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GC Upgrade Situation

Garz

Garz

Garz

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Hi people, just wanting some oppinions on my options.

Currently I have a Dual core opteron 165, Asus A8n, 2Gb ram with a nvidia 7800GT. I was thinking of just upgrading the graphics card sometime soon, as I can upgrade the system another time.

Maybe an 8800GT a worthy upgrade?

TIA

Garz
 
Is there maybe an ATI equivelent, as im looking to spend circa £150 or thereabouts if the upgrade was a decent improvement. Im using a single dislay 19" flatscreen 1280 x 1024, mostly play WoW but may invest in another 19" display.
 
a 8800GT will beat most if not all ati cards out at the moment. the OcUK GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) would be the card to get around your price range. your PSU may decide what card you can have though.
 
Garz said:
Maybe an 8800GT a worthy upgrade?
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Hi Garz,

Welcome to the forums :)

make sure to read the forum rules and please do not put your hands inside the cages :eek:

The 8800GT 512MB is an excellent graphics card and the prices on it are just starting to drop back down to normal. There is also a cheaper card that is worthy of consideration and thats the Radeon HD3850 256MB, it gives very good performance at 1280x1024 and is about £60 cheaper the the Geforce 8800GT 512MB.
 
Thanks for the replies so far guys.

My power supply is currently a Hiper 580w type. Will this be fine to run the 8800GT range?
 
Monkeynut said:
It might be ok, but I wouldn't run one off that. The Hipers have a habit of going bang. ;)
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thats a little harsh lol but yes the "hiper 580 type r" have had problems but on a whole are a very good psu and 580w is more than enough for an 8800GT :)
 
Hope you don't mind me jumping into this, but am in a similar situation, have a amd 4200 x2, and a abit an8 ultra motherboard, would a OcUK 8800 GT be the best card for my system? Have a antec true power 400w at moment, so guessing I would need a new psu?

Thanks.
 
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