Low Budget Graphics Advice

[Pink_Zeppelin]

Hello, I am looking for some advice on graphics cards.

I'm looking for a graphics card for around £30-40, preferably on the lower end of that. I currently have a second hand 8800 gts 512, which seems fine for World of Tanks, but causes Medieval Total War and Age of Empires III to crash (these are currently the only games I play). These run fine with the graphics card removed, by fine I mean without crashing.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

 

[Pink_Zeppelin]

With regards to buying second hand, more specifically from a certain auction site, what cards would be worth looking at for around £30? I don't know much about this sort of thing.

 

[mranderson]

I would suggest a 6770 (they were on sale for around £45 not long ago) or a second hand 5770 or 450 which you should be able to get for around £40

 

[Marine-RX179]

Have you checked the temp if your current card? The crashed is may be caused by overheating. When's the last time you cleaned out the dust that could have built-up inside the cooler/on the heatsink? A simple cleaning out the dust might solve your crash problem. And for only £40, you wouldn't get a much faster card than your current one even if 2nd hand.

 

[FRAGMAYO]

I agree with marine, clean the graphics card to make sure the fan is not clogged with dust.

And make sure drivers are up to date, if you havnt already done so.

 

[Pink_Zeppelin]

I don't think it's overheating, I cleaned it out just under a year ago and it doesn't get much above 60 degrees. AOEIII crashes around 3-4 minutes into a game (once or twice on the menu) and Medieval Total War crashes as soon as the campaign loading bar finishes (doesn't even load up the map)
I just updated the drivers and there is no change

Looks like it will have to be a new card unfortunately, thanks for the responses though.

 

[Defy Belief]

Just get a second hand 8800GT or something, about £20-£30, more than adequate.