new cheap graphics card tips??

[nickyboy1981]

I have been having system problems recently which seem to have come to head today, im pretty sure its my graphics card thats fried (nvidia 8800 gts) as i was getting wonky graphics and driver kept reseting and recovering, ive managed to get my system running stable after noticing one of my front case fans wasnt working (swithced the plug thingy for said fan and seems to run ok now) however i now have dark blue lines all down my screen.


Can anyone more computer savy than me recommend any good cheapish graphics cards? i mostly play eq which is why i dont really wanna splash out. but sometimes play some of the newer games.


Thanks.

[Rottening]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130573

Going any cheaper than that, and you are shooting yourself in the foot.

[mrgoochio]

i got a used (perfectly functional) gts 250 lying around if u want to buy it? just upgraded to dual 460's in SLI. played most modern games, but wont be playing them on high settings by any stretch of the imagination. all the source games (hl2, counterstrike source, etc.) are super smooth on high settings, however, starcraft 2 should be played on medium or low depending on screen resolution.

oh, and itll blow EQ out of the water lol :)

[nickyboy1981]

thanks mrgoochio, the link rottening posted looks good and isnt to expensice so may go with that, any other ideas appreciated :) im not that well up on computers anymore so would pcie2 be compatible? my motherboard box says pci express on it :)

[Rottening]

PCI-E 2.0 cards are backwards compatible with 1.0 motherboards, if indeed your motherboard is a 1.0. Most lower-end PCI-E 2.0 cards (this one included) doesn't have the bandwidth to fully utilize the 2.0 increase, anyway.

No worries there.

[mrgoochio]

you shouldn't have any problems as rottening said.. just wanted to throw the option out there for my old card. just upgraded as i said and didn't really think about what i'd do with the old one.

[Taluvill]

Look up the 9800 GTX Nvidia card. Had it for years, runs like a champ still. It ran Final Fantasy 14 (crazy intense graphics, google it) at max graphics with minimal lag.

I would easily recommend this card to anyone looking for a price-is-right card.

[Tappin]

Look up the 9800 GTX Nvidia card. Had it for years, runs like a champ still. It ran Final Fantasy 14 (crazy intense graphics, google it) at max graphics with minimal lag.

I would easily recommend this card to anyone looking for a price-is-right card.

Agreed. I used this card for a little over 2 years and loved it. Really, IMO, it can't be beat for the price.

[Aasimon]

Set a budget for us, so we're not just grasping straws.

[Ishio]

May I recommend this? (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150500)

[Tappin]

May I recommend this? (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150500)

Lol! Check the title of his thread.

[Ishio]

Lol! Check the title of his thread.

Ah, but see, this could be considered cheap as there is no set price :p
Set a budget for us, so we're not just grasping straws.

[Tappin]

Ah, but see, this could be considered cheap as there is no set price :p

*Clap* You have a point :D For myself I'd consider cheap under 200.

[Rottening]

I just feel that if you are buying a 9800GTX, you are not going to enjoy playing any new game released in the next 6-12months. A 4xx would give you a bit more lifetime for only $50 or so more.

[nickyboy1981]

thanks for the replys people, found the card rottening mentioned at a whole salers right near my work so will probly pop in and get one of those so i dont have to piss about ordering over the internet, thanks again for everyone that helped.

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-evga-gts-450-sc-40nm-3800mhz-gddr5-gpu-882mhz-shader-1764mhz-192-cores-2x-dl-dvi-i-mhdmi

[Rottening]

Ah...you're a UK guy, so I can understand.

I'm not sure about how Newegg does with overseas shipments, but for the US, I will not order from any other supplier. Not only are they dirt cheap on 90% of the items, but their shipping is superb and usually free.

[nickyboy1981]

yeah dont normally have a problem with shipping from us but for a fiver extra i might aswell nip on my dinner tommorow and get it, it's payday tommorow to so i can splash a fiver :) thanks for the help.

[nickyboy1981]

prey that im not back on here tommorow saying it wasnt my graphics card after all :)

[Lyrik]

PCI-E 2.0 cards are backwards compatible with 1.0 motherboards, if indeed your motherboard is a 1.0. Pretty much every graphics card doesn't have the bandwidth to fully utilize the 2.0 increase, anyway.

No worries there.

Fixed.