Which eVGA for £200?

[1mm3]

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Question:
I have £200 budget for a graphics card, i would prefer it to be from eVGA since i want to use their STEP UP programme to upgrade to a 8800gtx/other in the next 90days once the funds become available (newly graduated). I will be overclocking CPU/RAM/GFX.

Which eVGA card will gimme the best bang for buck? (value for money for the uninitiated)

Thanks in advance
1mm3

 

[Rebel=UK=]

You can get the eVGA 7900GTO ive got the MSI one from here for £170, its a bargin at that price, i think those are the only two companys who make them.

 

[hyper_piper45]

It is either a choice between the

EVGA GeForce 7900 GS 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail

EVGA GeForce 7900 GT 256MB GDDR3 HDTV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail

The GT has an extra 4 pipelines which will increase performance.

However the best bang for buck card in your budget at the moment is the x1900xt at £205.

 

[1mm3]

Firstly, thanks guys for the replies:

I cannot find the eVGA 7900gto absolutely anywhere, i swear ive searched all the big etailers and auction sites, even the evga site says its backordered.

Even though i know the x1900xt is better, it would not give me a viable upgrade pathway once i get my hands on some money. Thats why im going for the eVGA.

Also anandtech recently did a roundup of all 8800 GPUs and chose the EVGA e-GeForce 8800 GTX w/ ACS3 as the best. I think it would be wise for me to stick to my budget then upgrade to this once i get the $.

Question:
I can stretch to the EVGA GeForce 7950 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail at £223 inc VAT if this is worth the extra £35 compared to the EVGA GeForce 7900 GT 256MB GDDR3 HDTV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail? Anywhere benchmarking/comparing these cards?

 

[melbourne720]

As you're going to upgrade in a few months (correct?) anyway, then I would go the otherway and get as cheap a eVGA card as possible. I would go for the 7900GS as a good halfway point (its only £139). This means less money up front (staying in the bank where you keep the interest) and when you do upgrade you will get a bigger performance jump.

I wouldn't go down as far as a 7600 GS, as that would be a big drop. But the 7900 GS still has 20 pipes, so should be good for most games.

 

[1mm3]

As you're going to upgrade in a few months (correct?) anyway, then I would go the otherway and get as cheap a eVGA card as possible. I would go for the 7900GS as a good halfway point (its only £139). This means less money up front (staying in the bank where you keep the interest) and when you do upgrade you will get a bigger performance jump.

I wouldn't go down as far as a 7600 GS, as that would be a big drop. But the 7900 GS still has 20 pipes, so should be good for most games.

I game at 1680 * 1050 (mostly bf2142) would the 7900GS be able able to manage that with decent image quality settings?

 

[2bullish]

I game at 1680 * 1050 (mostly bf2142) would the 7900GS be able able to manage that with decent image quality settings?

Go to a popular auction site and you can pick up a x1900 xtx fom those that are upgrading to the 8800

 

[Deleted User 234324]

Go to a popular auction site and you can pick up a x1900 xtx fom those that are upgrading to the 8800

Wouldnt be able to use the evga stepup program then though. I'd say go with the 7900GS at 130 means in a month or two when you have the extra money you can apply to upgrade your 7900GS to an 8800GTX for 350 quid instead of 480.

If you went for a different manufacturer or even a different brand all togeather you'd have to pay twice, once for the low end card and again for the 8800.