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Replacement for 6800GT

onimkron

onimkron

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My Leadtek 6800GT died last night, and I'm really not in the financial position to purchase a new rig for a PCI-E graphics card.

I was wondering what would be the best aternative card in the agp range, hopefully offering similar performance to the 6800GT (I haven't been keeping up with technology, so I have no idea on what to choose).

On the other hand, i'm thinking that it would be best to buy a really cheap agp card, and slog it out until I can afford a new rig and a pci-e card. Which one sounds like a better idea? :confused:

The comp itself is pretty dated- 3500+ Athlon I believe, or something like that.
 
Before even thinking of purchasing the above card could you please tell us your PSU specs please?. It wouldn't be a good thing if you got the card and it wouldn't boot up or started crashing due to a lack of power under load.
 
easyrider said:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...) - Retail

But its a lot of money for what it is.

a lot faster than the 6800GT though!
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That looks great, but yeah, it's a bit too dear for me. It's a nice starting point though for my search though.

J.D said:
Before even thinking of purchasing the above card could you please tell us your PSU specs please?. It wouldn't be a good thing if you got the card and it wouldn't boot up or started crashing due to a lack of power under load.
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It's an Antec 500W psu.

bobert50 said:
What sort of games would you want to play?
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Mainly source-based engine games at the moment. I only play on Garry's Mod these days, and a bit of TF2. Bioshock didn't like my card much!

EdGey said:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...) - Retail

id just go with something like that until you can afford a new pc

not much point in spending loads of money an an agp card in my opinion.
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Price-wise, that doesn't look too bad. Is it worth pushing for a 7600GS instead? I think I can get one for about 20 pounds more or so.
 
The 2600XT or 3650 (DDR3 version)...both can be had for around 50-65 if you look.

The 2600XT has a higher core clock, but the 3650 has a higher memory clock if you get the DDR3 version. However, I recommend the 3650 as it runs cooler and you should be able to overclock it to over 800mhz quite easily.

If you get either one of these cards I think you'll be pleasantly surprised with the results, they are not particularly fast cards...but should be a more than significant upgrade from a 6800GT
 
easyrider said:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...2MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (AGP) - Retail

But its a lot of money for what it is.


a lot faster than the 6800GT though!
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Indeed, but I suspect buying a new CPU, RAM and motherboard + a PCI-E card would be much more costly and inconvenient.

melbourne720 said:
Anything short of a x1950 Pro or the card easy suggested is going to be a sideways move imho. Isn't a 6800 GT about as fast as a 7300 GT?
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No. 7300GT struggles to match the 6600GT. 7600GS is slower than the 6800GT, the 7600GT is about that level, slightly higher.
 
Thanks for the help everyone. I'll be looking into getting a 3650 or a 3850, although I'll have to stretch my budget for the latter. To be fair, I don't mind spending that much on the card, consdering how much the 6800 originally cost me.
 
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