Whats this card like guys? I have a 6800 Ultra right now (old i know but i like it)
I have found the above card for £58 inc VAT B-grade. Worth it?
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Whats this card like guys? I have a 6800 Ultra right now (old i know but i like it)
I have found the above card for £58 inc VAT B-grade. Worth it?
Not really. You would be better off with an 8800GS at that sort of money.
its definitely faster than a 6800U, but for todays games you are better off with the 8800GS/9600GSO/9600GT/HD3850/HD3870 even if you had to pay a little bit extra upto £70
careful about going higher, you can get an 8800GT for £90 now, yes it is a vicious cycle.
but all the cards I mentioned would smoke a 7900GT, much much better value for money.
OK cool, Just seemed like a good deal! (this is why i need this forum lol)
I know wht you mean about always going higher, thinking I can afford just a little bit more lol.
I think I may just wait until I can afford somthing a little bit better. Maybe around £120 ish. Wont be playing anything to high. Mainly CS; source and a few others on a 19" LCD.
Thanks for stopping me making a mistake!
Well as has been said it would be faster, not massively so. (the 6800ultra was very good for what it was) if it was down in the £34-40 then yes.
Alltold £60 is a bit of an arkward price, there's not alot that's good for that price.
push it slightly to £70 and you're looking at the 9600GSO (I'm not sure about that card to be honest)
Idealy you need to get your budget up to at £100-120 mark
rough numbers
9600gt = £90-100
8800gt 512mb = £115-125
8800gs = £90
3850 512mb =£70-90
3870 = £100
4850 = £120
Shop about and you can get a card for less
3850 512mb Gecube £70 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/144318
8800gt Zontac (factory oc) £90 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/134732
9800gt ECS (Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 cooler) £105 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/148039
9600gt Inno3D £75 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/147945
Nice 9800GT there, comes with the best cooler as well :)
OcUK have the 8800GS for the same price you said the 7900GT was
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...)%20-%20Retail
The HD3850 is very good at £70 as well :)
Too expensive at that price, B-grade an' all. You'd be better off buying a 3850 (512mb) from ebuyer at £67.
No don't get that one, it's the powercooler card which has a rather loud fan on it and the only way to slow it down to reduce the volume is a seperate fan controller. (it's not doable with software)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mithrandir
Why I listed the next one up in price ;)