Best card for around £100

[sWiZzLe]

I've always gone with nvidia, and to be quite a would rather stick with nvidia.

But im so out of touch with the fx card world i could do with some advice.

Just got a new Shuttle, it has PCI-E 16x. I need the second slot btw, so needs to be smallish.

Cheers

 

[Energize]

I don't know about nvidia but the ATI X1950Pro 256MB can be had for £90.

 

[FreeStream]

Find a X1900XT/X1900XTX 2nd hand

 

[Darkwave]

I don't know about nvidia but the ATI X1950Pro 256MB can be had for £90.

Find a X1900XT/X1900XTX 2nd hand

I concur with both of these posts, depending on if you want new or s/h.

 

[Cyber-Mav]

I don't know about nvidia but the ATI X1950Pro 256MB can be had for £90.

512mb one can be had for a tenner extra,

 

[Darkwave]

512mb one can be had for a tenner extra,

Even better.

 

[RaiderX]

doesnt the XT and XTX use 2 slot coolers?

 

[Darkwave]

doesnt the XT and XTX use 2 slot coolers?

True. X1950Pro it is then, problem solved.

 

[FreeStream]

doesnt the XT and XTX use 2 slot coolers?

Aaaah yea ok the Pro then

 

[sWiZzLe]

So what is nVidia's equivalent to the X1950Pro?
Is this a reasonably powerful card?
I have an ... FX5900

 

[DampCat]

the 8800GS i think? big though. and not terribly cheap at 140 ish. the Pro is the best choice

 

[Darkwave]

Is this [X1950Pro] a reasonably powerful card?
I have an ... FX5900

You'd crap your pants going from an FX5900 to an X1950Pro.

the 8800GS i think? big though. and not terribly cheap at 140 ish. the Pro is the best choice

Nope, 8600GTS or 7900GT. 8600GTS is simply overexpensive, plus it's dual-slot, and the 7900GT is old tech that had the most awful failure rate I've known so I really wouldn't buy either of those over an X1950Pro.

 

[sWiZzLe]

Cool so it looks like im going to give ATI a go the X1950Pro 512MB GDDR3, would you recommend Gecube or Sapphire

Also is there anywhere i can find out the dimensions of these cards? My 5900 is pretty damn long and only just fit in my old shuttle, well maybe an inch or so off.

 

[Darkwave]

Cool so it looks like im going to give ATI a go the X1950Pro 512MB GDDR3, would you recommend Gecube or Sapphire

Sapphire all the way in my opinion. I've had both and the Sapphire models of cards tend to come with a better bundle, and the customer support is top notch.

Also is there anywhere i can find out the dimensions of these cards? My 5900 is pretty damn long and only just fit in my old shuttle, well maybe an inch or so off.

I think they're about 9.5" long but don't quote me on that, it's a rough guess based on the size of the X1900s.

 

[sWiZzLe]

You'd crap your pants going from an FX5900 to an X1950Pro.

Looking forward to it! I still haven't seen 3DMark2005 at more than 2fps lol
Oh wow, special offer on the Sapphire, i can save ... wait for it .... 45p! Bargain

Cheers for the help guys, really appreciate it

 

[MeatLoaf]

In a week or two im going to be looking to spend £100 on GFX.

Im hoping i can get a used X1900XTX or 7900GTX for that off the MM

 

[Magnum_Force]

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Any takers?? (I've really got to stop trying to flog these cards on this site ).

 

[elfy]

hasn't the 1950pro got some big problems? all i see on sapphire's forums each day is people moaning about them

 

[sWiZzLe]

hasn't the 1950pro got some big problems? all i see on sapphire's forums each day is people moaning about them

Could you expand on that?

I've looked on the forum and on Google and the only problems i can see people are having is when they're trying to overclock the card. I'm really not interested in overclocking anymore.

 

[sWiZzLe]

Oh crap I've just thought of something! Can someone direct me to that site where you can test if your pc has a powerful enough psu please?