gfx cards

[pp05]

I currently have gainward ti4200 gfx AGP and I'm thinking about upgrading my graphics card and was wondering is a nvidia 6600 AGP good midrange card to have. I do play games now and again and watch dvd on PC. My budget is around 130 ish.

[MD]

To be henest, with that sort of budget you could easily get a second hand 6800GT which would be a much better buy over a new AGP card, they are getting pretty hard to get hold of at the moment.

[Max Tractor]

I would not be spending huge amounts of cash on AGP, from a quick look around you can pick up an AGP 6600GT for £93, bit more than I would spend,


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Albatron GeForce 6600GT 128M DDR3 AGP, DVI, VGA,TV-OUT Mfr #: AGP6600GT £93

Leadtek Winfast Geforce 6600GT 128MB Ddr3 AGP Dvi-i Tv-out Retail £90

I would take a punt on the albatron

[teachmech]

I had a 6600GT in my main machine until about 6 weeks ago and it did well, then I found the 6800GT as in my system. What are the rest of your spec? A 6600GT from ti4200 was my upgrade and it made a huge difference (at the time I was running an athlon xp 2800 with 1 Gb of memory). This 6800GT has not made such a great improvement but it has allowed high res.

[fullfat]

try and hunt down a 6800LE, if they unlock they kick the 6600gt's butt.

[PenguinJim]

Noooo, that's the 6800 Vanilla (as in, 'just' 6800). And yeah, they can rock.

The 6800LE is only 8-pipe, I think? 6800 is 12, and quite a few unlock to 16 through Rivatuner.

[pp05]

I had a 6600GT in my main machine until about 6 weeks ago and it did well, then I found the 6800GT as in my system. What are the rest of your spec? A 6600GT from ti4200 was my upgrade and it made a huge difference (at the time I was running an athlon xp 2800 with 1 Gb of memory). This 6800GT has not made such a great improvement but it has allowed high res.

My system is running amd xp 3200 with 512ddr ram, 420w psu and is few yrs old so PCI-E out of question. Current card from Gainward. I'm looking for something that will run things well for 12 months or so. Wouldn't call myself a demanding user so overclocking etc isn't important. 130 ish is max price.. i'd like to pay 100 tops ideally.

[teachmech]

As max tractor said go for a 6600gt the improvement over your ti4200 should be well worth it scan have the following:-
£99.86 http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=299292
and
£99.28 http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=219245
both just under £100.
Good luck
Edit Don't forget there is free delivery from scan once you have over 25 posts, see link below
http://forums.hexus.net/announcement.php?f=5&a=9

[pp05]

Cheers for the link TM, i'll check em out.

[pp05]

Hm should i get the first one as it does have one vga connection and also one dvi. Both priced quite nicely in my budget.

[Carlh]

Any of the cards should be fine however you might be best going with this one:

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=219245

*Current stock is by XFX*

As this is also dual dvi but it will come with a dual dvi to dsub connector

[schmunk]

Noooo, that's the 6800 Vanilla (as in, 'just' 6800). And yeah, they can rock.

The 6800LE is only 8-pipe, I think? 6800 is 12, and quite a few unlock to 16 through Rivatuner.

The 6800LE can usually unlock to 12 pipes and be slightly faster than a 6600GT or sometimes can unlock to 16 pipes and be almost as fast as a 6800GT (but not as fast, as the RAM's a fair bit slower)

That said, these days the price differential between a 6800LE and a 6800 can't be too much and you're probably best off guaranteeing at least 12 pixel pipelines.

For reference, I recently picked up an ATI X800Pro pre-unlocked to 16 pipelines and overclockable to almost X800XT-PE for £110 delivered in the Hexus For Sale/For Trade forum. This will usually beat a 6800GT and sometimes a 6800Ultra, especially with AA/AF applied.

[pp05]

Any of the cards should be fine however you might be best going with this one:

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=219245

*Current stock is by XFX*

As this is also dual dvi but it will come with a dual dvi to dsub connector

I thought they looked similar.

Thanks i've decided on that one.

[teachmech]

Glad to help, hope your happy with your new card

[javalord]

G800GT AGPs can run happily at Ultra speeds as well... well mine (XFX dual dvi) does.

[KowShak]

Nobody has suggested a x800 GT or x800 GTO, on AGP for £130 you'll do well to beat them.