9600XT has died

[AndyC]

Hi All,

My card has died playing HL2 screen went a light blue and that was that, can't boot to bios or anything now put in a spare slow agp card and working.

I need to replace it with a card of = performance or faster however I don't see the point of spending loads of cash on agp so ideally around 80 maybe 100max I believe the x700 replaces the 9600 range.

The 9600 played HL2, Farcry etc just fine for me at 1024 768, only have a 15 tft which suits me mine used for games only so don't needs loads of features.

System is

Athlon 2.8
Ram 1 GB
73SCSI Drive

Any thoughts as its been a while, Nvida or ATI which ever is stable and offers the best value for money.

Any help will be great.

Andy

 

[Ks0]

Ive got a spare 9600XT if you want it lol

 

[semi-pro waster]

If you want a new graphics card then a Leadtek 6600gt at the top of this page is probably about your best option. If however you are happy to buy secondhand then see if you can get either a 6800 or X800series card for around your budget(avoid the X800se though).

 

[AndyC]

Thanks guys - but would prefer new, there's this one,

XFX GeForce 6600 GT 128MB DDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (AGP) - Retail (PVT43A-NDF6) (GX-024-XF)

I assume its much of a muchness.

Again thanks for the help difficuilt to know where to start sometimes

 

[AndyC]

Ignoire the above gone with the Leadtek, hopefully arrive tomorrow.