New gfx card - advice please

[Alanmelon]

Hi all, I wonder if you clever lot could make some recommendations on a new graphics card for my PC...a few points/requirements;

- Price. Am being a bit cheap but don't really want to spend much more than £100-£140
- Must be better than existing card (GeForce FX5200)
- This'll get me flamed, but I like Geforce cards...I'm familiar with the utilities and have never had problems with them in the past. Unless someone can change my mind
- I don't really play any incredibly high spec games, but would like to get a year or two's use out of it before having to upgrade again.

Any suggestions?

[zovat]

I just stuck an FX5700 in - 256M - runs like a dream- plays CS:Source at 40+FPS...

[Aragorn]

I'm currently looking as well, so I'll share what you can get although I can't offer first hand experience.

For £100 - £140 you can get an Nvidia FX5900XT or a Radeon 9600XT, 9800SE or 9800Pro.

Looking at http://www.tomshardware.com/ it appears to be between the FX5900XT or a 9800Pro.

Personally I'm waiting for http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Product...970&GroupID=27 to come back in stock as my budget is nearer £100.

Others will probably have first hand experience of the FX5900XT and 9800Pro

[keithwalton]

9800pro > nv 59** series. and can be got for peanuts really these days. If you have pci-e (most of you wont) then the ati x700 and nv 6600 are looking to fill that region of the market