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Franky Boy · 2005-12-22 14:21:48

Hey.It seems my computer needs a better graphics card for some games so I'm interested in getting one,I was wondering if someone could recommend one a around 128mb.Not too expensive. Thanks.

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22-12-2005 3:21pm

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Franky Boy

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Hey.It seems my computer needs a better graphics card for some games so I'm interested in getting one,I was wondering if someone could recommend one a around 128mb.Not too expensive.

Thanks.

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#2 22-12-2005 4:27pm
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What type of graphics slot do you have on your motherboard? PCI, PCI express or AGP mate?

It makes a huge difference.

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#3 22-12-2005 7:26pm
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HAve no idea,how would I find out?

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#4 22-12-2005 10:45pm
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I'm pretty sure it's AGP.

I have a hp1702.

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#5 22-12-2005 10:56pm
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6600gt is probably the best price/performance card they are around €180 on komplett.ie

What are the other specs of your PC CPU, RAM OS............

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#6 23-12-2005 10:40am
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Yeah... 6600GT is a good card if you're an occasional gamer and if money is an issue. The best card you can get for AGP (as far as I know anyway) is an X850XT platinum edition, but that'll set you back €358.99 from komplett.

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=308327&cks=PRL

Of course you can spend a lot more by upgrading your PC to a mobo with PCIe... but that'd be overkill.

I'd recommend you go with the 6600GT too. Great card and excellent price/performance ratio.

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#7 23-12-2005 8:00pm
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I found this here.Radeon 9600PRO.What's that like?

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#8 24-12-2005 5:23am
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Depends on what you want to use it for.
Please list your budget, computer specifications (esp RAM & processor), current monitor and games you play first.

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#9 24-12-2005 5:31am
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Franky Boy wrote:

I found this here.Radeon 9600PRO.What's that like?

It's alright, I used to use it before I upgraded to the X800GTO, it'll run Half Life 2 and Battlefield 2 (HL2 medium settings, BF2 low to medium), it's starting to age pretty rapidly though.

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#10 24-12-2005 3:24pm
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Hmmm.How much is the x800gto?

My budget is around €110
I'll be using it for Battlefield 1942,Call of duty and Max Payne2!
RAM is 512mb.
Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz.

Is that right?

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#11 24-12-2005 3:47pm
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Franky Boy wrote:

Hmmm.How much is the x800gto?

My budget is around €110
I'll be using it for Battlefield 1942,Call of duty and Max Payne2!
RAM is 512mb.
Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz.

Is that right?

512 Ram and 2.8 Ghz is perfect for all those games. A 9600 Pro is also perfect. Don't go getting an X800Pro unless you plan playing the likes of Doom 3, Battlefield 2 etc - it'll be 100% wasted on the likes of Call of Duty and BF1942.

And if you DO plan to play the latest games - 2.8 ghz is fine - 512mb ram isn't unfortunately!

If you plan sticking with the games you have mentioned - I'd go for a cheap second hand card for about 40 quid - fx5200, 9600, etc.

If you plan playing modern games anytime soon, go for the x800, but make sure you consider a RAM upgrade as well.

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#12 24-12-2005 7:31pm
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Thanks for that.I think I should be getting new RAM within the next year anyway.
Btw.Does it matter if I get the sapphire or power colour?

Thanks for all the help guys!

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#13 25-12-2005 3:45am
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Well, the Sapphire 9600Pro's RAM is overclocked to 220Mhz; apart from that they should be the same.
For €110 however, I'd say to get a 9600XT instead: link While that's the pre-shipping price, those 9600Pro's are not true "PRO"s; they can't overclock well at all (I also had some trouble with mine (link), run it underclocked @360/170 now)

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#14 31-12-2005 2:37am
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I've got a 6600 GT. Very happy with it. Works pretty well on most games. Won't kill your bank account either.

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