Upgrade graphics on a budget

dheyworth1981 · 4 Jun 2008 at 08:07

I last upgraded my computer about 18 months ago and spent a hell of a lot on parts (£200 for 2gb ram)

Current spec is in sig, but due to a fault, im just planning ahead that my graphics card might need replacing and thought i might be able to get an upgrade out of it, but due to limited funds i cant really spend much.

It's been a while since I looked at the market so I have no idea whats what

Is there any upgrade out there that can be obtained for about £60-80?

jak731 · 4 Jun 2008 at 08:12

wait around 3 weeks for new cards and see what it does to prices of current cards like the 8800GTs and 3870s

or get 3850 new now

dheyworth1981 · 4 Jun 2008 at 08:16

Or can anyone remember how much warranty this had.....

BFG GeForce 7950 GT OC 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail

the shadow · 4 Jun 2008 at 09:15

BFG =lifetime :cool:

HeX · 4 Jun 2008 at 09:39

the shadow said:
BFG =lifetime

As long as you registered it withing 30days of purchase.

dheyworth1981 · 4 Jun 2008 at 10:56

Darn lol, dont think i did

the shadow · 4 Jun 2008 at 12:42

Give em a call an BEGG. :cool:

Wayne~ · 4 Jun 2008 at 13:22

Yeah usually if you ring 'em and explain whats happened they can be sympathetic

dheyworth1981 · 4 Jun 2008 at 13:50

"Products not properly registered will be covered from the date of purchase by a two (2) year limited warranty in Europe "

HeX · 4 Jun 2008 at 14:18

Get it RMA'd asap, you'll get a free upgrade as they don't make em anymore

dheyworth1981 · 12 Jun 2008 at 09:45

They sent me a 8800 GTS OC

HeX · 12 Jun 2008 at 09:49

dheyworth1981 said:
They sent me a 8800 GTS OC

Winner is you

New GTS or old GTS? (not that it matters really as both are massivly better than what you had...)

dheyworth1981 · 12 Jun 2008 at 10:04

Umm any way to check?
The picture on the fan casing looks like the one being sold on OC now

Im just a bit buzzing as when I got my 7950, it was about a week before the DX10 cards came out and ive been kicking myself since lol

FrenchTart · 12 Jun 2008 at 10:07

How much ram does it have? If it's 320/640 it'll be the old GTS. If it's 512, the new.

HeX · 12 Jun 2008 at 10:18

Just grab GPU-Z and run it it'll tell ya in there

http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/SysInfo/GPU-Z/

dheyworth1981 · 12 Jun 2008 at 10:21

I would guess 640 by the product code...bad thing? BFGR88640GTSOCEI

I hate being stuck at work with this thing staring at me on the desk

FrenchTart · 12 Jun 2008 at 10:43

Check with GPUZ (as above) to be sure, but yeah..could be the 640.

It's still a very good card but the newer one is a bit faster due to having higher shader clocks and more stream processors.

HeX · 12 Jun 2008 at 10:47

Yeah looks like a 640MB one, still a damn good card and considerably better than your old one, nice haul

Bonjour · 12 Jun 2008 at 10:55

dheyworth1981 said:
They sent me a 8800 GTS OC

Quick turnaround.

Kudos to BFG.

FrenchTart · 12 Jun 2008 at 11:01

Rocking. Now to buy a 2nd-hand BFG 7900 for not much and break/RMA it