far Cry test were almost as dramatic. The 7800 GTX turned out 50 fps at 1600 by 1200 resolution with antialiasing on. The next-fastest board, a GeForce 6800 GT, cranked out 34 fps; ATI's 850 Platinum managed only 17 fps. Midrange graphics boards like NVidia's GeForce 6600 GT, which costs around $200, completed the same Far Cry test at about 19 fps.