GFX CARD + PCI EXPRESS MOTHER BOARD FOR £140 - SPEC ME

duncsharp · 16 Apr 2006 at 22:01

Am looking for a new mother board and pci-e gfx card for around 140

any suggestions?

Siders77 · 16 Apr 2006 at 22:25

For doing what exactly? Games? Photo editing? Video Editing?

MeatLoaf · 16 Apr 2006 at 22:27

Well for that you could probably get an Asrock dual mobo and a 7600GS.l

Do you have a decent agp card as you could use thatwith the asrock mobo

duncsharp · 16 Apr 2006 at 22:28

sorry i want it for games and do want a pci-e mother board with onboard 5.1 audio or above

MeatLoaf · 16 Apr 2006 at 22:37

What do you havealready. it may be worth selling what you have to increase your budget. Id still go for the asrock mobo, but then you could get a beefier gfx card

duncsharp · 16 Apr 2006 at 22:40

ive got a 9800xt but it has problems, i think its overheated somewhere along the line

i basically only want the gfx card to run counterstrike 1.6 and souces flawlessly

duncsharp · 17 Apr 2006 at 00:33

BUMP!!!

georges · 17 Apr 2006 at 11:39

You have a processor? Because sockets and intel/amd make a difference.

duncsharp · 17 Apr 2006 at 18:15

ive got amd 3700+

geil value 1gb

looking for new mother board and gfx card for gaming - £150

turbotoaster · 17 Apr 2006 at 18:39

PowerColor ATI Radeon X800 GTO 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-054-PC)
Price: £64.95 (£76.32 Including VAT at 17.5%)
Abit AT8 ATI RD480 Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-091-AB)
Price: £69.95 (£82.19 Including VAT at 17.5%)

that should do ya, alittle over budget,but gives ya the option of any dual core cpu in the future and if you upgrade to an x1800/1900 then you can go crossfire later on, when the prices come down, future proof board for quite a while, couldnt see any nvidia stuff i liked gpu+mb for 140 that would be future proof for a while, but then someone might

Naffa · 17 Apr 2006 at 19:14

MB-120-AS Asus A8N5X nForce4 (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-120-AS)
£49.95 £49.95
GX-054-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X800 GTO 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-054-PC)
£64.95 £64.95
Subtotal £114.90
VAT £20.11
Total £135.01

Don't go for the Crossfire board with the RD480 chipset.. it's shocking and nForce4 will blow it to shreads.