Good but cheap graphics card

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  1. Advantage

    Advantage Some Old Guy

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    Hiya guys,
    im looking to upgrade my graphics card , and dont have alot of money.....
    so im asking for advice on what to get
    what i have at the moment is an Nvidia geforce 6100 nForce 405
     
  2. Teddi

    Teddi Well-Known Member Bear

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    ATI sapphire radeon 9550.

    Handled Gmod perfectly in my other pc.

    http://www.dabs.com - nice site with cheap graphics cards on. I fully trust them and i usually get my kit from them.
     
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    Advantage Some Old Guy

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    i have an Nvidia chipset :/
     
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    Teddi Well-Known Member Bear

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    Major Tman New Member

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    you can get some 8 series card for pretty cheap
     
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    Teddi Well-Known Member Bear

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    I would only got for an 8800 with a S8 card.

    7600 > 8500GT. Only get a random 8000 card if you want DX 10 (and you have vista).

    edit: Or its a 8800GTX
     
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    Advantage Some Old Guy

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    7600 looks good .... im considering it , and i'm also considering buying a cheap LCD monitor , anyone know anything?
     
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    Samsung is good, the price depends on where you get it, though.
     
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    cpf <s>Heckler</s>

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    I'd recommend a 8800GT, too. My one works amazingly well with GMod.

    Well, compared to the 128mb ATI x800 (or something around that, I've already expunged all memory of it out of my mind).
     
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    Advantage Some Old Guy

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    if i go for one i think i would go for GTS , because its much cooler , but i dont know , ive got to sort it all out
     
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    AMAZING PRICE ON 9800 GX2 I checked out the specs they are better than some of the more expensive ones its a really greay buy since like all the other GX2's are 400-500 bucks or wtf ever

    yeah don't get the 7600, get that ^ will perform much better on any game that will come out this year/last year etc...
     
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    Eddie Dorama The Fail Man

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    Vouch cheap price and good in performance.It like around 100-150$.Don't buy in the 7 series's.
     
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    I had a evga 7600gt in my old system with pentium4 2.8ghz and 1.5mb ram. The frame rates were playable but not that great :/
     
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    The GTX 280 rivals/slightly beats the 9800GX2s performance.

    Plus, you need to understand that the GX2 has two PCBs, so it's technically two cards. The GTX 280 is one card, but with a massive fucking GPU Die size (About 5.5cm.)

    :O
     
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    What's your price range for a cheap LCD monitor, Advantage?