Equivalent Card to.....

[R088ieS86]

Hi Guys,

Just a quick one,

What would you say the equivalent single card to 2 x 7600GT in SLi.

Im under taking a project to get the best out of an ancient PC.
I want to replace these two with something a little more powerful.
The mobo only runs PCI-E.
I have already replaced the CPU with the best the board can handle - Pentium D 960 @ 4.0Ghz. (£30)

Just interested in ideas for the GPUs

Cheers

 

[TheRealDeal]

What kind of money are you looking to spend?

 

[R088ieS86]

Haha, obviously not mega money. anywhere upto £150 really.

 

[Phatzy]

8800 GT should be fine

 

[Raikiri]

They aren't very quick, a used 8800Gt 512mb would be quite a bit quicker for about £25-35. If you want to buy from a shop then: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BG-055-XF&groupid=595&catid=683&subcat=

Edit: £150 might just get you a 5830 if you have a look around. It would be a massive upgrade and probably complete overkill though

 

[R088ieS86]

The 8800GT was the next best thing after the 7600 wasn't it?
Will a single 8800 easily out perform my 2 7600's?

 

[TheRealDeal]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-019-C3&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1515

This would be my choice. Its much faster than what you have atm and i don't think your pentium D will hold it back to much at 4.0ghz. I would be thinking about a full pc upgrade soon though if you are into gaming.

As some of the guys above have pointed out you could go with the cheap option of a 8800gt which is still a good bit faster than what you have i would imagine.

 

[R088ieS86]

Do the current cards run on PCI-E? i know most of the earlier PCI-E 2.0 cards were backwards compatable but i wasn't sure on the newer ones?

 

[TheRealDeal]

As far as i am aware all current cards run on any pci-e version.

 

[thepeganator]

Anything more than an 8800gt will probably be held back by your cpu.

Buy second hand is probably the best way, cheaper and you'll still get something a lot lot better than 2x7600gt's!!

 

[Creelers]

Anything better than a 8800GT will just cause a bottleneck because of your CPU - if you want to do some serious gaming, you will need to do a complete upgrade.

 

[thepeganator]

Have you upped the ram too?

4gb is good nowadays, games will use it!

 

[R088ieS86]

It currently has 2Gb of RAM, didn't want to unsettle to overclock which I'm happy with considering how hot it runs.

I have got my new system on order, But ive got a month or so's wait for a few pieces.

I'll try out a 8800, maybe 2 if their cheap enough.

Cheers Guys.

 

[harryohh]

Grab yourself a 4850.
A big improvement in performance for ~£70.Better than the 8800GT mentioned too.

If you've been getting by with 2 7600GTs then you probably don't do much modern gaming.No need to spend £150 on a card.

 

[coupe69]

Grab yourself a 4850...snip

Barely any faster than an 8800GT which can now be had for around 30 quid.

 

[Phatzy]

if you got a £150 to spend you can buy a C2D cpu, mobo and a 8800 GT for that amount, second hand that is.

 

[Raikiri]

Actually, might have a card for you quite cheap if you set up your trust account.

I would put it in the MM but you won't have access.