Spec Me a Gfx Card for Less than £200

[jackybaby]

Hi guys ive basically decided on all my rig parts except the gfx card, i have roughly £200 for it, no more. Can someone give me any suggestions to what get? I will be playing all the new games incl splinter cell, rainbow six etc , also im undecided on ATI or Nvidia? Any suggestions would be very appreciated

thanks

 

[steve258]

you can get a X1950XT for £170 which to me is very good value, u can also get a nice 7950GT for similar price.

 

[jackybaby]

which one would get better performance and betetr at higher resolution do yout think? what would u choose?

 

[BillytheImpaler]

I reckon the X1950 would. What motherboard have you chosen?

 

[Darkwave]

I was going to say 7900GTO, but I see it's a whopping £235 now.

X1950Pro all the way.

 

[jackybaby]

basically ive pretty much certain of these parts for my rig and i have a £1000 budget

Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM

Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)

Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM

Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU

so u think the 1950 would work well with this spec baring in my mind im thinking of overclocking

 

[easyrider]

basically ive pretty much certain of these parts for my rig and i have a £1000 budget

Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM

Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)

Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM

Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU

so u think the 1950 would work well with this spec baring in my mind im thinking of overclocking

Yeah nice spec.

The x1950 ill be a nice addition to that setup

What res will you be gaming at?

 

[jackybaby]

i no im in the wrong section but as no-one has been replying to my messages in the sound city section is there any chacne someone can spec me a speaker system for around £60 , thanks would be much appreciated

 

[Darkwave]

i no im in the wrong section but as no-one has been replying to my messages in the sound city section is there any chacne someone can spec me a speaker system for around £60 , thanks would be much appreciated

I got a Logitech X-530 5.1 setup not long back. It's a good system, but suffers from interference.

Great system for the price though really.

 

[jackybaby]

I got a Logitech X-530 5.1 setup not long back. It's a good system, but suffers from interference.

Great system for the price though really.

what do you mean it suffers from interference?

 

[Darkwave]

what do you mean it suffers from interference?

If you have dodgy electrics in your house like I do, sometimes the speakers will make noises when a light or a hoover is turned on in another room. It's rare though.

Even rarer is picking up Russian AM radio or whatever, which is actually quite funny.

 

[tomanders91]

Would go for a 7950GT 512mb.

 

[ACESHIGH]

GeCube ATI Radeon X1950 Pro FZ SuperCooled TURBO SILENT TEC/Heatpipe 512MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
- this is one sexy card, with great performance.

 

[stinka]

ive got the 7950 gt 512mb, and my step brothers x1950xt 256 kicks its ass

stinka

 

[tomanders91]

ok then maybe a 1950XT 256mb would be better, depends on what resoultoion your playing at probably.

 

[2Thumbs]

x1950xt gets my vote. Also with a VF900 cooler.

HDR+AA baby!

 

[HangTime]

x1950xt-256 is definitely the best card in this bracket.