Replacement for 6800GT

[onimkron]

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?

The comp itself is pretty dated- 3500+ Athlon I believe, or something like that.

 

[onimkron]

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

But its a lot of money for what it is.

a lot faster than the 6800GT though!

That looks great, but yeah, it's a bit too dear for me. It's a nice starting point though for my search though.

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.

It's an Antec 500W psu.

What sort of games would you want to play?

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!

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.

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.

 

[onimkron]

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.

 

[onimkron]

Hi folks, I apologise for the rather large 'bump', but I've ran into an issue with my upgrade.

I bought the x1950 Pro, but it doesn't seem to send a signal to my monitor. I have an Antec 430w psu, and I think that might be the problem. I have an 'older' Tagan 480w psu lying around, but that didn't make any difference either. Is my graphics cad borked, or should I invest in a newer psu?

 

[onimkron]

PSUs should be fine. I take it that the fans spin up and so on?

What's your motherboard?

the motherboard is the MSI K8N Neo2 (nforce 3 if it helps). The fan spins, but I get nothing on the screen. I don't get any system beeps either.

I don't think my power supply has 28A on the 12v, if I'm reading the sticker on the psu correctly

 

[onimkron]

thanks for the advice guys. I pulled out all the other molex plugs out on my hard drive, cd drive's etc, and put two dedicated 4-pins onto the graphics card, but it's still the same issue. I cleared the cmos before doing all that.

I'm still using the Antec 430w, as the Tagan is being used at the moment. I'm hoping I can do everything I can before I try and spend more money on a psu.

Edit: I plugged in my old 6800GT, and the comp boots up fine, along with the single beep. I don't get any beeps with the x1950. Does that help at all?

 

[onimkron]

Erm if it boots up fine with the 6800GT and fails to boot with the X1950 then maybe, and this is a total wild stab in the dark here, but maybe the x1950 is the problem and not your Motherboard?

LOL

I didn't think it was the mobo, no (not sure where you got the idea from? ).

But is the card faulty, or the psu/mobo not up to the task? I wish I had a better psu to test it with first, before i decide to send the graphics card back.