Kev's cheap graphics card thread

Post by **117** » Mon Nov 17, 2003 9:21 pm

ta.

erm why u post the link to that review again?

Post by **fac51** » Mon Nov 17, 2003 10:57 pm

thought i had pasted a link to a agp slot page i found for u but i must'nt have copied it. u found it ok tho?

Post by **117** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 6:51 pm

didnt have the time (or energy!) to look last nite, if i dont get round to it tonight i'll leave it to the weekend to have a look

Post by **fac51** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 8:20 pm

it will take approx 20 seconds to check

Post by **117** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 9:32 pm

yeah but its the actual taking the back off the pc that im worried about (along with disconnecting every bastid cable)

Post by **fac51** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 9:39 pm

u dont have to disconnect any cables bar the power supply, and only that so u dont electrocute urself. ur pc should have 2 screws holding on the side panel which when unscrewed should allow u to slide it back and peek inside.

Pino · Post by **Pino** » Wed Nov 19, 2003 11:18 am

What is your Motherboard Captain?? and never buy a gc wich says "SE" behind it (ati9800se,9200se) these are the sucker cards

Post by **fac51** » Wed Nov 19, 2003 1:50 pm

it would appear that indeed the se has a bad rep

http://www.anandtech.com/news/shownews.html?i=20120

never knew that

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Wed Nov 19, 2003 3:15 pm

Another thing you may wanna check is if the card your buying is an AGP 8x compliant jobby, as 8x cards usually have a longer connector than 4x cards and may not fit ion your AGP slot.

I agree on the choice of card tho

Post by **117** » Wed Nov 19, 2003 7:14 pm

pretty sure the card said 8x andy. oh dear so i wont bother with that hercules card then as it says SE

Post by **fac51** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 2:38 pm

are you still getting a card kev?

Post by **117** » Sat Dec 06, 2003 5:05 pm

dunno, seem to be spending me money on other things at the mo

genghis · Post by **genghis** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 12:55 pm

They is poisoning your mind with ATI propaganda!!!

Jk

Just thought I would mention that for a teensy bit more than the 9600pro you could afford a Nvidia FX5700 ultra, which is a damn good card (ATI are better in some areas, Nvidia in others) but for the extra money you do get higher benchmark results in most cases than the 9600 pro.

Do not get a Nvidia FX5600 they are a total rip off
FX5600ultras are on par with th 9600pro at about the same price.

Cheaper you wanna go for a radeon, and probably more expensive go for radeon as well.

just my 2p's worth

Post by **fac51** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 2:39 pm

nvidia are doing better since their latest drivers but at the time of writing those drivers weren't out and therefore ati ruled (and still do imo)

Post by **117** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 6:49 pm

unfortunately Kev is mighty skint at mo, and has too many other things to buy than even the cheapest of graphics cards