7800GTX seems to be broken...

[Dale]

Just after some advice to replace it in time for a gaming weekend coming up.

My current rig is not 'old' but certianly not new by any standards.

A8N-SLI premium
AMD A64 4000+ SD
2GB PC3200 OCZ

I dont really want to spend a lot of money (obviously) and can't afford to upgrade the rest of the machine, so shall I just buy a replacement or can someone spec me something that will work in its place but be just as 'ok' or better for games such as BF2 and TF2 which I play the most.

(Oh, and the mobo is also on its last legs, both RAID controllers on it seem to have gone up the spout and keep crashing mid installation of XP, I've flashed the BIOS a billion times in attempts to cure it, but I only ever get stability using the standard SATA connections in non RAID now, so if there are any offers out there that include a mobo and a graphics card then I'd be open to ideas, only thing is that I can't afford to replace CPU and memory as well)

Thanks

 

[decto]

Just after some advice to replace it in time for a gaming weekend coming up.

My current rig is not 'old' but certianly not new by any standards.

A8N-SLI premium
AMD A64 4000+ SD
2GB PC3200 OCZ

I dont really want to spend a lot of money (obviously) and can't afford to upgrade the rest of the machine, so shall I just buy a replacement or can someone spec me something that will work in its place but be just as 'ok' or better for games such as BF2 and TF2 which I play the most.

(Oh, and the mobo is also on its last legs, both RAID controllers on it seem to have gone up the spout and keep crashing mid installation of XP, I've flashed the BIOS a billion times in attempts to cure it, but I only ever get stability using the standard SATA connections in non RAID now, so if there are any offers out there that include a mobo and a graphics card then I'd be open to ideas, only thing is that I can't afford to replace CPU and memory as well)

Thanks

I'd go for a Ati 1950 pro, pref the 512MB version. Around £80 new though once you get over the 250 posts and 3 months membership you can get into the members market so could pick up a secondhand 7900GT or simliar for a fair bit less.

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