Looking to buy new GFX in next two hours

Greenlizard0 · 6 Jul 2007 at 13:03

But I have no idea as to what to buy....

I'm looking at the 8600 series but am just not sure which one

eyetrip · 6 Jul 2007 at 13:04

Budget?

knowledge123 · 6 Jul 2007 at 13:04

what games do you mainly play, and what resolution do you play at?

Alex UK · 6 Jul 2007 at 13:05

What PSU do you have?

Darg · 6 Jul 2007 at 13:07

What are you wearing?

Greenlizard0 · 6 Jul 2007 at 13:07

Sorry to the three of you I gave you guys nothing to work on I fail lol

My budget is £200, I have an Enermax 550W PSU, and the games I play tend to be first person shooters. I've just installed Lost Planet and it doesn't run at all well.

I prefer to play at the highest resolution I can. I have a 19" CRT.

Greenlizard0 · 6 Jul 2007 at 13:08

Darg said:
What are you wearing?

That lovely thong your mom left over..

jaykay · 6 Jul 2007 at 13:08

I would go for a 8800gts 320mb

Alex UK · 6 Jul 2007 at 13:10

Quite clearly, you need one of these. At that price point, there's no need to consider anything else.

LoadsaMoney · 6 Jul 2007 at 13:14

Definately the GTS, 8600's are dire, old x1950 pro's etc... whoop them.

eyetrip · 6 Jul 2007 at 13:17

Another vote for 8800gts 320

knowledge123 · 6 Jul 2007 at 13:19

ffallic said:
Another vote for 8800gts 320

I agree, good performance at that price.

Greenlizard0 · 6 Jul 2007 at 13:24

I decided to not go out this weekend and erm, splashed on this..

Hehe, hope it's worth it!

Duff-Man · 6 Jul 2007 at 13:26

8800GTS. It will deficate from a great hight upon the 8600 series cards.

If you can spare the extra cash, the 640mb version might offer significantly better performance at higher resolutions. I'm guessing the 19" CRT will do 1600*1200? If the monitor is 1280*960 maximum, then the 320mb card is definitely the one to go for.

spb251272 · 6 Jul 2007 at 13:27

If you could stretch the budget a little, then THIS would be even better

EDIT: beat me to it, but you stretched the budget even further

Alex UK · 6 Jul 2007 at 13:27

greenlizard0 said:
I decided to not go out this weekend and erm, splashed on this..

Hehe, hope it's worth it!

Don't worry, it's definitely worth it. It was only 21 minutes ago you were considering the 8600 cards!

Greenlizard0 · 6 Jul 2007 at 13:35

Aw crap bag. It says recommended 600w psu, mines 550w. I'm such a noobian princess...

jrodga2k5 · 6 Jul 2007 at 13:36

meh not worth it for £274 im afraid, any GTS will clock to those OC2 speeds without breaking a sweat!

*EDIT* your PSU will be fine

eyetrip · 6 Jul 2007 at 13:43

Don't worry about your PSU - should be fine.

Edit - perosnally would have gone with the leadtek for a lot less and Oced myself, but you will be happy with it :-)

spb251272 · 6 Jul 2007 at 13:45

Yep, PSU will easily handle it - I'm running my overclocked GTX on a Tagan 530w with absolutely no probs.