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Darren
10-04-2007, 02:20 PM
I'm putting together a new system for a mate, I'm a bit undecided as to which card will perform better. The graphics card has to last approximately a year at which point he will purchase another midrange card. His budget is £70

Ideally I would go with the 8600 GTS but they are £100-130, and the 1950 pro is £80-90, his budget is extremely strict so he cant open it up any more.
Fuse-Wire
10-04-2007, 02:32 PM
found this, dunno if it will be any help to you.

http://img.techpowerup.org/071004/a95gh_new.jpg
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=99143&source=2001&doy=4m10
ghost101
10-04-2007, 02:36 PM
You can get a 7900gs for £52.88 at www.scan.co.uk/todayonly . It has performance similar to a 8600GTS but slightly worse than an X1950pro. Itll be a bit more for delivery unless you have a free delivery frm scan by being a hexus.net member or having taken advantage of one of their offers last year. Remember the offer is for today only and after that itll be £58+

PS. The X1650pro is rubbish.
Darren
10-04-2007, 02:38 PM
You can get a 7900gs for £52 at www.scan.co.uk/todayonly . It has performance similar to a 8600GTS but slightly worse than an X1950pro. Itll be a bit more for delivery unless you have a free delivery frm scan by being a hexus.net member or having taken advantage of one of their offers last year.

thanks, i'll definitely consider that bargain
Random Murderer
10-04-2007, 02:39 PM
found this, dunno if it will be any help to you.
[big ass picture]
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=99143&source=2001&doy=4m10

thats just a 1600xt with a shitty cooler and slow gddr on it...
Darren
10-04-2007, 02:39 PM
found this, dunno if it will be any help to you.

http://img.techpowerup.org/071004/a95gh_new.jpg
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=99143&source=2001&doy=4m10

Nice work, two small problems, its AGP. This new build will be using a PCI-x board. Also it's slightly out of our budget. Thanks though
Fuse-Wire
10-04-2007, 02:41 PM
no problem
WarEagleAU
10-04-2007, 02:51 PM
Well, Im sure he isnt DX10 headbound, otherwise an 8500 GT would probably be a good choice. I dont know if ATI has a lower end card...
Fuse-Wire
10-04-2007, 02:54 PM
no lower end DX10 cards anyway, only stocked DX9 card i found well low end was a raedon 9250,
DaMulta
10-04-2007, 02:54 PM
lower ATi 2400
pt
10-04-2007, 03:07 PM
ati 2600pro or xt are good choices
Darren
10-04-2007, 03:22 PM
ati 2600pro or xt are good choices

Ghost101 found me a 7900gs. Would I be better off going for that. It's suppose to be a high end Direct X 9.0 card, right?

take a look---> http://www.scan.co.uk/products/productinfo.asp?WebProductID=681110
pt
10-04-2007, 03:24 PM
Ghost101 found me a 7900gs. Would I be better off going for that. It's suppose to be a high end Direct X 9.0 card, right?

take a look---> http://www.scan.co.uk/products/productinfo.asp?WebProductID=681110

yep, you're better with the 7900gs, i didn't saw ghost post ;)
hercules71185
10-05-2007, 05:53 PM
8600gt all the way haha, I have one and max out everygame I play on 1280x1024 with forced 2xaa with supersampling. games such as oblivion with quarls texture pack 3, bioshock, every ea sports game, fear, you pick it and it runs it. Also I have the brisbane 3600 oc'd to 2.7 on air and my entire setup was under 400 dollars. from cpu powersupply motherboard cpu video card and ram