Graphics Card Help

[Eatchipz]

Hey GUys I want to buy a new a GFX card Soon and I have got £175 to Spend what are my best Choice's For my Price Range. I do not know what X ( 4X or 8X) my motherboard is so is there anyway I can find out?

Here Was A Few Of My Finds

Asus ATI Radeon 9600XT/TVD 128MB & Half Life 2 Bundle
ASUS Radeon9600XT/TVD equips with newest ASUS-specific award-winning features and ATI®'s Radeon™ 9600XT Visual Processing Unit(VPU), which owns both ultimate excellent cinematic resolution and fierce graphics computing power. Incorporating various state-of-the-art technologies such as ATI's SmartShader™ 2.1, SmoothVision™ 2.1, Hyper Z™ III+, VideoShader™, and unique ASUS innovations such as "ASUS Smart Cooling" ,"ASUS GameFace", "ASUS VideoSecurity", and "ASUS Digital VCR"make ASUS Radeon9600XT /TVD a complete solution for the 3D market.

- ATI Radeon 9600 XT Graphics Engine
- 128 MB DDR Video Memory
- 500MHz Engine Clock
- 300MHz(600MHz DDR) Memory Clock
- 400MHz RAMDAC
- AGP8X/4X/2X Bus Standard
- 128-bit DDR Memory Interface
- 2048x1536 Max Resolution
- Standard 15-pin D-sub VGA Output
- DVI-I Output
- 2nd VGA Output
- S-VHS and Composite TV-out
- S-VHS and Composite Video-in
- Bundled with coupon for single player version of Half Life 2 (released 2004)



140 Pound

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Asus V9570TD GeForce FX 5700 256MB (GX-023-AS)

ASUS V9570 Series equip with newest ASUS-specific award-winning features and nVidia®’s GeForce FX™ 5700 Graphics Processing Unit(GPU), which owns both ultimate excellent cinematic resolution and fierce graphics computing power. Incorporating various state-of-the-art technologies such as NVIDIA® UltraShadow™ technology, NVIDIA® CineFX™ 2.0 engine, NVIDIA® Intellisample™ technology, ASUS GameFace™ and rich-spectrum of unique ASUS innovations. ASUS V9570 Series is positioned on the performance products and the most complete solution for the 3D and video application market.

- NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 clocked at 425MHz
- All-new CineFX™ 2.0 engine
- 500MHz DDR memory with 256-bit bus and AGP 8X interface
- ASUS proprietary online GameFace technology
- DirectX 9.0 & OpenGL 1.5
- nView multi-display technology
- High valued software bundle

[GCNaddict]

personally, i like the 5700u better. but u should look at the 5900se.

[DWk]

or the 5900 itself....there are 200us dollars ones

[GCNaddict]

Originally posted by DWk@5 January 2004 - 18:13
or the 5900 itself....there are 200us dollars ones

5900, for some odd reason, performed worse than the 5700 in some benchmarks

but the 5900se was awesome

[DWk]

http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/evga_e...iew/default.asp

check out the benchies

[GCNaddict]

Originally posted by DWk@5 January 2004 - 18:17
http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/evga_e...iew/default.asp

check out the benchies

my point exactly

it kicks ass

[GCNaddict]

holy crap it beat the 9800pro and the 9800 in 1600 x 1200 with 4xfsaa and 8xasf

[DWk]

lol yea it does....even tho it doesnt show up

[GCNaddict]

Originally posted by DWk@5 January 2004 - 18:36
lol yea it does....even tho it doesnt show up

it doesnt? shows up 4 me... maybe its cuz i have it cached... stupid IE Cache

[Virtualbody1234]

It shows up for me.