What Graphics Card

[The Boff]

I am building my own computer and the only thing that i havent fully decided is the graphics card.

I can spend about £100 so which should I get?

[gwendes]

A post like this will open a heated debate...

Much like : 'What is better, XBOX or PS2?'

Are you getting an AGP or PCI-e motherboard?

I would get

AGP - X1600 256mb (http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?SAP-X1600P)
PCI-e - X800 512mb (http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?SAP-X8GTO5)

[Taxation]

ATI cards are much better value if you only have a little to spend

an x800 would be the best to get

[The Boff]

My Motherboard can only take PCI-E and not AGP

[Taxation]

you can get x800 pci-e aswell
or get an nvidia 6800gt 256mb

[The Boff]

How much are they

[Taxation]

well you can get one for under £150 from novatech
other places will vary
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/spec ... ?NOV-6800E (http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?NOV-6800E)
may not look pretty but it will do the job

325 core
1200 memory
oc'ing will make it go up
get water cooling, trust me, it does wonders for noise

[The Boff]

That looks pretty good so ill probably end up paying more than £100

[Taxation]

yeah, but you get what you pay for basically
and its not that much over £100 is it though

plus if you use "rivatuner" then you can unlock some piplelines and shaders

but this ovcourse voids warranty and may screw your card up

[djgandy]

What do you wan't to do with your graphics card? If nothing fancy just get a 6600, or wait for a 7300

[Taxation]

7600 coming out soon
this week if sources are correct

[beardyman]

for the record, XBOX is best

[gwendes]

Although I am an XBOX fan I would not make such a sweeping statement. When can you use an XBOX for Photoshop image rendering?

[beardyman]

never, but you can use it for whipping people at FIFA