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    Best budget card?

    So whats the best budget 3d card around at the mo? By budget i mean £100 odd. System is a non dual core P4 3.6 hyperthreading if that makes a difference.

    Last card i bought was a Radeon 9500 Pro. Thats how out of touch i am

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    AGP I take it? If so X1600 PRO, or 6600 GT if you can find one.
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    Lo fella. Long time no chat.

    PCI-E actually. THe rest of the PC is reasonably smart - been using the on board intel GFX for now, but i've started playing Planetside again after a 2 year break, and it still has monster system requirements. I dont have a monster budget though unfortunatly

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    7600gt is a good shout

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    I'll definately second the 7600GT, good price on that.

    You think you're out of touch, last card I bought was a 5900, I must have been out of touch then

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    if they get (7900gt) more of these i would be going here bit more than you wanted to spend but

    http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=366870

    and only 20quid more than the 7600gt
    Last edited by listy; 20-06-2006 at 12:23 PM.

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    7600GT for budget card.. Or you could look for cheap prices on higher end models..

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    Vote for the 7600GT here aswell.

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    Cheers all. The 7600GT seems to be the recomended choice, here and elsewhere I have asked

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    7900GT's available for a smidge under £140 though...tempted?
    http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=366870

    Otherwise I'm going to go with the crowd and say probs the 7600GT
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    If that price is correct, "it's a deal, it's a steal, it's the sale of the ****in century"; are we sure that's not some sort of pricing error?

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    oops, misread. Ignore

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    was price check thread on the 7900gt and sure it was right but they only had 2 in stock @ that time

    http://forums.hexus.net/showthread.php?t=78371 <<< price check thread
    Last edited by listy; 20-06-2006 at 03:57 PM.

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