which Graphics card??

[jbaldwinroberts]

i have got this mobo

http://www.directron.com/p5s800vm.html

and i wanted to get a grapics card for it. i have a budget of £100 and was wondering if anyone could reccommend a good card.

thanks Joe

[Silenced_Coyote]

That would be about $200 USD right?

I heard news that some of Nvidia's 8 series will have an AGP interface. Not sure when they will come out.
http://www.digitimes.com/mobos/a20070904PD209.html

[jbaldwinroberts]

yeh, it is pretty much $200.

thanks

[Omega]

I would just buy new parts, AGP is horribly outdated.

My 7800GT made me a believer in PCIe. <3

[jbaldwinroberts]

ok, so if i had £150 ($300 us) to spend on a mobo and a graphics card, what would people recommend, i am only using it for the internet and some pretty old games (X2: the threat and age of empires).

thanks for any help.

Joe

[jbaldwinroberts]

i ave an intel celeron D procesor it is 3.2ghz. if i got a new motherboard as well i would quite like one that i could overclock. Also seeing as i have just got paid i now have £150 - £200 ($400 us). to spend. any help is much appreciated as i dont have a clue when it comes to hardware.

thanks joe

[xRyokenx]

Look into getting an ASUS one... look up motherboards in that brand and that have the same socket as your CPU and also that have a PCIe slot. Look around and check to see how good the reviews are and get one with good reviews, and see how much you have left over for a video card and look around for one of them too, lol. I'd send you some Newegg links, but they don't ship overseas. :neutral:

[jbaldwinroberts]

ok thankyou. if u can send me some links anyway thats great as i will probably be able to get them over here anyway. i wanted to get a motherboard that would facilitate me upgrading my processor in the near future, (couple of months) i dont know what to but whatever i could get for £150.

thanks

joe

[xRyokenx]

Well... you could easily get an 8600 something or other and a good motherboard which would be like ~$200-250 for the video card and maybe ~$50-100 for a good motherboard. What socket CPU do you have?

[jbaldwinroberts]

i think i may go for this mobo (http://www.microdirect.co.uk/productinfo.aspx?ProductID=16183)
and this graphics card (http://www.xsreviews.co.uk/reviews/graphics-cards/sapphire-x1950-pro/). what do you think? would this allow me to upgrade to a better processor in the future?
i have an intel celeron d processor, socket lga 775.
thanks for any help.
joe

[Bucko]

Yes it will allow you to upgrade to a better processor for as long as the 1066Mhz FSB chips are around (unless there is a 1333Mhz BIOS update for that MoBo).

[xRyokenx]

Both of those look good, but I'd go with Bucko and get a motherboard that'll support better CPUs just in case you want to upgrade later on.

[jbaldwinroberts]

which other motherboard in this price range would you recommend then??

thanks alot
Joe

[Greco101]

I'll sell you my 7950GT 512mb :oP It's almost 3 months old... I'd throw it on ebay for secure trans. Non secure transactions are prohibited on TBCS.

[jbaldwinroberts]

what does everyone think of this graphics card, better or worse than my choice? how much would you be selling for?
is it this (http://www.gladiatorcomputers.com/ProductDetail.aspx?StockCode=GRAXVIS7950GT&CameFrom=Froogle) card? or something else can you give a me a link to a website for it or something?
any other mobo ideas??
thanks Joe

[Greco101]

http://cgi.ebay.com/BFG-7950GT-OC-512MB-PCI-E-7950-GT-OC_W0QQitemZ200156302026QQihZ010QQcategoryZ40161QQ ssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Not my ebay listing, but my same card. I'd sell it for 200 even + S&H