£400ish Budget for card

[DuWolfy]

Just bought a Samsung 22" SM-226BW

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-050-SA

Starting build a new system looking for a card to build a system around.
Budget £400ish ( for the card )

Running Rad9800 pro atlantis 256/XP3200/1.5gb pc3200 so u can see how long ago i built this system. Needs a complete makeover and looking for the starting point.

"Its all about Gaming"

Go wild on suggestions plzzz was gonna rebuild for when WarHammerOnline was going to be released but got bored ... so gimmie some suggestions even if its " wait till Oct with the xxxx card is out. "

Thnxs in advance

 

[DuWolfy]

I usually upgrade ever couple years ... last upgrade was to my current systems.

bearing in mind these were classed 'top of the range '

XP3200 ( Was no faster AMD CPU)
9800 Pro Atlantis 256mb ( Was just released )
1.5GHz Pc3200 ( DDR333 DDR400 diddnt even have a release date )
3*200G ATA133 Drives

yup yer talking around 2003 >< ( now i feel olde)

Never had a prob untill recently when noticed when i play new games its start lagging slightly after few hours anything above 1280x1024 (Default I play @ ) Now the new monitor default is 1680*1050 an without AA etc runs fine but higher starts getting choppy. So basically im setting up a new system with the intention of lasting a further few more years.
If the 8900 is before Dec im prepared to wait ... It depends how big of a jump in performance/longegivity im going to get out of the system.

£400 was an ish Figure for the card , am prepared add another £100 IF and only IF was gonna get a major boost than a <£100 less card.

 

[DuWolfy]

Yeah sorry i diddnt make it clearer about current aims/objectives but here goes.

System currently looking @

AMD64 AM2 X2 Duel Core 6000
PCI-E Graphics Card ( Looking 8800 Series)
Mobo (Unsure Crossfire/SLI undecided must have duel 16* slots/Must be min Capacity of 4GB DDR2)
2 GB DDR2 ( Unsure speed )
2*400g SATA
650/800W PSU
*Considering Water Cooling*
Have currently Thermaltake Xaser III id love to water coolup , just gonna readup see how my confidence withstands the readup.

Gonna spend around £800>£1000 dont need anymore equip, going to use current system as a NAS and strip the Drives from that.

 

[DuWolfy]

Thnxs for the advise

Currently priced up

BFG 800W UK/PFC Approved PSU BFG 800W UK/PFC Approved PSU £89.99
(£105.74)
BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC2 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £339.99
(£399.49)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £119.99
(£140.99)
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA1065) £109.99
(£129.24
Asus P5N32-E PLUS SLi nForce (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £99.99
(£117.49)

Sub Total : £759.95
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.95
Vat : £134.56
Total : £903.46

May hold on for a little to see if the 8950 release date is announced along with the price drop an jump in for the water cooling.
Bit im kinda headstrong when its stuff i want ..no shopping around.. ill have that one and that and that syndrome.

 

[DuWolfy]

Yeah i would be using vista, new pc .. new look.

But was just main issues concerned were AMD/Intel ... SLI/Crossfire ... RAM speed 8800/8900 ... AIR/Water