best videocard for £100 ?

[chaoticone]

seeing my fx5800u has packed up , what would be the best bet for around £100 ?

[Swafe]

id guess at......a second hand rad 9700 pro

[Agent]

Cant you RMA it ?

[unrealrocks]

Wasn't there loadsa Bargin hunt threads with things like FX5900XTs for £85?

[chaoticone]

Cant you RMA it ?

tekheads have not replied to my email yet , so hopefully they will change it or something .
but if not i would like a card better than my spare pixelview fx5600

[Swafe]

if its less than a year old, and u havnt done something silly, like put it in a tumbledried, it should be ok for a RMA id have thought

[chaoticone]

it never seems to work that way for me for some reason , and the card has never even been overclocked as i have never needed to overclock the fx5800 ultra

[DeludedGuy]

You could always get a 9600XT, or Pro version which is even cheaper.

[chaoticone]

since i had loads of problems with ati based cards in the past i prefer to stick with nvidia based cards

[Ravens Nest]

How far in the past did you have problems then chaoticone? and what card was it?

If you want a Nvidia then the only choice really is a 5900 ultra or a 5950 ultra until the new cards come out that is..

[chaoticone]

problems include new 9700 pro not working and bios problems etc etc , i think i will wait a while because my fx5800 ultra seems ok now and to rma it will take at least 4 weeks because the card was discontinued in december

[Ravens Nest]

Yep waiting for the new cards to be released sound's to me to be the best idea

Pity about the 9700 pro, if it had worked properly you would have been blown away how much better it is than a fx5800

Roll on the new video cards i say..