Best Graphics Card?

[Elvenmunky]

What are good out of these?:
Sapphire Radeon X1600XT 256MB DDR3
Powercolor Radeon X800GTO 256M DDR3
Powercolor Radeon X1600XT Bravo
Powercolor Radeon X1600PRO 512MB
POV Nvidia 7600GS-512Mb PCI-E
MSI GeForce 6600GT 128MB PCI-E SLI

(or any within a £100-150 budget?)

[Elvenmunky]

btw im not scared to overclock too

[Smith]

Radeon X800GTO 256M DDR3

Look at the GTO2..thats a decient little card. I believe it out performs some of the 1600 series.

[Elvenmunky]

Cheers, was thinking of buying that one too, just was not sure, but now i think im gonna buy it, thanx again

[Seedler]

I'd strongly advise the 7000 or x1000 series, because you'll cry when you find out you can't run half of the games with HDR because the x800 doesn't support SM3.0. I'd rather go for a x1600 or 7600, their performance more or less equal to a x800gto, but they do support sm3.0 and HDR. Heck, grab a 7600gt and you'll blaze your way through game settings for now and probably till next year.

[mikeco]

u could get same as what i got :P

BFG 7600GT 256mb GDDR3 Dual DVI PCI-E (£150 inc VAT)
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/106643

can run ghost recon at max everything apart from textures on medium (dunno y i cant get it on high) and i get 20+fps very playable :)

[Elvenmunky]

I want to buy a graphics card hat will allow me to play FEAR on max settings and for future games such as the new unreal touranment and far cry :)

[Smith]

All depends on the rest of your system. With these cards I doubt you will get high settings on those next gen games like UT07 and ET:QW

[Guyver]

Make sure u have a sufficiant powersupply to run high end cards.

I have a Sapphire Radeon X1600pro 512mb AGP, its Awsome :D

[Elvenmunky]

heres my spex:
AMD Athlon 64 3800+
Radeon 9600xt
1gb RAM
2400 Ghz
200gb Maxtor SATA Hardrive
Creative SBLive! 5.1
450w power supply

[Guyver]

Powersupply needs at least to put out 20A on the +12v rail. SO you will probaly be fine.

[Seedler]

heres my spex:
AMD Athlon 64 3800+
Radeon 9600xt
1gb RAM
2400 Ghz
200gb Maxtor SATA Hardrive
Creative SBLive! 5.1
450w power supply

sorry to break the news to you, but unless you get nothing less than a 7900GT, you won't be able to play FEAR on max, and the x800 and even 7600gt won't be able to handle UT2007 very well:no:

[Formula1]

heres my spex:
AMD Athlon 64 3800+
Radeon 9600xt
1gb RAM
2400 Ghz
200gb Maxtor SATA Hardrive
Creative SBLive! 5.1
450w power supply

sorry to break the news to you, but unless you get nothing less than a 7900GT, you won't be able to play FEAR on max, and the x800 and even 7600gt won't be able to handle UT2007 very well:no:

Agreed.

the x800gto doesnt have shader model 3.0 so i'd avoid that. out of the list he brought up, i'd say go with the x1600xt. But seriously i'd save up for a 7900gt..

[Elvenmunky]

cheers lads, i may aswell stick to your advice and save up for one of them 7900gt thingies. how much will they cost and when will they come out?

[mikeco]

cheers lads, i may aswell stick to your advice and save up for one of them 7900gt thingies. how much will they cost and when will they come out?

they're already out...

and for the price ur looking at £200+ :ermm:

[Elvenmunky]

ooh killer! i think ill wait then

[Seedler]

how much is a pound vs USD?:blink:

[FreeDoom]

how much is a pound vs USD?:blink:

I think £1 = $1.85 +-

So £200 = $370 +-

[Elvenmunky]

would the 'nvidia 7600gt 256mb pci-e ' graphics card run well with far cry 2/unreal 2007/maybe fear 2?...im not talking excellent graphics but a bit less than excellent (very good)?? (if tht makes sense)

[FreeDoom]

heres my spex:
AMD Athlon 64 3800+
2400 Ghz

:O :blink: lol kiddin


would the 'nvidia 7600gt 256mb pci-e ' graphics card run well with far cry 2/unreal 2007/maybe fear 2?...im not talking excellent graphics but a bit less than excellent (very good)?? (if tht makes sense)

Well it depends. If you overclock your cpu (2.8GHz for ex.), ram, graphics card and add, say...plus 1 GB off ram, yes i think it will run those games with good graphics.

[Elvenmunky]

Cheers