What Graphics Card for SB81P?

[Raelthorne]

Folks

I'm currently running an Shuttle SB81P with a Sapphire 256mb X800XL. I was wondering if anyone can recommend a card that will fit and would be a definite improvement on the X800XL.

I'm running a Dell 2405FPW @ 1920 X 1200 res in Windows and playing moist of my games in smaller windowed mode.

My main tower which I normally use is fried(waiting for a loan of pieces to try and repair it) and I'm thinking of upgrading the Shuttle as a cheaper alternative than replacing the tower, if thats necessary.

It is currently running the following on a 350W power supply:

Intel 3.2Ghz 775 Processor
1 GB Crucial Ballistix Ram(if the other machine isn't salvagable, I'll swap the 2GB TwinMos from that)
160GB Samsung HDD(again if the other machine is dead, I might install a second drive)

Any suggestions would be grateful(Keep in mind size and heat limitations please !!)

 

[Raelthorne]

What are eVGA like as manufacturers? Are the decent and reliable & is there a reliability issue with 7900s?

Also any chance of getting an X1900XT or XTX in there or is that pushing my luck?

 

[Raelthorne]

Can anyone let me know what the reliability of 7900s are like. I've heard some horror stories........

 

[Raelthorne]

My friend might be getting a 7950(or 2 in SLI mode), so he might be selling off a XFX 7900 GTX 512 mb card.

Any idea if this would fit and work without major thermal or power issues?

He's had 2 of them running in SLI for about 15 months and no problems, so I'd say they don't have any reliability problems associated with the 7900 series