Replacement for an ancient 8800 GTX?

EvilFranky · 27 Dec 2017 at 12:48

Guys,

A friend with not a lot of spare cash needs to replace an 8800 GTX which has become faulty.

Could any one recommend a used replacement for around £30-40? I was thinking maybe something like the GT 650?

I've not looked at budget cards for a long time...

MissChief · 27 Dec 2017 at 12:50

Get into the MM and post up in 'wanted' and see what people have got? A GTX 960 or similar would be a decent upgrade.

EvilFranky · 27 Dec 2017 at 12:51

I looked at a few GTX 960's on eBay, but they look to be out of his price range. His budget is very limited.

But the wanted section is a good shout.

Cheers.

Armageus · 27 Dec 2017 at 13:11

Have a look at http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/gpu-hierarchy,review-33383.html

That will give you a rough idea how an 8800gtx stacks up against cards from later generations

EvilFranky · 27 Dec 2017 at 13:17

Armageus said:
Have a look at http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/gpu-hierarchy,review-33383.html

That will give you a rough idea how an 8800gtx stacks up against cards from later generations

Very useful link, thanks very much.

wakadoo · 27 Dec 2017 at 13:34

you seem to be in gtx660 maybee gtx660ti territory for that money.

both will smash that 8800 by a mile.

EvilFranky · 27 Dec 2017 at 14:50

wakadoo said:
you seem to be in gtx660 maybee gtx660ti territory for that money.

both will smash that 8800 by a mile.

A GTX 660 would be very nice, but I looked and couldn't find anything in the price range unfortunately.

new boy · 27 Dec 2017 at 15:40

Hd7850 would be sweet too if you could find one in budget

EvilFranky · 27 Dec 2017 at 15:45

new boy said:
Hd7850 would be sweet too if you could find one in budget

Yes it would mate, did actually look but again, nothing within range.

It's a bit of a minefield, my head is done in

andicole0 · 27 Dec 2017 at 15:48

What does the card have to support in terms of resolution etc presumably no modern games?
Andi.

EvilFranky · 27 Dec 2017 at 15:53

Nothing particularly modern, very limited gaming use. Resolution no bigger than 1366 x 768.

It gets used for a bit Minecraft now and again and a version of Flight Sim. And has to be supported under Windows 10.

They'd looked at a GT 710 from a local PC place for £40, which I said no too. It needs to be no less than a 8800GTX.

Armageus · 27 Dec 2017 at 15:59

If you can stretch to £60 a new 1030 despite being a low end card, will still be more capable than the old 8800 and has benefit of new card warranty, drivers that will be supported for a while to come etc

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x KFA2 GeForce GT 1030 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £62.99

Total: £71.69 (includes shipping: £8.70)

EvilFranky · 27 Dec 2017 at 16:06

I will speak with them and see if their budget can be stretched at all.

I agree something low end but newer would be better. Warranty, compatibility, better video decoding etc.

LeMson · 27 Dec 2017 at 16:08

if your at 1080p or less then a 1030 would be great

EvilFranky · 27 Dec 2017 at 17:02

Thanks for the help chaps.

I've picked up a 1030 OC from eBay for £40. Looking at some YouTube reviews it seems a nice modern entry level card that easily beats the old 8800GTX, plus less power usage, better compatibility and video decode bits.

Cheers!

Armageus · 27 Dec 2017 at 17:09

No worries - let us know how it performs compared to the old card.

Should be a great card, although because of how stagnated the graphics card market is, it's a shame that 10 years on since the 8800gtx that the budget end hasn't improved much more.

Concrete · 28 Dec 2017 at 19:33

1030 is a great choice at this level and at that resolution will play nearly all modern games.

BUT! (mods feel free to edit if you think its too close to price discussion)

40 quid is a very very good price, only seen a couple go at that price on the forums here and MM is definitely cheaper than the online auction house. Did you buy it second hand? Are you importing from China? Because there are a ton of fake cards doing the rounds at unrealistic prices.

mattyg · 28 Dec 2017 at 19:49

8800GTX was the 1080Ti of its day.....Cracking card that funnily saw me right through to my 1080Ti....

AiiR · 28 Dec 2017 at 21:21

mattyg said:
8800GTX was the 1080Ti of its day.....Cracking card that funnily saw me right through to my 1080Ti....

I await the day we can replace the 1080ti with a bus powered £40 card and see a good performance increase!

Armageus · 28 Dec 2017 at 21:24

AiiR said:
I await the day we can replace the 1080ti with a bus powered £40 card and see a good performance increase!

As mentioned above - be lucky if that happens 10 years from now at the current glacial pace that improvements are trickled out/down