Graphics card

[BloodOmen]

My card just died on its arse and i'm looking to replace it not looking to spend alot tho as the games I play don't require a godly card.

So most like around the £100-150 mark, any suggestions?

Friend of mine said 3870 would be alright for that price but another friend said 8800 (previous card) would be better than a 3870 for that price.


any recommendations ? post url of the card you think would be alright for £100-150.


thx

 

[dysfunction]

https://forums.freddyshouse.com/techie-discussion3/228345-desktop-video-cards.html

so based on that: BFG GeForce 8800 GT OC2 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
is in your price range...

 

[BloodOmen]

Ta muchly.

 

[Bahumat]

Point Of View 8800GT 512MB GDDR3 256bit Dual DVI PCI-E Graphics Card - Ebuyer

Geforce 8800GT £110 INC VAT

 

[Embattle]

The 8800GT card is certainly the one to get at the moment, as for make don't worry too much most use the reference design.

 

[kirennia]

OcUK GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail

8800GT still at £105 inc VAT ...absolutely ridiculous money for what you get!

 

[Dark Orb Choir]

i cant find one with HDMI output, i would like to connect my pc to my bitgfuckoff tv (TM) through the HDMI output so it carries the audio as well, any ideas?


i suppose i could get a dvi to hdmi adaptor but i would rarther it be proper hdmi to hdmi

 

[inactionman]

That's odd, mine has HDMI output, and also has a sound-input to enable sound over HDMI, and these are the OCUK OEM ones.

 

[Kryten]

I've only ever seen Galaxy branded cards with HDMI connectors, which just has a passthrough cable for sound. Otherwise HDMI is directly compatible with DVI so there's no up/downmixing or any quality-affecting issues to worry about, just the lack of sound.

I've actually recently been trying to fabricate a passthrough cable in the very little spare time I've got at work - just a DVI to HDMI converter with a flylead to digital or analogue audio, as I got asked about this a few weeks ago and was suprised to not see such a device already available. I've got one that works rather well, I just need to package it other than coating it all in hot-glue

 

[Dark Orb Choir]

so what you are saying is theres currently no gfx card that you can buy that has a HDMI output that goes straight into the HDMI input in a HDTV?

i'd rather not fuck about with the separate sound cables etc

 

[Kryten]

No, as has been said above, there are indeed HDMI cards around. They just have a flylead (internal) going to your sound card for the sound passthrough.

 

[Sharma]

WTF!

Why not get a 9600 for christ sake!?

Seriously, the 9xxx series is already cheap as fook and largely for your budget, the 9600 comes out on top.

 

[Kryten]

stock 8800GT is quicker than stock 9600GT, the price difference is negligable in most cases. Neither are bad cards of course so either choice is a good one, but I'd still stick with the 8800GT for the time being.

Edit:

When I say quicker, I'm only on about a couple of frames. The "features" of the 9xxx series are however negligable, and the 8800's are better clockers.