fiestakidda
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Registered: 23rd Oct 02
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Anyone know any websites that you can buy pc Graphics cards??
Got 150 to spend and want a decent one. Can anyone recommend one
Currently got in pc Geforce FX5200 256mb
Cheers Giys 
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andy hirst
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ebuyer.co.uk
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Dom
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overclockers.co.uk
scan.co.uk
eclipse-computers.com
microdirect.co.uk
theres loads  u2u paulW as he knows he shizwaz in this area pretty well
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PaulW
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me what eh?? 
£150 can get you a radeon 9800 Pro from microdirect with an R360 core - change you can get a better cooling for it & then flash it to become a 9800XT (£300 card for less than hal;f the cost  )
or you could get a Nvidia 6600GT with 128Mb for £130(ish) mark... pretty nippy card in there own way, but still not top spec!
tbh the radeon had the edge over nvidia in the last batch of cards, but now nv are coming a bit better with the budget models...
but ATI are set to release a new set of entry-level cards which are sposed to be fairly good...
and the 6600GT is available both PCI-E and AGP, so either way you'll be ok
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fiestakidda
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Right paul slow down mate don't ave a clue what ur talking about!!!
Explain the Radeon one for us, what i have to buy etc to get it to be the £300 card??
Also what u recommend to upgrade
My system Pentium 4 3.2MHZ
512 mb ddr
120 gb hdd
geforce FX5200 256MB
Cheers Matey
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Jodi_the_g
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quote:
Originally posted by fiestakidda
Right paul slow down mate don't ave a clue what ur talking about!!!
Explain the Radeon one for us, what i have to buy etc to get it to be the £300 card??
Also what u recommend to upgrade
My system Pentium 4 3.2MHZ
512 mb ddr
120 gb hdd
geforce FX5200 256MB
Cheers Matey
Systems pretty good, unless you are playing some serious games, does not really need upgrading
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Russ
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if your spending 130 quid get a second hand 9800SE AIW that softmods.
so basicly you get a cheap 9800pro AIW thats no different from the orignial. but make sure you find out if it soft mods first, cos the 9800SE aint all that good :/
What make is your RAM? if its cheap generic stuff get rid of it for some corsair/ocz/kingston hyper x/crucial/TWINMOS with BH5 chips.
personally, i'd get 2 brand new NVIDIA SLI's hmmm
[Edited on 17-12-2004 by RussSxi]
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--Dave--
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www.chillblast.com
www.overclock.co.uk
there's a shop call kustompcs as well based in Scotland, they've rename their site now but should come up if you google it.
Never had problems with overclockers as well, recommended.
I'd go for a Radeon 9800Pro like Paul says, top cards and can still run most games nowadays pretty well.
I'm playing Medal of Honour pacific Assault in 1280x1024x32 with all the details up high and it runs nice and smooth with my Hercules 9800Pro 128mb. 
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--Dave--
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http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/
turns out they didn't rename their site
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fiestakidda
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Registered: 23rd Oct 02
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Cheers for the help guys
I use my pc for games and internet mostly
I wanna run Half Life 2 Smooth and i mean very smooth
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James_DT
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Registered: 9th Apr 04
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Half-Life 2 runs smooth on my 5200 upto 1024x768, but it's not as high as I like it  .
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