• Competitor rules

    Please remember that any mention of competitors, hinting at competitors or offering to provide details of competitors will result in an account suspension. The full rules can be found under the 'Terms and Rules' link in the bottom right corner of your screen. Just don't mention competitors in any way, shape or form and you'll be OK.

Graphic card confusion.

Well depends what games, if it's the two in the first post, then 8600GT should be capable enough..unless you want to play FEAR. I think ATI X300 should be fine for those games, Sim City 4 is buggy as hell, it's slower on my 4400X2 X1900XT than my brothers P4 2.4ghz Nvidia MX400! :eek:
 
squiffy said:
Totally pointless, would you bother get a replacement for a Voodoo 1 under "lifetime warranty" if it now stopped working? Nope.
Click to expand...

I would if they would replace it with an equivilant GPU, like an 8800GTX :D But I doubt they would do that :( Prolly give you the cheapest card they have, a card cheaper than the postage it cost to send the faulty one back to them.
 
Hmmm I just found a 8800GTS 640MB at a competitor going for £132!! :eek:

Only "problem" is I have never heard of the company that made it.. Zotac.. Link to the 8800 card on their site is here.. http://www.zotac.com/gf8800.htm

Anyone know anything about them? Is it worth to buy or may it be cheap fan, ram or other components that would make it a loss in the long run?!?

Any input would be appreciated!

Cheers
Tom

Edit: Found a review of the 8800GTS 320 card.. might give some indication about it? http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=4716
 
Last edited:
I wouldn't have too much of a problem buying from a new supplier like Zotac, most of them use reference boards anyway with a few differentiating stickers.

But if you look at the fine print on the seller its "Usually dispatched within 4 to 6 weeks." If you can wait a month for one you should be fine :P

Zotec is actually part of the "PC Partner Family" which Sapphire also belong to.
 
Biffa said:
I wouldn't have too much of a problem buying from a new supplier like Zotac, most of them use reference boards anyway with a few differentiating stickers.

But if you look at the fine print on the seller its "Usually dispatched within 4 to 6 weeks." If you can wait a month for one you should be fine :P

Zotec is actually part of the "PC Partner Family" which Sapphire also belong to.
Click to expand...

lol i cant believe theyve done it again, that same competitor had the same card at that price a month or so back and when they realised they immediately raised the price to £500 for some absurd reason...
 
Even better its like £132 incl of VAT!!

It'd be alright if they had them in stock and could send them out immediately, you might stand a slight chance of getting one at that price, but 4-6 weeks.. plenty of time for them to amend the price, contact you and see if you still want it for *ROFL* £500..

I've seen the same brand for sale at other places, for around £220 +VAT or you could get a OcUK brand one for £182 here
 
Biffa said:
I wouldn't have too much of a problem buying from a new supplier like Zotac, most of them use reference boards anyway with a few differentiating stickers.

But if you look at the fine print on the seller its "Usually dispatched within 4 to 6 weeks." If you can wait a month for one you should be fine :P

Zotec is actually part of the "PC Partner Family" which Sapphire also belong to.
Click to expand...
Thank you for your replys guys!

Actually I can wait a month since I am not going to do my new build until after the Intel prices gone down in end of July.. I think I will put in an order on it and see what happens! Hey, I might be lucky! :p

Cheers
Tom

Edit: Order made --> Delivery estimate: 14 Jul 2007 - 2 Aug 2007 <-- Lets see how long time it takes before I get an email telling me that they made a misstake! :rolleyes:
 
Last edited:
you should get the 8600gt as a minimum, atlest with that you get full purevide hd support and also its good for playing most games with at that rez.
 
Cyber-Mav said:
you should get the 8600gt as a minimum, atlest with that you get full purevide hd support and also its good for playing most games with at that rez.
Click to expand...
Thank you for your input.. much appreciated! :)

Depending on the outcome from the purchase of the 8800GTS 640MB I will probably either go for a 8800GTS 320MB or a 8600GT [all depending on my finance at the time of purchases!].. I just have to wait and see what happens.. to be honest I will be well chuffed if I actually get the 8800 for 132 quid! :eek:

Cheers
Tom
 
8800GTS for Civ 4 is overkill. What other games are you going to play? In fact if it's a HTPC you should get 8500/8600 as these offer HD acceleration (8800 doesn't) probably get one sometime also.
 
squiffy said:
8800GTS for Civ 4 is overkill. What other games are you going to play? In fact if it's a HTPC you should get 8500/8600 as these offer HD acceleration (8800 doesn't) probably get one sometime also.
Click to expand...
Its not a HTPC, just a new PC that I will build.. but will be connected to a LCD TV also, due to me downgrading my living space.. and I will probably start playing Doom3 [liked the first one when it come out.. yeah I know.. thats ages ago! :eek:] so thought I would try numbero 3 also.. now when I can get a decent rig put together.. might try Oblivion [sp?] also, heard some good things about that game..

Cheers
Tom
 
Need you opinions so thought I would bring up my old thread instead of making a new one!

Been surfing around and found this, Gainward BLISS 8600GT SilentFX 512MB, I have tried to figure out what the difference is between this one and a normal 8600GT but except for the memory difference I am drawing a blank! :confused:

If someone could educate me of the difference between them and if a price around £110 inc delivery is good for this kind of card I would greatly appreciate that! Or would I be better of to buy a 8600GTS? [Trying to keep my costs down for my new rig, can't still not decide if I am going for a 8600GT/S or a 8800GTS! :rolleyes: ]

Thank you for your help! :D

Cheers
Tom
 
The Gainward BLISS 8600GT is likely only clocked faster than a stock 8600GT.

For that sort of money, imo you would be better of with...

PowerColor ATI Radeon X1950 Pro SCS3 Heatpipe 256MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £105.74 inc VAT
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-072-PC&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=404

or

PowerColor ATI Radeon X1950 XT Extreme SILENT Heatpipe 256MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £117.49 inc Vat
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-066-PC&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=404
 
Thank you for your replay Aceshigh!

How is these cards compared with nVidias card, especially if I decide to go for the 8600 which has purevide hd support [i.e. the Gainward BLISS 8600GT SilentFX 512MB]... would a ATi card be just as good when I connect it to my 26" LCD HD Ready widescreen TV?

If that is the case would this card be better then the two above?

HIS ATI Radeon X1950 Pro ICEQ 3 V2 TURBO SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (H195PRQT512DD-R)

Cheers
Tom
 
TheSwede said:
How is these cards compared with nVidias card, especially if I decide to go for the 8600 which has purevide hd support [i.e. the Gainward BLISS 8600GT SilentFX 512MB]... would a ATi card be just as good when I connect it to my 26" LCD HD Ready widescreen TV?

If that is the case would this card be better then the two above?

HIS ATI Radeon X1950 Pro ICEQ 3 V2 TURBO SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (H195PRQT512DD-R)
Click to expand...
Sorry to bump, but could anyone enlighten me about the above?

Cheers
Tom
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom