Best £40ish Graphics card

[Capt Doufos]

I am not really up with the quickest card in this range. Not had to look at sub £50 cards for a while. Need one for a PC I am building.

I think a used Ti4200 or 4600 would be best. Not sure if I have time to look for one.

[Ravens Nest]

ATI 9500 128MB videocard for £37.59
http://www.retekdirect.co.uk/acatalog/Video_Cards.html

[Hanners]

Is it going to be used for 3D applications at all? If not, and you find the system you're building has some form of on-board graphics, then you may want to consider simply using that.

[Capt Doufos]

It is. That's why I am after a reasonable card for the money. Not expecting to run any recent stuff just the basic 3D games. I just wanted to know what card was fastest for the money that's all.

Does anyone know if the Retek ones are the 256bit L shaped memory ones that can possibly be softmodded?

[Hanners]

Last I heard, soft-moddable 9500s were pretty rare if not non-existant, so I would imagine you'd be lucky to find one unless anyone knows otherwise. Even then, the 9500 isn't too bad at all for that kind of money.

[Rave]

My Retek 9500 softmodded fine. I don't know where they get them from, but AFAIK all the 9500s they sell are the 256Bit memory bus type ones (L-shaped mem arrangement)- you can softmod either type, but only the 256Bit cards turn into a proper 9700 if it works. The in-line memory type becomes a 9500Pro.

Rich :¬)