New Graphics Card??

[ck-claw]

Hi guys,

Looking to buy new graphics card quick before xmas!!
you guys seem to be the experts from what i read in these forums so far!

Specs are geting on a bit!!!!

p4 3.0ghz
1.0 gig ram
ati x300 se pro 128mb at the mo!!(which has more than done me proud)!!!

What is the best card i can get/buy?

Got cash to spend £100-£150!
Not bothered if Ati/Nividia
Just confused between getting 512mb card or 256mb card but with better specs??

Many thanks!!

 

[Cyber-Mav]

65 quid = 7600gs

105 quid = 7600gt

140 quid = x1950pro 512mb

all are agp cards and all prices inc vat and delivery.

there is one card for everyone in the agp gang.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Welcome to the forums.

Id go for an x1950 pro as they are absolutely fantastic cards, and at £135 an absolute steal of a price, will last you a good while as well.

 

[ck-claw]

ah sorry guys!! forgot to mention mobo is PCI-E!!

thanks for info so far!! as really wanna order one tonight!!!

 

[Simon D]

I would go for Sapphire or PowerColor ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Both Retail £135.11 inc VAT as suggested by LoadsaMoney.

You can pay the extra £18 for the Sapphire ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 512MB but that would take you over your spending limit

Simon

 

[ck-claw]

ok i might be able to stretch the extra£18 + delivery for the x1950 pro 512mb
seems thats hell of a card!
but would the rest of my specs not bottle-neck that card???

 

[jongeeone]

If you want to spend a lil less money go for the OCuK 7900GS 256mb, its a nice little card. As for having 512mb it dosnt matter unless you play games over 1280x1024 res.

 

[gambitt]

On a similar note, I'm also looking to order a pci-e gfx card but my budget is around £30-50 (I'm not really a gamer - currently running a geforce 3 Ti200 ). Any suggestions?

 

[Simon D]

jongeeone is right If you play your games at 1280x1024 res or less than you 256MB would be OK.

But If you are going to keep the card for 12-18 months, than I would go with the 512MB just in case the games need the extra memory on the card, it only money.

 

[krisboats]

On a similar note, I'm also looking to order a pci-e gfx card but my budget is around £30-50 (I'm not really a gamer - currently running a geforce 3 Ti200 ). Any suggestions?

Probably a 6600gt, nice little runners, and i think according to the last steam survey are the most commonly used cards still.

 

[ck-claw]

ok thanks!! my main game is gonna be ArmA!!! so future games not an issue!!
i know ppl have had issues with ArmA on high specs pc's!! but i can run the game-although on low with my x300!!!
so prob will go with the ocuk 7900gs 256!
knowing if i wanted that card to run for over 18 months would seriously need to upgrade my pc!!!

thanks!!

 

[Nomisf]

Probably a 6600gt, nice little runners, and i think according to the last steam survey are the most commonly used cards still.

That or a 7300GS // 7300GT. Had a GS myself , nice card for what it is , played most games alright.

Rgds,
Nomisf