new graphics card...need help choosing a cheapish one.

[Nick Smith]

Unfortunately my x800 will not be arriving, as it went out of stock and i could not see it arriving any time soon, so i cancelled it. But that lets me buy a better one with cash i get for christmas.

but that still leaves me graphics card-less. and therefore i need a new one. and also i just heard that im getting oblivion for christmas, and therefore i need a graphics card to run it on.

so can anyone give me some pointers on a cheapish one that will do for the while?

thanks

nick

[danroyle]

whats your price bracket
if you can swing to it

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=454112
that at £81 or ig you are still on agp then

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=466649

that would be a good option

if you can get to £120 an x1950 pro

[Nick Smith]

i'd say £80 is max, that 7600 looks good, thanks

[JPreston]

You can buy my old X800GTO if you like, that ran Oblivion on OKish settings (but no HDR).

But I've just upgraded in favour of an X1950Pro which is obviously a better card, so I guess it depends how much of a budget you are working to.

[Nick Smith]

well...whats better? a 7600 or an x800?

[NightshadowUK]

7600GT but not by much... although it does support SM3.

[Nick Smith]

ill get that then, then as soon as i have money ill go for a x1950, maybe even a 8800 (thats IF i have the cash)

[Lolcb]

Just go for the 1950 Pro. It is a good card that will last you till the mainstream dx10 cards are out.

[acrobat]

This actually may work out best for you. Better than most people infact. The ATI R600 is sheduled for the end of January now. Theres still no way of knowing how it will perform compared to the G80, but it could be great.

The fact is though, if you can wait til around Feb, you should have more choice, and the G80 cards will likely be cheaper. And both the 1950 and 7600 are decent cards to keep you going until then too. Not sure what you are using now, but both those cards are miles faster than the card I have been using until yesterday.

[nvening]

I would get the 7600GT for def

[danroyle]

as you are on a budget go for the 7600 although if you could find the money fro the 1950 it would give a good jump


but for oblivion the 7600 will do the job at decent settings

[Jeebus]

I recently picked up a (BFG) 7600 GS 512 mg Love it I don"t know if you can get this hardware over in europe but here in america it"s cheap 150$ CDN

[DavidM]

whats your price bracket
if you can swing to it

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=454112
that at £81 or ig you are still on agp then

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=466649

that would be a good option

if you can get to £120 an x1950 pro

And don't forget theres a few on offer on TodayOnly as well

[No.72]

I have a 7600gt and it is plenty, i would go for it .

[Nick Smith]

well thanks alot

when i have the money ill get a 7600, unless i find a cheaper option, as im hopefully going to updrage to a DX10 card in around may/june time and i dont want to spend around £80 if i could spend less.