New card around £150 mark?

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Oliver Haslam

I'm after a new card that will run all today's games, and not be dead and
burried in the near future. Problem is I only want to pay about £150. Any
recommendations people?


TIA

Oli
 
Oliver Haslam said:
I'm after a new card that will run all today's games, and not be dead and
burried in the near future. Problem is I only want to pay about £150. Any
recommendations people?


TIA

Oli
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The 9600pro is the obvious choice. You might be able to get a 9700 non-pro
which would be better, but those are getting increasingly hard to find (at
least at a good price)
 
Oliver Haslam said:
Are all 9600 Pros the same?

How about a http://europe.hercules.com/showpage.php?p=74&b=0&f=1 ?

TIA

Oli
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They are more or less equal in performance. However, you should stay away
from the "EZ" versions. Their memory is clocked slower.

Also, I think its Sapphire who make a 9600pro "Fireblade" edition with
better and faster memory.

So, performancewise (from fastest to slowest):

1. 9700
2. 9600pro fireblade
3. 9600pro
4. 9600pro ez <----- Stay away from this!
 
old_dog said:
They are more or less equal in performance. However, you should stay away
from the "EZ" versions. Their memory is clocked slower.

Also, I think its Sapphire who make a 9600pro "Fireblade" edition with
better and faster memory.

So, performancewise (from fastest to slowest):

1. 9700
2. 9600pro fireblade
3. 9600pro
4. 9600pro ez <----- Stay away from this!
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Ive not seen this EZ mentioned anywhere, I assume this isnt one
http://www.tekheads.co.uk/site/product.do?productId=601934

Looking a good bet at the mo
 
i just brought a 9700 pro from ebay. i had to wait a ong time and be very
paitent i only had £150 and managed to get it for £140 bargin (have nt
recived it yet so don t know if it works) all i can say keep checking
ebay.......
 
Andrew Poyser said:
i just brought a 9700 pro from ebay. i had to wait a ong time and be very
paitent i only had £150 and managed to get it for £140 bargin (have nt
recived it yet so don t know if it works) all i can say keep checking
ebay.......

http://komplett.co.uk/k/ki.asp?action=info&sku=117826&p=&t=278&l=2&AvdID=1&CatID=24&GrpID=1&cks=PRL
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Also, if you want to perhaps save a bit of cash and get some change out of
£150, look at the Tyan Tachyon 9600 Pro on www.ebuyer.co.uk (about £99 ex
VAT, £120 or so including delivery)

The reviews on this one though say the memory is slower and can't be
overclocked much, if at all (although you can still overclock the "core" on
this card)

I'm in the same boat (currently have a GeForce MX 440) and want to upgrade
and am tempted by the 9600 Pro or better (haven't decided what my max budget
is going to be yet)

Andy
 
Any relation to the great table tennis player "Haslam"?

Sorry if ot a bit :-)
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Tyan Tachyon Radeon G9600PRO 8xAGP 128MB DDR VGA/DVI/S-Video/Hardware
Monitoring Retail Box ?

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/prod...WN0X3Byb2R1Y3Rfb3ZlcnZpZXc=&product_uid=51440


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Bill said:
Any relation to the great table tennis player "Haslam"?

Sorry if ot a bit :-)
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Dont think so, didnt know there was a great tennis player called Haslam :)

Oli
 
Oliver Haslam said:
Dont think so, didnt know there was a great tennis player called Haslam :)

Oli
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Yep and I think his name was Orville or some such. But table tennis not lawn
tennis.

no prob.

cheers
 
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