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Jun 17^th, 2010 at 3:28pm

DarkOdius Ex Member

Hi all,
Due to my XFX nvidia 8800GT now being completely dead (i'd previously bought it second hand a year ago), I'm looking for a new graphics card in the £79 price range.
I've been having a look around the local computer shops and have come up with these ones:

Gigabyte 9400GT 1GB £69
Pny Geforce GT 220 1GIG £59
Zotac 9800GT 1GB Synergy Edition £79

I'd have gone for something higher if i could have afforded it but due to having a limited budget after i've bought my lens these are the choices that I'm stuck between.

Any help would be welcome

John...

p.s it died a horrible death at 12:10am Sad

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Reply #1 - Jun 17^th, 2010 at 8:27pm

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I just installed the BFG/Nvidea 9800GT 1 gig/1024. I think they are available on the net for 90 US $ plus costs. (I payed 120$ in a store.) I was pleased with the improvement over my 8600GT. I couldn't comment on the other cards, no experience with them.

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Reply #2 - Jun 17^th, 2010 at 8:50pm

NNNG Ex Member

GTS 250 or 9800GT. In that order. The 9800GT is exactly the same as the 8800GT so I would advise getting the GTS 250 so you can have a small upgrade.

Do NOT get the 9400GT or GT220. Both are slower than the 9800GT and 8800GT.

http://www.staticice.co.uk/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=GTS+250&spos=3

http://www.staticice.co.uk/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=9800gt&spos=1

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Reply #3 - Jun 23^rd, 2010 at 3:33pm

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I just upgraded from a 8600GTS to the GALAXY GTS 250 and I couldn't be happier with it. I over paid a bit, ($175 US) but you can find them on Newegg for a lot less.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH...\
Hope this helps,

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