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drunkenfool
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29th Oct 03 at 00:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
The fan has gone on my card, causing it to pretty much stop working over the last coupla weeks! Any reccomendations for semi decent ones? Nothing above £60, i dont play many games at all, mainly for normal computer use, and it def needs a TV out cos i watch a lot of videos. GFX cards arent my strong point in computer knowledge! Cheers if u can help
Richie
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29th Oct 03 at 00:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Gainward Fx 5200 128MB DDR, needs 8xAGP tho, only half a ton
drunkenfool
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29th Oct 03 at 00:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i forgot to say, my mobo only has AGP 4x and i dont wanna upgrade that too at the moment
Richie
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im sorry but u need to get with the times girlfriend

Only stuff thats 4x is old geforce 2's 3's and 4's and some ATI cards.

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drunkenfool
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8x is pretty new though, i only bought my mobo about 4 months ago. Its the Asus A7V 333. Would you not reccommend the radeon 8500LE? As thats what the buggered card is.

[Edited on 29-10-2003 by drunkenfool]
Richie
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Nope i dont like it, benchmark tests for it with a high spec machine were poo.

If u notice 8x cards have like replaced nearly everything think everything in the geforce FX range is 8x

Give the Gainward Fx5200 PCI 64mb DDR a shot. Only about £60 notes i think.
drunkenfool
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29th Oct 03 at 01:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Just seen a card for £550!! Bit outta my budget. Ill see if i can find that one, cheers!
drunkenfool
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29th Oct 03 at 01:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
BTW - will the 8x ones run on a 4x slot, just slower, or is it a differnt slot?
Richie
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29th Oct 03 at 01:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Different slot and unless the card is backwards compatable which most arent, no
Wolfy
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29th Oct 03 at 05:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by AustinPXX
Gainward Fx 5200 128MB DDR, needs 8xAGP tho, only half a ton


give me a 5600/5800 or 5900 fx any day, them 5200's just aint worth the core speed they run at. no offence like tho, good card just not going to last well for the future.

radions are overpriced, the 9800 is probly best value for money but still over a few ton.
Cybermonkey
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29th Oct 03 at 08:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
this is all bollocks. It may say its bandwidth is AGP 8x, but it still works on all notherboards which are AGP 2x/4x. It is all backwards compatible, and you would have no trouble running an AGP8x card on your system. Just remember that it wont be able to run to its full use. I have an AGP8x card in my machine which is only AGP4x. I highly reccomend it, its dirt cheap and still mega quick. Creative Nvidia Geforce 4 Ti4800.

 
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