Any good budget Graphics card?

[TheSpark29]

Re: Any good budget Graphics card?

An X1950Pro is a little faster than a 7900GS. But the X1950Pro OC's really badly, while the 7900GS is a pretty good OC'er. I still say X1950Pro.

[Fender]

Re: Any good budget Graphics card?

8600 gts dont belive the reviews intell u own one i have no trouble at all but hey if ur looking for a dx10 card this one or the 8800 gts 320 meg are great cheap cards

[=98=]

Re: Any good budget Graphics card?

8600gts is truly aweful value for money. It will play BF2 high, but not any other games.

[proAvenger]

Re: Any good budget Graphics card?

Ok thx guys for all the information. I only got about £60 to spend now so i am gonna have to go with the X1650 pro :p

Hopefully this will be able to run BF2 and Half-life 2 the games i am getting since i got some more spare time now.

I hope i can play u guys sometime on BF2

[UNDIESRULES]

Re: Any good budget Graphics card?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...=56&subcat=912

Better by a country mile than any 1650, only just over your £70 budget. If you are willing to spend more though get a 1950 of some sort.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...=56&subcat=404

[proAvenger]

Re: Any good budget Graphics card?

Thx for the all the advice guys but i allready made my mind up. I am gonna get X1650 pro just just about £55. Anyway i got one more question to ask on dabs.com they are selling 2 cards that i am interested in.

The first one is X1650PRO 256MB GDDR 3 SDRAM

And second one is X1650Pro 512MB DDR2 SDRAM

They are both nearly the same price but the second has got 512MB but its DDR2 what ever that means. And the second card has only 800MHz Memory Clock Speed but the first one has 1.4Ghz Memory Clock Speed.

Which one should i buy and does the first one need some kind of a different motherboard since its GDDR?

Any more information would be very helpful :)

[megawhompertoo]

Re: Any good budget Graphics card?

1)Thx for the all the advice guys but i allready made my mind up.

2)The first one is X1650PRO 256MB GDDR 3 SDRAM

3)And second one is X1650Pro 512MB DDR2 SDRAM

4)They are both nearly the same price but the second has got 512MB but its DDR2 what ever that means. And the second card has only 800MHz Memory Clock Speed but the first one has 1.4Ghz Memory Clock Speed.

5)Which one should i buy and does the first one need some kind of a different motherboard since its GDDR?

6)Any more information would be very helpful :)

1)If you've already made up your mind to get a gimpy card...nm.

2) and 3) 2 is better than 3

4)the second one of the two has 1600mhz (effective) gd(double)dr3. the first one uses the (double) number to make it look prettier against the better card.

5)if you're determined to get a gimpy card for 55 instead of card that is upwards of 60 percent better, then get 2 and not 3. motherboard doesn't matter, as long as you buy a pci-e card and have a pci-e slot (or agp card for agp slot)

6)Why? Poor choice; you should save until you can afford a radically better card for just a weetadsmidge more BMU's (british monetary units)

[proAvenger]

Re: Any good budget Graphics card?

Thx for your help but the gimpy card that i might buy is just as good as i am going to need. I dont see the point of getting a much better card when i dont even play PC games alot. And to be honest i dont want to spend all of my money just for some graphics card and then have nothing left for the summer holidays...

Thx for your information it was very helpful nowi know which one is better

[mills7777]

Re: Any good budget Graphics card?

no dont get the X1650 it's no good, the best one is x1950 pro like pepole say it's only a bit more and it's 5x better easy

[TheSpark29]

Re: Any good budget Graphics card?

I dont see the point of getting a much better card when i dont even play PC games alot. And to be honest i dont want to spend all of my money just for some graphics card and then have nothing left for the summer holidays...

Point well taken. If you don't really game alot, what's the purpose?

[[R-PUB]MrD]

Re: Any good budget Graphics card?

How about buying secondhand cards? Some of my clan mates have cards for sale they have upgraded off. They are the level of the x1650 and won't require a PSU upgrade. If you got x1950pro or x1950xt then you are going to need to spend £50-60 on a new PSU to cope with the stress.

the cards for sale range from PNY 6800ultra 256meg to x800gto2's and one lad has a x1600 for sale, all about £30-40 plus postage (should be under a fiver) all pci-e cards. If you are in the UK, something could be arranged. CHeaper and safer than ebaying as my clan won't sell you crap, they have their reputations to think of. PM me if you are interested as I most likely won't be reading this post again in the near future!


top end cards for BF2 don't get much better (at DX9 class) than the x1950xt http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/119441 £105 with free postage on 5 day turnaround. But yoiu need a 530/580w Hiper atx2.2 class PSU to drive it then and that's a £50-60- upgrade if you only have an old PSU.

[proAvenger]

Re: Any good budget Graphics card?

Thx for the offers guys but i allready buyed the X1650 at dabs.com

Now i am just wating to get it thought the post