Yet another 'which GFX card' thread...

[Drew]

Done some more digging, and came across the manual for the mobo, and these are the recommended cards....


NVIDIA ASUS EN7600GT/2DHT GeForce 7600GT
ASUS EN7800GTX/2DHTV/256M GeForce 7800GTX
ASUS Extreme N6800GT GeForce 6800GT
Albatron GeForce 7300GS GeForce 7300GS
Albatron PC6600GT GeForce 6600GT
Albatron PC6600LEQ2 GeForce 6600LE
Gigabyte GV-NX66T256DE GeForce 6600GT
Inno3D GeFORCE 6600 LE GeForce 6600LE
LEADTEK PX6500 TDH GeForce 6500
LEADTEK PX7300GS TDH GeForce 7300GS
LEADTEK WinFast PX7800 GT TDH GeForce 7800 GT
MSI NX6800GS-TD256E GeForce 6800 GS
MSI NX7300GS-TD256E GeForce 7300 GS
MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E GeForce 7900 GTX
MSI PCX 5750-TD128E GeForce PCX5750
Sparkle GeFORCE 6200TC GeForce 6200TC


ATI ASUS EAX700PRO/TVD Radeon X700 Pro
ASUS Extreme AX800XL Radeon X800 XL
ASUS EAX1900XT/2DHTV Radeon X1900XT
ABIT X600XT Radeon X600XT
Gecube GC-RX700S-D3H Radeon X700SE
GECUBE RX1600PG2 Radeon X1600PRO
Gecube RX1600XTG3-D3/256M Radeon X1600XT
GECUBE X1800XTD-VIE3 Radeon X1800XT
Gecube X850XT-VIVO Radeon X850 XT
MSI RX1300GPRO-TD256E Radeon X1300 PRO
MSI RX1600GPRO-TD256E Radeon X1600PRO
MSI RX1600XT-T20256EZ Radeon X1600XT
PowerColor X800GT Radeon X800GT
PowerColor X800GTO16 Radeon X800GTO

Anyone spot anything cheap and worth having there?

Remember, none of that means a damn thing to me.....

[Drew]

Have spent time in the chat room with XcOM and SirKillalot, and I'm thinking of havign this one here.....

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/139552

Thoughts?

[Spawn-Inc]

sounds good, the only 7xxx series i've ever had was a 7200GS (FYI-lower number means not as good) and it could handle half life 2 on medium specs, and crysis on low settings, though not very well.

[Drew]

I've just noticed...

I have this monitor...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...ctiveda3019-21

Which has the old style blue plug on the end, and that card seems to have a completely different arrangement.

Problem? Or just an adaptor job?

[Spawn-Inc]

the card should come with an adaptor if brand new but then again they don't make that card anymore

you can get them cheap on ebay though.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DVI-to-VGA-Ada...QQcmdZViewItem

[Drew]

w00t

[crenn]

The 7900GS will do nicely.

[Drew]

All ordered up... I ordered this:

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/139552

And this.....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWN:IT&ih=007

And a couple of other bits and bobs, to be delivered for Thursday.

Will report back.

[Drew]

Delivered today (along with new keyboard, mouse and case)... and well chuffed.

LFS frame rates up from about 18ish to 90+.

Rendering times seem well reduced too.

It's even really pretty, and quiet.

+rep to all who helped.

Many, many thanks.

:edit: Came with it's own adapter... so I have a spare. Coolness.