broke my 260

[big jenks]

well ive broken my bfg 260 so need a new gpu i like the 260 a lot and worked will in games but i run 3 screens quite a lot and it dident like that to much so was wondering what card i should get

i have arond £600 to spend and could mabey wait a week till i have to buy another one

or if there is a good card for like £50 that would play cod 4 and 5 that would last me to the 5800 cards come out

 

[steve258]

2nd hand 8800gt/s?

you need a second gfx really for proper 3 screen support unless your running something like a Matrox triple head 2 go.

 

[big jenks]

aslong as i can run 1 screen it i get a new card i dont mind but with £600 budget im sure i could go sli or xfire i just dont really want to but a card with knowing that the 5800 are just around the corner

can support ati or nv card btw so any will do

 

[Rroff]

How are you running 3 screen triplehead?

 

[big jenks]

ive got a spliter which runs up to 16 screens use that for 2 of them

 

[Rroff]

So 2 screens show the same thing?

Personally I'd say grab cheapest 512Mb 8800GT you can find and wait for the 5800 series.

 

[londonbairn]

id wait for the 5870/5850 IMO

 

[big jenks]

So 2 screens show the same thing?

Personally I'd say grab cheapest 512Mb 8800GT you can find and wait for the 5800 series.

yea but ones on the desk and one is next to my bed as my eye sight is rubbish and can see the screens from my bed

seem like the best idea to wait for the 5800 series reckon i could xfire them on a £600 budget?

 

[Rroff]

Hard to say for deffinate but speculation places the 5870 at between £210 and £350 on release - my bet would be around £300 per card depending on the retailers markup... so its quite likely.

 

[big jenks]

thanks for the help get the hunt of for a 8800GT

 

[Rroff]

BTW can you not RMA the BFG?

 

[big jenks]

errm no i think standing out it counts as my fualt

 

[anti5580]

What did you do to actually break it? Overclocked it to much?

 

[big jenks]

well its now in 2 parts so i dont think it was the overclock lol

 

[anti5580]

Well if thats the case then there is no point in getting anything decent considering the new range of GPU's will be out very soon.

 

[chaparral]

well its now in 2 parts so i dont think it was the overclock lol

Put a rubber around the two parts to hold them together and send it back marked as a gtx 295..

 

[Jason1973]

Put a rubber around the two parts to hold them together and send it back marked as a gtx 295..

LOL