Graphics Card List

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I was wondering if someone would be kind enough to list me a few graphics cards that I could put into my new system.

I'm drawing up a few possibilities for everything and I'm going to pick and choose from those lists at the end - to both fit inside my budget and also give me the best possible spec for my money.

I've did most of the things and am now at the graphics card part - unfortunately I have little clue about graphics cards and until recently I was pretty much set on the 7900GT - until I was advised to go read the reviews of them in this forum.

I have no preference in brands, I think my maximum would be around £200 - and for that money I think we're taking from the 256mb range?

Cheers.

 

[ACESHIGH]

I dont think you can really go past the Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 Price: £136.95 (£160.92 Inc. VAT)


Slightly faster than the 7900GT & reliable, which many of the 7900 series are not (do a quick forum search for Nvidia Sudden Death Syndrome).

Have a look here also..
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/336/3/

So the cheapest X1800XT you can find really

Edit to add: do not judge how good a card is by how much ram it has.
You can buy cards with 512MB of ram for under £100, but these cards are too slow to properly utilize the extra ram (only the fastest cards currently show a benefit from 512MB) and they WILL be slower than the more expensive 256MB cards like the X1800XT.

 

[nbkpsycho]

If your not planning on volt modding the 7900GT, the x1800xt would be the better choice and its cheaper

 

[sugoi]

If you didnt had the budget i would have said the x1900XT 512MB - i was in the same position also, whether to get a 7900GT, but i heard about the failure/RMA rates or spend the extra and get a x1900XT... both cards are quite noisy though... unless you get an aftermarket cooler...

EVGA GeForce 7900 GT 256MB GDDR3 HDTV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - £199.69
Gainward BLISS Geforce 7900 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - £193.82
BFG GeForce 7900 GT OC 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - £184.42

The X1800 may also fall into your budget...

 

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I dont think you can really go past the Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 Price: £136.95 (£160.92 Inc. VAT)<snip>

Thanks.

That seems to be the natural solution/alternative to the 7900GT.

If your not planning on volt modding the 7900GT

I wouldn't know where to start.

I'm in two minds whether or not to overclock the Conroe I'm going to get - I've never overclocked before - so I'm not exactly Mr Confidence - At the same time, I'd like the computer to pack a real punch, especially having read: "It would be a shame not to overclock the Conroe" way too many times on these forums.

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EVGA GeForce 7900 GT 256MB GDDR3 HDTV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - £199.69
Gainward BLISS Geforce 7900 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - £193.82
BFG GeForce 7900 GT OC 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - £184.42

The X1800 may also fall into your budget...

Thanks for a few alternatives

I also hear SLI far beats it's CrossFire alternative - not sure if I'll venture down that route but something else to consider as well I suppose.

 

[nbkpsycho]

Overclocking the cpu is easy enough Have fun with your new kit and remember and post your 3d mark 05 and 06 score when you get it up and running

 

[Slogan]

Overclocking the cpu is easy enough Have fun with your new kit and remember and post your 3d mark 05 and 06 score when you get it up and running

I'm more worried about applying the thermal paste.

It could easily be something of a D.I.Y disaster.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

If your budget for your card is £200, then id agree with the above about the 256mb x1800 XT, faster than the 7900 GT, and cheaper as said, its a stonking card.

 

[Slogan]

If I was to extend the budget considerably - would the:

Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3

be much of an improvement?

 

[sugoi]

if you could, then definately yes....the x1900xt would be a better card, and you probably wouldn't even need to overclock it anyway...

 

[Minstadave]

If I was to extend the budget considerably - would the:

Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3

be much of an improvement?

I'm not sure it'd be worth the extra over the £160 X1800XT, thats a very fast card and a great price.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Have to agree, the performance increase from the x1800 to the x1900 is not worth an extra £80, x1800 will easily do you till you upgrade again to DX10.

 

[Slogan]

Alright, cheers lads.

I was more or less fixing the budget around to suit the graphics card - so in a way that's good news.