I need help choosing a graphics card, plz help

Hi,

im looking for a gfx card around thee £100 mark that will play games such as

LOTR battle of Middle Earth II, Warhammer 40,000 Dark Cursade, Medieval Total war 2, Half life 2: Ep 1, Age Of empires, Company of heros and Elder scrols oblivion

at a good level, and games of 2007 at a mid to good level. Also if possible a card that does not run to hot.

Also it must be quite small as i am in a small micro atx case and there is a nice big Antec System exteractor that keeps verything at 25 degrees even when using games. The extractor takes up 2 PCI Ports but there is room for a quite thin gfx card.

The mobo is Asus M2N-VM-DM micro atx case, i have s duel core amd x2 4200 and on 1gb ram.

The GFX Interface is PCI-e and i am in the UK.

Can anybody helo me with a good gfx card to get please thanks

i was also thinking of the 7600, will it work at a mid level till 2008? i mean im a guy who still belives the 6600gt is good enough for this year lol

i wnt play unreal but Cyrsis i will, would it really stuggle that much wit it, wouldent it even produce playable frame rate, ok gfx and reolution of 1024x756

when is the game released,

also,

there is a 128mb and a 256mb version, what are the differences

If yoiu are using AGP then I agree with the 7600GT, great card for the money.

If using PCI-Express then I recommend you get a 7900GS, priced between £100 and £120 for 256MB/450/1320.

Get on ebay aqnd find yerself a deal...

Yeah sorry I was being a little vague there.

I meant 256 = memory, 450 = core (gpu) speed, 1320 = memory speed

Those are stock speeds for the 7900GS.

However some companies are prepared to up the clocks out of the box, such as the Gainward Bliss at Scan : http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Pro [...] tID=476782

And only costs £105... for Overclocked speeds of 500+ on gpu and 1400+ on memory...

Will acheive great FPS in latest games and high details and resolutions.

Good luck with your purchase...

2nd the 7900GS. Good overclocker + price/performance ratio.

Yes the 7900GS is much better than the 7600GT especially I guess since the 7600GT has 128 memory interface while the 7900GS has 256mb

yeah that is definately better but thats $210 not £110. The x1950pro is better than the 7900GS but slightly more expensive.

YAS Dude

Ya' need to learn about currency conversion ... GBP (Great Britain Pounds to USD, U.S. $) Currency Converter

The Brit TurkzZ specified "around £100", well $210 = 107.088 GBP, so that's close enough for better bang for da' buck, don't ya' think?

TurkzZ

You are asking "tech" questions on a tech forum, so here's an opportunity for you to learn how to become "more" techie yourself. Ya' need to learn how to use "trusted" review sources, like Tom's hdwe reviews, etc., etc. Here's a site that allows comparing any two vid cards both by tech (ATI, Nvidia, Voodoo, etc.) and manufacturer. Summary-Ultimate X1950 PRO

Remember here that the Sapphire Ultimate X1950 PRO version is superior to the ATI reference card performance specs, but this link gives the side-by-side specs of the ATI vs Nvidia 7900 GS: 7900 GS vs Radeon X1950 PRO

If, after reading the above you still decide to glom a 7900 GS, then I have a bridge I'll sell ya' cheap

ok looking at those comparisons it seems the 1950xt pro has better specs on everything (core clock ect)

so im guessing the 1950 is better,

but on the review the 7900gs and 1950xt pro get the same overall score

Ok it seems the 1950xt Pro is the better one and i have found at simular prices.

now there is an ASUS one and a Saphia one, thre around the same pricem, which one shall i go for?

1. SAPPHIRE Radeon X1950 Pro
http://www.dabs.com/productview.as [...] 2#infoarea

2. ASUS Radeon X1950 Pro
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Pro [...] tID=492010

which one?

TurkzZ Dude

Time to take your cupped hand away from your ear and stop shouting "somebody tell me what to do!" ... wake UP Dude! Use your reading ability to compare the specs I pointed out (remembering that I said the Sapphire Ultimate specs exceed the ATI reference specs): Ultimate X1950 Pro core clock = 580 MHz Nvidia 7900 GS = 480 MHz; Ultimate X1950 Pro mem = 1600 MHz Nvidia 7900 GS = 1400 MHz, pixel shaders Ultimate X1950 Pro = 36 Nvidia 7900 GS = 20 and, in addition the Sapphire Ultimate employs the super nifty and efficient Zalman Cooler! I gotta ask you Dude, are you unable to add 1+1 and come up with 2, or what? Can't you SEE the huge difference before your very eyes? You are obviously not even paying attention to the reviews you read ... the review that you cited compared a 7900 GS to an ATI X1950 PRO, NOT the Sapphire Ultimate version! Do ya' "get it" now?

Currency conversion works great if you are buying overseas. For UK vendors, the pricing is not the same as just taking the lowest US price in dollars and converting it to pounds.

UK Vendors:
HIS ATI X1950Pro 256 152.74BPS 12/15/06
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/show [...] =GX-065-HT

Sapphire ATI X1950Pro 512 172.71BPS 12/15/06
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/show [...] =GX-137-SP

BFG 7900GS 256 143.34BPS 12/15/06
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/show [...] =GX-033-BG

GECube X1950Pro 256 169.48BPS 12/15/06
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/119300

Yes, the cards you mention are faster than a 7600GT...