New GFX Card

[RobRoy]

Hi all

I am looking to spend around £180 on a new gfx card.

I noticed overclockers are selling the BFG GeForce 7950 GT OC for £173 this week. Are there any better cards out there atm for around the same prices or should i go for this one?

Also what size of power supply would i need to be able to run this also?

cheers

 

[Minstadave]

I was going to say the MSI 7900GTO is well worth a look, but its not as cheap as it used to be.

The X1950XT 256MB cards are all worth checking out, especially the ones with the aftermarket coolers.

 

[mishima]

The X1950XT is better than the 7950GT.

This one is a very nice price - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-063-CO

What spec is your current system? Including PSU etc.

 

[RobRoy]

Current system is
AMD Athlon 64 3500+
2 Gig Ram
Asus A8N-E motherboard
i think its a 380W PSU but im not sure my PC is in at overclockers atm getting looked at.

 

[mishima]

Oh right, so what graphics card do you currently have in that system? I would recommend that you need 450W+. XT's use more power than any of the other models!

 

[RobRoy]

Its a gforce 6800 GS at the moment and the reason its in is because im getting error messages to do with power and fans etc.


so a 450w power supply minimum then?

Im guessing this will be fine?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-025-EN

 

[mishima]

yeah, that would be an ideal PSU. Good brand too Enermax are very reliable!