New graphics card

[Crofty]

Im lookin for a new 512mb graphics card around £100. any recommendations?
Here are my specs at the moment:

Motherboard: 865PE/G Neo2-P
MS-6728 (v2.X) ATX Mainboard
Memory: 1536mb DDR RAM
Graphics: ATI 9600 128mb APG
CPU: Pentium 4 3GHz
Sound: soundblaster Live! 24-bit
CD drive: sony CD-RW CRX320E
DVD drive: sony DVD RW DW-D22A

[teachmech]

What are you going to use the card for? As this will give us a better idea on what to recomend.

[Merlin4458]

can u get a 512mb grafix card for `100?

[sawyen]

6600 512MB.. anytime..

[emul8]

can u get a 512mb grafix card for `100?

Not AGP, i wouldn't have thought

[sawyen]

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=407367

£96something something..
512MB and its AGP

[sgoaty]

Im lookin for a new 512mb graphics card around £100. any recommendations?
Here are my specs at the moment:

Motherboard: 865PE/G Neo2-P
MS-6728 (v2.X) ATX Mainboard
Memory: 1536mb DDR RAM
Graphics: ATI 9600 128mb APG
CPU: Pentium 4 3GHz
Sound: soundblaster Live! 24-bit
CD drive: sony CD-RW CRX320E
DVD drive: sony DVD RW DW-D22A

I think you should spend £100 on a good gfx card with 128mb or 256mb of ram as there are no cards worth having with 512mb of ram in that price bracket IMHO

[sawyen]

lazy ppl... check the link..

X1600Pro 512MB for £96+..

[sgoaty]

lazy ppl... check the link..

X1600Pro 512MB for £96+..

No Not lazy just not worth having. Far better buying a 256Mb 6800 GS or GT second hand

[emul8]

I think you should spend £100 on a good gfx card with 128mb or 256mb of ram as there are no cards worth having with 512mb of ram in that price bracket IMHO

Come on sgoaty thats not a bad card i was looking for something like that a few weeks ago for my son to no avail ended up getting him a PCIe rig prices have come down with with the apearence of the new offerings IMO

[Blackmage]

No Not lazy just not worth having. Far better buying a 256Mb 6800 GS or GT second hand

i agree with him an x1600pro is not going to play any games at high res so why buy a card with more texture space if it won't be used, buy a 6800GS hands down a whole lot better card.

[sawyen]

well, to be fair.. he never said he was going to use that card to play games..

some professional imaging software can well use the 512MB framebuffer.. say molecular enzyme/protein imaging? I'm sure there are others softwares which behaves the same way..

The X1600Pro is definitely up to scratch to run some of the biological imaging softwares I use..

[Crofty]

well ill probably wait till i get more spare cash to get a decent 512 then

[Whiternoise]

Yeah, you can get an ATI 512 for about 100 quid
EDIT: but.. as people say.. it's not really worth it..

[maverick77_uk]

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=378694

£81 for a 6800XT can't be bad. Bit slower than the GS at about £140, but hey!

saying that, I've not had a game my ATI 9550 can't run yet!

[Whiternoise]

I'm gettin the above one i think, sounds pretty good - cos you have something like an 80% chance of unlocking an extra 4 pipes - from 8 to 12 (as well as a small chance of unlocking all 16) - so.. basically a cheap GT if you're lucky!