Hi all I am looking for a good sub 100 card that will last at least 2 years or so
not bothered on make either nvid or ati
would have to be new I suppose although would consider non overclocked second hand cards
What is the best bang for my buck
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Hi all I am looking for a good sub 100 card that will last at least 2 years or so
not bothered on make either nvid or ati
would have to be new I suppose although would consider non overclocked second hand cards
What is the best bang for my buck
Would it be possible for you to stretch to something like £140? That should give you a pretty big increase in performance, since you can then get a 9800 Pro or, if you wait, a 6600GT, both of which should last quite a while. For under £100, performance would be a fair bit lower - you might be able to get an ordinary 6600, otherwise I'd say that a 9600XT would be best.
A sub £100 card to last two years... prolly not gonna happen.
I'd say a 9700pro or a second hand 9800pro.
I agree here.Cant go wrong with either.Might be worth waiting and seeing what this gens budget cards are like first like the rad x600's or nvidia's 6600's.Quote:
Originally Posted by skuzgib
Well does depend on games/settings you play but 2 years is optimistic. You might consider going easy on coppers for a month or so and adding £40 to that budget like mike suggests which would bring you into range of a 6800NU which will almost certainly give you good performance for next 2 years. A 6800 series cardwould give you about 30-40% better performance than a 9800 Pro in higher in-game settings/resolutions.
Well, the x600 looks crap, the x700pro/xt looks well worth it, and so does its NV competitor, the 6600/6600gt.Quote:
Originally Posted by CrapshoT
I think 6600 can be had for a little over £100 (pci-e though, think AGP bridged ones are comig soon).
If you could stretch to ~£130, order247 does a 6800LE which has a high success rate of softmodding to a vanilla 6800 (worth £200 ;) ) which is what I'm getting.
this seems not too bad
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=79271
but as said might wait and save the coffers for next gen midrange card
Hmm... It's not bad, but it's only got a 128bit memory bus, as opposed to the 256bit one on the fully fledged 9800's - you'd be better off with a second hand 9800proQuote:
Originally Posted by ede670