PCI-Express Best Budget Card?

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10-12-2004, 10:24 AM
Chief Ryback

PCI-Express Best Budget Card?

I have about £80 to spend - Does anyone know which is the best budget PCI-Express card?

Should i be going for ATI or NVidia?

Cheers
10-12-2004, 02:13 PM
atomicjeep

I would go for ATI
10-12-2004, 04:32 PM
skuzgib

I think you can get a plain 6600 for that or maybe a tad more
10-12-2004, 04:41 PM
Purple

6600
10-12-2004, 04:50 PM
Kezzer

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chief Ryback

I have about £80 to spend - Does anyone know which is the best budget PCI-Express card?

Should i be going for ATI or NVidia?

Cheers

Have you got a motherboard which has a PCI-Express bus?
10-12-2004, 05:25 PM
Chief Ryback

Yes i have the PCI-E Bus

I ended up ordering a Radeon X600 in the end for £80

Cheers
10-12-2004, 05:44 PM
Phalanx

i think you should have gone with the 6600 or 6200
the X600 can barely run doom 1 at max settings
10-12-2004, 06:43 PM
Kezzer

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phalanx

i think you should have gone with the 6600 or 6200
the X600 can barely run doom 1 at max settings

Exaggeration i think ;)
10-12-2004, 06:48 PM
Phalanx

Quote:

Originally Posted by KeZZeR

Exaggeration i think ;)

ok maybe slightly but from the Benchmarks I've seen, it only barely managed 1024x768 with no filtering on in Far Cry
14-12-2004, 12:53 PM
Purple

lol, my can of Irn Bru can run doom 1 at max settings!
14-12-2004, 12:54 PM
atomicjeep

Lol
15-12-2004, 04:50 PM
alterion

yep i'm running doom 1 at the moment on my phone
15-12-2004, 04:59 PM
Chunky

yeh you should have gone for the 6600

i wonder if its possible to soft mod one of these to gt?
that would be cool
Chunky

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