Graphics Card????

[kingdeacon]

i like playing alot of games, and my 16 meg card is to naf now. where is the best to get a good one online? around £60-80. or would i need more? thanks

[kingdeacon]

also whats better AGP or PCI, dont know much do i

[RichardM]

Have a visit to one of your local Computer Fairs,

http://www.computer-fairs.co.uk/

Fareham, Southampton or Chichester ought to suit you!

The subject of which card is too wide I'm afraid, but have a good look around, don't buy the first thing you see, and chat to the traders.

GENERALISATION ALERT! AGP and as much memory on board as you can afford.

[dave_s13]

You want an AGP card and for 80 quid you can't do better than one of these:-

http://www.ebuyer.com/product_images/products_169/product_33748.jpg
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=33748

Inno3D Tornado GeForce3 Ti200 128Mb DDR with TV-Out - Retail Box.

or one of these

http://www.ebuyer.com/product_images/products_160/product_31923.jpg
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=31923

Leadtek WinFast GeForce4 MX440 64Mb DDR Retail

Either of those will kick ass,

BUT

Only get one of them if you are already running 256mb or more of RAM if your not then upgrade your RAM first.

[sroberts]

need any computer parts... check out http://www.aria.co.uk , you can't beat them on price

[dave_s13]

Just compared a couple of items (CPU's, CD ROM drives) and Ebuyer are actually cheaper by a few ££.

[RichardM]

For on line price checks I use PC index, which includes Aria and other good sources.

http://80.71.0.140/

However, I always get the best deals at Fairs.

[200sxer]

1st check what your pc takes some only have slots for pci some for agp some have both. It can be difficult to return these once opened and suddenly...

Sh!!t it doesnt fit!!

[Nick_Walczak]

I have a Hercules Prophet KyroII 64M card which you could probably get for that sort of money now.

It's great for high resolution but can't compete with GF3 and GF4 cards because it doesn't have hardware transform and lighting.

It'll run UT2003 at about 40-50 fps which is all I care about :)

[Vipers]

i can get you lots of different cards, i'll do quik list for you prices are PLUS VAT

AGP
32mb tnt2 £22
64mb GF2 mx400 agp retail £35
64mb GF2 mx400 +TV out agp retail £37
128mb SIS dual Display + TV out retail £46
64mb ATI Radeon VE retail £43
64mb DDR ATI Radeon 7500VE TV/DVI retail £52
64mb DDR ATI Radeon 8500 Retail TV/DVI out £100
64mb GF4 mx420 + TV out £46
64mb DDR GF4 MX440 +TV out £60
128 mb DDR GF4 TI 4200 + TV out £118
64mb DDR MSI GF4 mx440 + TV Out £65
128mb DDR MSI GF4 TI4400 + TV Out £165
128mb DDR ASUS GF4 TI4200 + TV Out £125
128mb DDR ASUS GF4 TI4600 + TV Out £226

PCI
32mb nVidia TNT2 m64 3d Retail £33
64mb INNO GF2 mx200 + TV out £55
64mb INNO GF2 mx400 + REtail £51
64mb INNO GF2 mx200 + TV out retail £65

So let me know if you want and just ask if u want anything else

[Papa Lazarou]

That Geforce 3 Ti200 Dave_S13 showed would be the best for the money I reckon. Should be better than the GF4MX's for games use - they're actually just an updated GF2MX rather than a true GF4.

[Vipers]

totally agree, just giving more choice,
however i can get hold of an even gr8r range of products just have to start another trade account with the coutries number 1 VAR which i could do, but they have lots of T&C's

[Nick_Walczak]

Really, it depends on what games you want to play. If they are mainly going to be RTS games and the like, you probably don't need anything more than a GeForce2 GTS or something.

If you want to play Morrowind or UT2003, it's a good idea to spend a bit more and go for a GF4 (non-MX version)