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Options for new AGP card?

Cenuij

Cenuij

Cenuij

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I have fried my 6800GT... Could you guys reccomend something?

I'd like to buy a new AGP card, I'll be replacing most of my system at the end of the year but I'd rather buy a new AGP card than an ebay job... I'd prefer an nvidia card since I'm a linux geek, I know ATI have much improved driver support on linux but it's still not up with nvidia.

I'm prepare to part with around £200 give or take a few quid... My current monitor can only do 1280x1024.

So, should I spend a bit more and get a 7800? I've had great gainward cards in the past, the 7800GS BLISS looks real sweet ;)

OR

Should I spend a bit less and go for a 6800? There's a great offer this week on a 6800 GS...

OR

Should I go budget and go for 6600 and spend the money I saved on my bird in the vain hope of getting my leg over? That is if I'm not dumped by next weekend, We're nearly on c'thun in WoW :eek:

All advice gladly taken :)
 
caff said:
Funny how all these 6800GT's are suddenly frying - mine went just after the 1 year warranty expired...
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Yeah but i rather suspect many people, myself included, thrashed the absolute living daylights out of their card :D I got such a great overclock on it, but I probably pushed it too far on some occasions.

I've just ordered the 7800 GS BLISS ;)

P.S. What's the "next day" service like at the moment? Last time I ordered through ocuk "next day" was definately not the next day ;)
 
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My 6800GT was the gainward factory overclock number, the one with the red metal casing and twin fan setup... It was awsome. I ran it as an Ultra since the day I got it. Worth every penny.

I took it apart last week to clean the fans and heatsink. Yesterday was the first time I played any games since last week... WoW kept locking up and when i got back to the desktop I noticed my card was running hot. That *should* have been the cue to check my work on the card but not me! I probably didn't re-seat something carefully enough... Ah well it's dead now.

If you've not had a gainward card before, I think you'll enjoy this one :cool:
 
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