Please suggest a good graphics card
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Please suggest a good graphics card
Hi all
Looking to change my graphics card.
Ive got an 8x AGP slot upto AGP2.0, but to the best of my knowledge, not a PCI express slot.
I do obviously have PCI slots but only 1 left now.
Right now I have an ATI 8500DV with 64MB RAM.
Im normally keen on getting something that been around for 6 months off of ebay so that Im not paying 100s of pounds.
I use my PC for DV editing and lots of driving and shootemup games.
Ive got a AMD3000 Socket A CPU and 1GB RAM.
Grateful for any thoughts.
Cheers
Brett
Looking to change my graphics card.
Ive got an 8x AGP slot upto AGP2.0, but to the best of my knowledge, not a PCI express slot.
I do obviously have PCI slots but only 1 left now.
Right now I have an ATI 8500DV with 64MB RAM.
Im normally keen on getting something that been around for 6 months off of ebay so that Im not paying 100s of pounds.
I use my PC for DV editing and lots of driving and shootemup games.
Ive got a AMD3000 Socket A CPU and 1GB RAM.
Grateful for any thoughts.
Cheers
Brett
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Have look here, some card's are recon but come with warranty.
Cheap ATI graphics cards - retekdirect.co.uk
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Problem at the moment is the advent of DX10. We now face the perennial problem of anyone upgrading a p.c.: wait or buy?
Saying that tho' - I'd lump for the X1950Pro which DOES come in an AGP flavour:
ebuyer.com - Graphics Cards » Graphics Cards ATI » ATI Radeon X1950 Range » Product details
Saying that tho' - I'd lump for the X1950Pro which DOES come in an AGP flavour:
ebuyer.com - Graphics Cards » Graphics Cards ATI » ATI Radeon X1950 Range » Product details
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A used 6800GT or 6800 Ultra from ebay if second hand is no problem with you. Will cost around the £100 mark. Overclock the GT to Ultra speed with no trouble
ATI x800xt very overclockable
ATI x850xt On par with the nvidia 6800 Ultra.
I tend to go for the Nvidia range as I find that the drivers are more stable and don't have to be continually changed to keep up with the latest game.
The reason I suggest a used card is that sooner or later you will decide to upgrade to PCI-E and spending a big chunk of money on a card might rub a little if you change sooner.
ATI x800xt very overclockable
ATI x850xt On par with the nvidia 6800 Ultra.
I tend to go for the Nvidia range as I find that the drivers are more stable and don't have to be continually changed to keep up with the latest game.
The reason I suggest a used card is that sooner or later you will decide to upgrade to PCI-E and spending a big chunk of money on a card might rub a little if you change sooner.
Last edited by magepaster; 14 January 2007 at 08:03 PM.
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The problem with ATi cards is the drivers are ****e. Nvidia cards have much better support and VID drivers.
Mart you were just unlucky, I've never had any reliability issues with cards from either ATi or Nvidia. I guess the brand of the card you buy could affect reliability.
Mart you were just unlucky, I've never had any reliability issues with cards from either ATi or Nvidia. I guess the brand of the card you buy could affect reliability.
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