Best graphics card to about £130 for gaming

[aragorn]

Anyone got ideas about the best Nvidia card for gaming, for around £130. Interface has to be AGP. Currently running GeForce 6600 on MSI 6741 mainboard with AMD Athlon 64 3400. RAM is currently 1GB but thinking of upping to 2Gb.

[Jleagle]

Id go with a 7600gt.. i used to have one and its a big upgrade from a stock gpu.

[JDowdall]

yeah for £130 you could try and find a x1950 pro agp or a x1650 xt and another gb of ram!

[Jleagle]

some handy links

http://www.google.co.uk/products?q=x195 ... ucts&hl=en (http://www.google.co.uk/products?q=x1950+pro+agp&btnG=Search+Products&hl=en)

http://www.google.co.uk/products?q=7600 ... en&show=dd (http://www.google.co.uk/products?q=7600gt+agp&btnG=Search&hl=en&show=dd)

http://www.google.co.uk/products?q=x165 ... en&show=dd (http://www.google.co.uk/products?q=x1650+xt+agp&btnG=Search&hl=en&show=dd)

[aragorn]

Thanks for the info and links. I'll check out the 7600GT (always got on better with Nvidia). Got my birthday on Saturday - hope I get enough to get some RAM too! :D

[Tharpe]

nooo. look at the 8600GT!!! its very very good and £92.00 from komplett.co.uk

[JDowdall]

NOO DEFINITELY DONT! nethin below the 8800 gt isnt worth lookin @ from nvidia

[Tharpe]

yes do!

the 8600GT 512mb runs Crysis at about 20-25 fps on high! not overclocked!

[JDowdall]

i'll believe that when i believe it and anyways its an agp card he wants!

[Tharpe]

yeah you can get good agp cards. and as soon as i can be bothered il post some fraps screen shot pics :)

[JDowdall]

no what i was gettin at was that the 8XXX series arent on agp so ati is the best way to go for £130

[djgandy]

Not AGP but the 8600GT is the best value card going when you consider this price.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Xpertvision-256 ... 702&sr=8-4 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Xpertvision-256MB-GeForce-8600GT-2XDVI/dp/B000PL7PL6/ref=pd_bbs_4/202-9003419-2839059?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1194602702&sr=8-4)

[teknokid]

nah, high on 8600gt is rubbish, my gtx8800 can only just do that unless your 640x480?
id go ati x1900xt :)
its the best card for the price

[djgandy]

You are totally wrong. It's £50!
You can't see it because you have endless streams of money pouring out of your pockets. For £50 that's a brilliant card.

There is no law saying oyu have to play games on full settings. You just drop the settings. Only a ****** would try and play something like gears of war with graphics set to full on an 8600 GT. It's not meant to let you play games on high, it's just meant to let you play games.

[PulpzillA]

if you put 2 in sli then it would be a bargin.

[JDowdall]

neh 2 in sli u wud b better off with sumthin else probably but @ £50 that card is good, @ £70 which it is from most online retailers its not such a good deal as the x1950pro stomps all over it @ this price point and on AGP the only options are x1950 xt, x1950 pro, 7600gt and the two ati cards should do you fine

[teknokid]

2 of whats? if you mean the ati card then you cant do sli with them

[JDowdall]

ahem u think i dont know this! sum1 was goin on about sli 8600gt but it wouldnt be worth it as you wud need

[teknokid]

if u go sli 8600gts you could should get a 8800gt

[JDowdall]

as in performance wise :S or price wise lol

[Tharpe]

nah, high on 8600gt is rubbish, my gtx8800 can only just do that unless your 640x480?
id go ati x1900xt :)
its the best card for the price

nope i can do high 20fps on 1024x768