Upto £100 graphics card?

[Kins]

Old man is doing more digital photography and my step bro plays games like FM07, AOE etc.

Stuck 2 gigs of ram in it, but the graphics is chugging abit. Radeon 7500 64mb.

He only wants to spend £70 but will prolly spend upto £100.

I know whats out there but I want some feed back off people. Will prolly be in his comp 2 years so dont want any old crap. Has to be AGP.

Toss up atm between :

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-031-BG

and

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-063-HT

but am here to be convinced otherwise if something better or cheaper that will do the job.

 

[mishima]

I've heard the X1650's aren't very good cards, if he can afford it for £117 this is a bargain by the looks of it!

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-064-CO

 

[Kins]

Has to be AGP, thats PCI-E

 

[t31os]

Tell him to save longer, i don't think you'd feel as pleased if you brought anything lower then a 7900 or 1900/1950, though there are some very good 7600 cards.

Personally i think the best money u could spend would be as suggested mishima, the 1950, but obviously once its in stock. The card will last longer and perform better, imo better value for money.

Preference tells me to say 7900, but the 1950 at that price imo would be a better performing card.

 

[Kins]

AGP PLEASE!

 

[mishima]

Has to be AGP, thats PCI-E

Going to struggle then, cause the gap between the X1650 and the X1950 in AGP format is quite big.

I would try finding a 9800 Pro or 9800 XT for £50 if I was you, I'm running one in this system now and it still performs brilliant!

 

[Energize]

AGP PLEASE!

I thought you said you didn't want any old crap. Digital photography isn't going to be helped by the graphics card anyway though. Try looking for a 7600gs or x1650 pro.

 

[hp7909]

{snip}http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-064-CO

{snip}Has to be AGP{snip}

What's the rest of the spec?

TBH I'd go for the BFG GeForce 7600GS over ATI's X16xx range! See here why

 

[Kins]

Barton 2.5
2gb xmls3200 ( i think)
radeon 7500 64mb
120gb Samsung Spinpoint ata 133 Master and Slave
Winxp etc

All stock

 

[marc2003]

the 7600gs is a perfect match for that spec. it's a good deal faster than the 9800pro and that was top dog back in the days of socket A.

 

[Topgun]

I've seen the x800xt agp for £47.90 (refurbished) that would be quite a good upgrade.

 

[SkeeterUK]

7600gt is about the best for your budget and is agp i believe.

Something like this will do. Though slightly over budget. But you can get a used one for like 80 probably.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-088-LT

 

[melbourne720]

Toss up atm between :

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-031-BG

and

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-063-HT

but am here to be convinced otherwise if something better or cheaper that will do the job.

I'd get the 7600GS out of those two. I've found that these are your options w/r to AGP upgrades ((S/H)=Second hand) :-

9800 Pro(S/H), 6600 GT(S/H), 6800 GS(S/H), 7600GS (£82), 6800GT(S/H), X800XT(S/H) 7600GT (£118), x1950 Pro (£152)

 

[Energize]

Barton 2.5
2gb xmls3200 ( i think)
radeon 7500 64mb
120gb Samsung Spinpoint ata 133 Master and Slave
Winxp etc

All stock

You can get a new XFX GeForce 6800 GT AGP 256MB for £98 delivered. Quite a bit faster than the 7600gs.

 

[Kins]

Cheers peeps, should be able to sort one out from that.

 

[melbourne720]

You can get a new XFX GeForce 6800 GT AGP ... Quite a bit faster than the 7600gs.

I'd lose those competitor prices if I were you...