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    which card for £100 - £130 ish?

    hi,

    i am in the process of building computer.

    i am mainly going to be using ms office/internet/photoshop/3ds studio max/macromedia studio/java/adobe premiere and few other multimedia based software.

    depending on cpu/motherboard i choose i have around £100 - £130 to spend on graphics card.

    i may need an agp or pci-express card depending on motherboard chosen.

    can someone please recommend a decent one for my needs (agp & pci-express).

    will connect to a dell widescreen hopefully soon.

    thanks,

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    6600 would be my suggestion. I got a nice XFX from Scan... great card

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    Get a 6600 if your going PCI-e

    If your going AGP you could get a 2nd hand Radeon 9800 Pro for less than £100, only if its the 256bit version

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    you know what I'm gonna say - 6600GT, XFX from scan is on special, if not today then maybe the next day...great card. you know you want one
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    yup 6600gt

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    6600GT, then mod it into a Quadro if you're using 3DS Max.

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    Yeah, you can get new 6600GT's for around £110 inc VAT

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    Anyone know the best place to get a 6600GT atm?

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    see the best 6600gt thread btw
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    Don't forget the ATI x700 Pro. The 6600GT is faster in some things yes however I tire of forever updating detonator drivers and find that often ATI 2D image quality is better than Nvidia (altho im comparing a GF4 Ti4200 to my x700)

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    Wlecome to the forums mak_attack o/

    I would say get a ATI 9800 - cheaps as achips now!

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    I would still say the 9800 Pro is going strong at present! I would only go for a 6600GT if you have a PCI-E capable motherboard, otherwise save money and get yourself a 9800 Pro. If your going PCI-E it will be more future proof, but if your sticking with AGP I wouldnt spend vast amounts on something that you will update eventually anyways.

    AGP - 9800 Pro 256bit version (£100-£115)
    PCI-E - 6600GT XFX, Chaintech etc (£110-£120)

    Good luck in choosing!

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    yea get a nvidia 6600gt or a ati 9800 pro

    they do the 6600gt in agp and e-pci if u look around ..
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    I would choose the 6600GT over the 9800 Pro - it tends to be faster, and is more recent.
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    yep the 6600gt is best afaik.

    If you are going PCI-E, you could go for the MSI NX6600-VTD128E Diamond, (reviewed on Hexus), although its listed as a vanilla 6600, its got GDDR3 RAM and can be clocked up to or even faster than 6600GT clocks (its basically an underclocked GT).

    I say consider it simply because it has tv in and tv out, unlike most other boards out there

    its in at overclockers.co.uk here for £117.

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