Cheap & Cheerful Graphics Card

Alan E · 14-08-2005, 15:11

I am looking for a graphics card for when I update my system. I am not a serious gamer. I was thinking around the ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£30 mark.

Alan.

Gareth · 14-08-2005, 15:19

Hello, Alan... not a serious gamer, or not a gamer at all? I used to have a Radeon 7000, which you'd easily pick up for under ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£30 these days. It was a nice little card, very reliable and didn't require a fan so it was silent in use (oh, those were the days

). However, it used to struggle to handle stuff like Counter Strike, The Sims, etc... Even a non-serious gamer would be frustrated by a Radeon 7000, but for browsing the web, sending emails, using Word or Excel, etc... then I'm sure it would be fine.

budwieser · 14-08-2005, 15:20

How about this one

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=62209

Or This one.
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=65093

Gareth · 14-08-2005, 15:26

Blimey, forget my posts, those cards Bud linked to are way better. And they're cheap as chips too

Alan E · 14-08-2005, 15:31

The second one looks like what I am looking for.

Cheers,

Alan.

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Originally Posted by budwieser

How about this one

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=62209

Or This one.
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=65093

budwieser · 14-08-2005, 15:32

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Originally Posted by Gareth

Blimey, forget my posts, those cards Bud linked to are way better. And they're cheap as chips too

I have a 256 mb 9600 and it runs all the latest games at 1024x768 no probs at all!
Use the latest Omega drivers to get the best out of it. Linky below.

http://www.ngohq.com/home.php?page=F...&dwn_cat_id=14

.jackson · 14-08-2005, 18:35

These are very good cards;

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=54890

Can play all current games in 1024X768 and this one has 256MB, very good buy.

Plus this one is cheaper and not much performance decrease (128MB RAM rather than 256MB) also comes with a fan for overclocking.

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=59427

Keytops · 14-08-2005, 19:14

http://www.videocardshop.co.uk/ do some very cheap n' cheerfull cards - most of which aren't up to running modern games, but are good enough for basic office work and such.

Matth · 14-08-2005, 22:51

One other thing, is this a basic card for a new build (on AGP 2.0 or 3.0, 4x or 8x).

If it's to revive an older setup, then you may be looking at AGP 1.0 (1x/2x at 3.3V), which some modern cards will not support, or possibly even a PCI.

In case some smart alec suggests PCI Express, I'll mention that too, though putting a new PCI-E motherboard in with the lowest of the low graphics in PCI-E would be a very poor choice.

14-08-2005, 23:17

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Originally Posted by Matth

One other thing, is this a basic card for a new build (on AGP 2.0 or 3.0, 4x or 8x).

If it's to revive an older setup, then you may be looking at AGP 1.0 (1x/2x at 3.3V), which some modern cards will not support, or possibly even a PCI.

In case some smart alec suggests PCI Express, I'll mention that too, though putting a new PCI-E motherboard in with the lowest of the low graphics in PCI-E would be a very poor choice.

For PCI-E he will need a new cpu anyway as there only available for AMD64 and soc 754 semprons and lga755 intel chips

Alan E · 16-08-2005, 18:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matth

One other thing, is this a basic card for a new build (on AGP 2.0 or 3.0, 4x or 8x).

If it's to revive an older setup, then you may be looking at AGP 1.0 (1x/2x at 3.3V), which some modern cards will not support, or possibly even a PCI.

In case some smart alec suggests PCI Express, I'll mention that too, though putting a new PCI-E motherboard in with the lowest of the low graphics in PCI-E would be a very poor choice.

It is for a new build, I was looking to upgrade my Athlon 1800+ machine with a Sempron 3000+ on a ASUS K8N Deluxe NF3 motherboard which has 8x AGP.

Alan.

16-08-2005, 18:48

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Originally Posted by Alan E

It is for a new build, I was looking to upgrade my Athlon 1800+ machine with a Sempron 3000+ on a ASUS K8N Deluxe NF3 motherboard which has 8x AGP.

Alan.

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
do you have any of these parts yet? seriously nooooooooooooooo
if your buying a K8 board buy a 64 bit chip please Im begging you do not make this kinda mistake

AndrewJ · 16-08-2005, 18:49

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alan E

It is for a new build, I was looking to upgrade my Athlon 1800+ machine with a Sempron 3000+ on a ASUS K8N Deluxe NF3 motherboard which has 8x AGP.

Alan.

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
do you have any of these parts yet? seriously nooooooooooooooo
if your buying a K8 board buy a 64 bit chip please Im begging you do not make this kinda mistake

Agreed I shall highlight Zingles main professional remarks there.

Alan E · 16-08-2005, 19:39

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
do you have any of these parts yet? seriously nooooooooooooooo
if your buying a K8 board buy a 64 bit chip please Im begging you do not make this kinda mistake

I do not know a lot about the 64 bit chip. Will it run faster than the std (32 bit?) chip when running XP?

Alan.

marky · 16-08-2005, 19:41

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Originally Posted by Alan E

I do not know a lot about the 64 bit chip. Will it run faster than the std (32 bit?) chip when running XP?

Alan.

it will blow it away mate