What Card to get? Choices choices

[damoh]

Hi all
Just need a little help here. I currently have a Nvidia 9500GT card. Its started playing up a little so i need a new one. Now, obviously my money is tight for this lol, so im looking for anyone who can help me. I would love something that is more powerfull but to be honest i dont think i will. Ive allways had NVidia so is it time to try ATI? Not sure, so much to choose from i just dont want to pay a fortune for something thats worse then what i have. I can play bioshock on this card but not at full settings, so something that would play that with good settings would be a bonus lol

Thanks for your help

 

[Mark]

Have you had a look at the GTS250, looks like a nice card and not too expensive.

Graphic Cards - NVIDIA GeForce GTS 200 Series - GTS 250

 

[damoh]

To be honest mate, im looking at getting a new board with SLI in a couple months, i just wanted something cheap and cheerful. If i had seen this before i bought my ram i would have gotten that card instead lol

 

[Mark]

In my other computer I have one of these and it performs pretty good and you should pick one up very cheap.

GeForce 9600 GT Overclocked with Xtreme Tuner << Product Details << GALAXY Technology
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[damoh]

mm theres some on ebay for like 70-80 quid

 

[harmann]

Gotta give us a budget. Couple of deals from slickdeals.net:

MSI Radeon HD 4890 1GB PCI Express Video Card $195 After $20MIR, Sapphire Radeon HD 4830 512MB $70 After $15 MIR, Asus Radeon HD 4850 512MB $100 After $30MIR - SlickDeals.net Forums
XFX Geforce GTX260 Core 216 896MB Video Card + Far Cry 2 + Call of Duty World at War $159.99AR + FS - SlickDeals.net Forums

I don't know much about the gpu market right now, saving that for when I'm in an upgrade frenzy again . Read reviews benchs etc before you buy

 

[damoh]

ive got 100 pounds lol

 

[harmann]

Ahhh didn't see you're from UK! They have something like newegg?

 

[Anthony]

Have you looked here damoh?

Starting just Below your Buget:-

Cheap ATI Graphics Cards From Ebuyer!

 

[damoh]

Zotac Geforce 9600GT 512MB DDR3 PCI-E Video Graphics Card- microdirect.co.uk


Can anyone tell me if they thinks that any good to tide me over?

 

[damoh]

Well ive succeded in what i was doing, my friend sold me some ram this morning, and for some unknown reason went this afternoon and got a new GC, so i got 4 gig DDR2 ram and a EVGA 8800GTS 512 for 70 quid lol, it will do until i get my sli setup in a couple months

 

[Mark]

What a bargain, nice one son

 

[johngalt]

Well ive succeded in what i was doing, my friend sold me some ram this morning, and for some unknown reason went this afternoon and got a new GC, so i got 4 gig DDR2 ram and a EVGA 8800GTS 512 for 70 quid lol, it will do until i get my sli setup in a couple months

That is what my current rig started with a year ago when I built it....

I still have some pics of the original card and the RAM (still using the same RAM)....see my sig....