i hate decisions

[Crrash]

well my birthday AND christmas are coming up and im going to seize the moment to upgrade my current system.

i found a couple of geforce 6600gt AGP for very low prices, but i would like to know, which version is the best.

Gainward GeForce AGP 6600-GT 128Mb DDR ; Golden Sample € 168.80

Gigabyte GeForce AGP 6600-GT 128Mb DDR ; TvOut/ DVI € 187.00

XFX GeForce AGP 6600-GT 128Mb DDR3 ; TvOut/ 2xDVI € 167.00


then i found some better ones (ati X800) but the prices are higher:

PowerColor ATI Radeon AGP X800PRO 256Mb DDR3; TvOut/ DVI € 259.00

Sapphire ATI Radeon AGP X800GT 256Mb DDR3; TvOut/DVI € 219.00



im worried about buying them, because my brother bought the gainward 6600gt AGP one and his power supply ended up fryed (a 460watt power supply) and i just have about 350watt power supply (but he does have 2 harddisks 2 hardrives and some extra fans and the 6600gt connected to it)





p.s. my pc is rather old and i think that my current graphic card may be a PCI 2.1 model .... wouldnt that mean that i also need a new motherboard to be able to use the AGP or PCI-E graphic cards?[/b]

 

[Coops07]

I like XFX. I was going to reccomend the Sapphire x800 GTO2 because of it's amazing overclocking abilties but since you only have a 350W PS forget it. I'd go with XFX. BFG is also very good if you have the option as they overclock the card for you and give you a lifetime warranty! Good deal is what I see.

 

[RichPLS]

I think I would lean towards XFX myself.
But if you are running AMD, you might get by with that X800 especially if you have truly a quality 350 watt PSU, but it would be marginal at best...

 

[Coops07]

do you have BFG cards available to you?

 

[RichPLS]

Yes I do, but I am satified with my X800XT-PE I have had for the past year and a half, thank you very much.

 

[Coops07]

i was asking crrash

 

[RichPLS]

Learn this then, he has his on reply button then, newbie. *nods* got it?

 

[Crrash]

thanks for the answers


no i dont ahve any BFG cards available to me, i didnt even ever heard of them...


i actually had the impression XFX is bad, but if you say its good, then im most likely going to get that one!



also about my PCI problem, i might actually have an AGP slot but have a geforce fx 5200 PCI card ... how can i look up what kind of slots i have without having to open my pc?

 

[danizaken2]

XFX and BFG have the best warrantys and both come overclocked out of the box. If your aiming for a Nvidia based gpu then these two manufacturers are the best choices.

 

[margag_]

Easy as 1-2-3

1 go to www.lavalys.com

2 download and install free everest home edition

3 Now you will know mostly everything about you're rig...

Good luck with the upgrade....

 

[Crrash]

actually i had a very similar tool (Actually almost the same) AIDA32 which just wasnt very clarifying if i had AGP (And which version) or PCI (also it was really old... 23-02-2004)

this one definately says AGP8X, which means you shouldnt always believe what windows tells you (well actually you would know that anyways)



so XFX GeForce AGP 6600-GT 128Mb DDR3 it is, though im still thinking about buying a new power supply, as mine is certainly not a quality product!




just heard my brothers motherboard is fryed too...damn...

 

[Coops07]

yea first off, RichPLS what are you sitting at your computer waiting for someone to message you? and crrash, BFG stands for Big Mofoing Gun. Basically they are a gamers video card company. I like them and XFX for Nvidia cards. Gigabyte is ok and that other company I haven't even heard of. Ur making a good choice with the XFX 6600, u wont be dissapointed