Mass Hardware Failure

[dave87]

Much Help and Sympathy required.

Just had a few things die on me...first things first. My Graphics Card dies on me. Well I say die, but it did it in a Jesus manner, revived when put into a different PC. Then I switch it back, thinking I hadn't installed it correctly, nope, same image distortion.
So its the PC, right?, well nope. I put a trusty Radeon 7500 in and all ok. So wtf is goin on?

Then my modem/router goes on strike. Lose all net connectivity. Then my camera doesn't want to turn on. Great. Then realised it had a distinct lack of battery. Bugger.

Right, my dillema is this, what graphics card shall i buy to replace the semi knackered Radeon 9600xt. I was thinking 9800, but then that has been superseeded by the x700. (I did look at the x800 considering they are down to just over £100 for PCI-E, but theyre still at around 200 for AGP )

Having not been with NVidia since the days of the TNT2, I have absolutely no clue whats comparable, but the 6600 sounded in teh right range. So Which should I get?

Dave

EDIT - Is there any great difference between the 6800 and 6800GT that a bit of overclocking won't fix? Can't see the point of the £100 difference in Price?

[Dav0s]

6600gt would be your best bet for your price range, but have alook on fleabay for a cheapo 6800gt

[Hans Voralberg]

If u dont insist on gaming with every single detail turned on then 6600Gt or 6700 would do nicely.