Best Graphics Card for £100?

Bluujam · 19 Sep 2006 at 19:31

I managed to snap one of the blades on the fan of my Radeon 9800 pro, and now the fan keeps falling off. My computer is upside down as I write this...

Anyway, whats the best I can get for around £100?

Any suggestions appreciated

Darkwave · 19 Sep 2006 at 19:38

The BFG 7600GS is £105 but there is a Leadtek 7600GT for £135 on this week only if you can afford it.

Naffa · 19 Sep 2006 at 19:40

Listen to Ulfhedjinn, he knows his stuff.

Darkwave · 19 Sep 2006 at 19:41

naffa said:
Listen to Ulfhedjinn, he knows his stuff.

I think there are more than a few who would vehemently disagree.

Naffa · 19 Sep 2006 at 19:42

They can't help it if you have an ATI card. :eek:

Darkwave · 19 Sep 2006 at 19:44

naffa said:
They can't help it if you have an ATI card.

rippling · 19 Sep 2006 at 20:14

what about an s3 chrome27 card?

sunlitsix · 19 Sep 2006 at 20:31

what do you use the pc for?

Bluujam · 19 Sep 2006 at 21:08

General use really, I do a bit of video editing and play the odd game

sunlitsix · 19 Sep 2006 at 21:39

the 7600GS at £105 would be fine then

Mitch007 · 19 Sep 2006 at 22:16

Ulfhedjinn said:
The BFG 7600GS is £105 but there is a Leadtek 7600GT for £135 on this week only if you can afford it.

stay of the beer for a week and treat yourself to a 7600GT

Darkwave · 19 Sep 2006 at 22:47

Mitch007 said:
stay of the beer for a week and treat yourself to a 7600GT

I don't know about Bluujam, but if I stayed off the beer a week I could probably afford to go quad-SLI.

Cyber-Mav · 20 Sep 2006 at 00:11

Bluujam said:
I managed to snap one of the blades on the fan of my Radeon 9800 pro, and now the fan keeps falling off. My computer is upside down as I write this...

Anyway, whats the best I can get for around £100?

Any suggestions appreciated

if your not going to use the pc for any straneous gaming i suggest you get an arctic cooler or other heatsink/fan combo for your 9800pro and stick to that unless the gfx card is totally dead.

if you want to go for a better card you can still sell on 9800pros for around 30 quid on members market

ernysmuntz · 20 Sep 2006 at 09:06

Cyber-Mav said:
if your not going to use the pc for any straneous gaming i suggest you get an arctic cooler or other heatsink/fan combo for your 9800pro and stick to that unless the gfx card is totally dead.

if you want to go for a better card you can still sell on 9800pros for around 30 quid on members market

Good advice, how much faster is a 7600GT than a Radeon 9800 Pro (assuming you've got it overclocked a fair bit, as most of them can clock pretty darn well).

Pretty much all the 9800 Pro cards that were sold towards the last 9 months or so of its production used XT cores, so you can flash them to that and get a boost in speed, its a guaranteed flash for the extra speed the core provides as a base, but the card won't neccasarily be able to handle the default clocks of the card (but almost certainly will).

Bluujam · 20 Sep 2006 at 09:27

Thanks for all the help guys, I'm gonna go for the 7600 GT I think

Defcon5 · 20 Sep 2006 at 09:31

Ulfhedjinn said:
The BFG 7600GS is £105 but there is a Leadtek 7600GT for £135 on this week only if you can afford it.

What about a 7900GS for £117?

man_from_uncle · 20 Sep 2006 at 12:23

It's always so tempting to spend 'just a little bit more' for the next card up the ladder. In this case though i'd seriously think about it. Those 7900gs at that price look like a steal (especially if they overclock well) and it'll demolish a 7600gt.

Cyber-Mav · 20 Sep 2006 at 14:37

ernysmuntz said:
Good advice, how much faster is a 7600GT than a Radeon 9800 Pro (assuming you've got it overclocked a fair bit, as most of them can clock pretty darn well).

Pretty much all the 9800 Pro cards that were sold towards the last 9 months or so of its production used XT cores, so you can flash them to that and get a boost in speed, its a guaranteed flash for the extra speed the core provides as a base, but the card won't neccasarily be able to handle the default clocks of the card (but almost certainly will).

7600gt is around 3 times faster than a 9800pro, possibly even more faster.

Darkwave · 20 Sep 2006 at 15:11

Defcon5 said:
What about a 7900GS for £117?

Didn't see that one. Is that price inc. VAT?

man_from_uncle · 20 Sep 2006 at 15:14

Ulfhedjinn said:
Didn't see that one. Is that price inc. VAT?

Yep.