What Videocard Should I Buy?

[Damian Henderson]

Can't go wrong with either as ya say, I would be happy with a none 216* 260gtx right now too, better then my old 8800GTS which needs upgrading,

 

[Matt Alpeter]

that's the same card i upgraded from. you have the 320Mb version?

 

[Damian Henderson]

Yup, oldschool now I guess.

 

[Matt Alpeter]

haha oh man i ran that card so hard. twas a good little thing and it never let me down until the fan stopped and the thermal paste melted everywhere lol

 

[Damian Henderson]

lol, well my fan is going on mine too, but main problem is I damaged the memory on it overclocking it, well finding the limits, so need a new one soon, still does great though, plays all sims maxed out very smoothly whatever the weather, but need more power as you was feeling

 

[Dave Stephenson]

my 640s doing fine still. considering dumping another in there just for good measure. value for money now n all

 

[Damian Henderson]

8800GTS G80 still a great card for today's sims, while it says allot about the hardware it don't say much in terms of the sims going anywhere fast graphics wise if we can play them maxed out on a 3 year old GPU with high FPS

BTW 55nm GTX260's are out.

http://www.evga.com/products/moreInfo.asp?pn=896-P3-1257-AR&family=GeForce GTX 200 Series Family

 

[Neil Gault]

this looks like an ok deal
BFG GeForce GTX260 OC 896MB PCI-E Overclocked Graphics Card

£189.83 inc delivery
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/367731

not a pc world fan but if it is cheap then what the h***

 

[Nigel Atkins]

BTW 55nm GTX260's are out.

http://www.evga.com/products/moreInfo.asp?pn=896-P3-1257-AR&family=GeForce GTX 200 Series Family

thats cheap, less than £200 shame they dont post to the UK

 

[Matt Alpeter]

keep on eye here:

http://www.evga.com/products/bstock.asp

it updates every week or so. saw an 8800 Ultra there last month for about $150

 

[Abdul Al-Amry]

Getting closer to starting my build. Didnt know getting a Mobo and GPU is a daunting experiance. Sleepless nights lol. Nigel, keep us informed m8 once you get your GPU.

 

[Grant Osborne]

I recently upgraded my graphics card and ended up going for an ASUS 9800GTX+. It was pretty good bang for buck at AU$315 and a nice step up from my old 7900GT, it actually made a lot difference in GTR Evolution, with all the eye candy on it's as smooth as silk.

For me at that price point versus performance it seemed like the sweet-spot for a new card without going bleeding edge and paying another $150+ for a higher card and not really getting another $150+ extra worth of performance.


Grant :beer:

 

[Rob Goldthorpe]

For a affordable choice that still gives you bang for your buck I would defiantly recommend the nVidia GeForce 9800GTx. My brother uses that card, and he can play all the latest titles on High settings with no setbacks.

On the otherhand, if you are having a midlife crysis, you can opt to buy a set of GeForce 280's in Tri SLi. It would cost you abit but you would have crazy ammounts of GPU power!

Cheers.

 

[Abdul Al-Amry]

Guys, tell me if this is a good deal.

XFX 8800GS 348mb for £49.97. Will GTR-Evo play on max settings with this card? I could buy this and finish my build. Then when the big guns go down in price, I'll invest on a GTX295/ATI 4870X2.

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/256237

 

[Damian Henderson]

Yup will play Evo on max settings without a problem!

It's about the same performance as my 8800GTS 320mb (G80) maybe a touch better, I can play all sims maxed out at any track whatever the conditions and amount of cars.

If you can push just a little more cash you could get a 9600GT which will give ya better performance and will be better for higher resolution as well as having a better cooler, better card basically.

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/(32723)XpertVision-GeForce-9600-GT-512MB-DDR3-PCIE.aspx

 

[Abdul Al-Amry]

Damian, I ended up with XFX 8800GS for £49.97. This should do nicely until the prices start dropping on the big guns.

 

[Dave Stephenson]

its more than enough if your primary gaming is sim racing. good choice for the money. id rather have an 8800 than a low end 9xxx any day.

 

[Damian Henderson]

its more than enough if your primary gaming is sim racing. good choice for the money..

Yes very good and plently enough power for today's sims and will even run most new games with the right settings

id rather have an 8800 than a low end 9xxx any day.

It depends what though, 9600gt is very close to a 8800GT and faster then a 8800GS, but also a 9600GSO is the same card as a 8800GS, and then you get 9800GT which is same as a 8800GT, all a bit confusing from nVidia

 

[Abdul Al-Amry]

btw guys, I thought the card wont be this big lol. I can only imagine when I get the GTX models, ATI 48xx Series cards how huge they will be.

 

[Damian Henderson]

Ye, it's a lil big but you have a small cooler, you should see them 8800's with the big stock cooler and then the GTX series and ATi newer gpu's, all proper beast!