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    gfx advice

    o.k i'm pricing a friend of mine a medium gaming rig, we have figured out the ram (coming from crucial memory),
    chip mobo (btw links are for refence's only) but we are now stuck on what gfx card (he has a gf5700le) is there any good cheep gfx cards out there ??

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    define cheapy??

    aria do a x1950 pro for £65 if the PSU is up to it,

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    Hi,

    Whats your budget for a gfx card?

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    need the budget to work with with...
    value high end = 8800gts 320mb
    pure bang for buck x1950

    PoDd

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    Card is a hard one, depending on monitor/resolution furture proofing etc

    7600gt £59.99incl
    http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/106578

    8500GT DDR3 £50.68
    Xpertvision 8500GT Sonic edition 256MB 128bit DDR3
    http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/128084

    and another shout for the 8800gts 320

    if you must have matx biostar also do them
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    As said above, probably the best bang for buck is the X1950. It will run all games pretty well, although it is a DX9 card.

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