Best PCIe card for around £70.00?

[Kkkk1]

People,
My mate is looking for a new PCIe video card. He plays mainly Flight Simulator X. The problem is his budget is only £70.00

His current hardware is:-
P4 3.4Ghz
Ati X7040XL PCIe
2Gb DDR400

I suggested waiting until he's got around double that and go for an 8800GT but he's struggling for cash at the moment. Any ideas?

 

[Dahak]

I have a 7600GT he can have for 70 dollars plus shipping.It's the EVGA version and it actually outperforms the 6800XT by a fair margin.PM me if interested.

Dahak

M2N32-SLI DELUXE WE
X2 5600+ STOCK (2.8GHZ)
2X1GIG DDR2 800 IN DC MODE
TOUGHPOWER 850WATT PSU
EVGA 8800GT SUPERCLOCKED
SMILIDON RAIDMAX GAMING CASE
ACER 22IN WS LCD 1680X1050
250GIG HD/320GIG HD
G5 GAMING MOUSE
LOGITECH Z-5500 5.1 SURROUND SYSTEM
500WATS CONTINUOUS,1000 PEAK
WIN XP MCE SP2
3DMARK05 15,686
3DMARK06 10,588

 

[Maziar]

Even if he had the money , P4 3.4 would bottleneck a 8800GT in new games

go for Radeon 2900GT, for that price, it offers great performance:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=56&subid=922

 

[Kkkk1]

Thanks guys,
i'll let him know of your suggestions.

 

[jitpublisher]

http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/01/03/the_best_gaming_graphics/

Look here. You may have a hard time finding anything under $100 new, watch the sales.

Newegg has a 7600GT for $85

 

[nvalhalla]

I have an 8600GT for sale for $70. GDDR3, lifetime EVGA warranty, used it for 3 weeks. Let me know if your interested,.

 

[vaker5]

x1900gt at newegg for 87$ with shipping. more then enough.

 

[crusoe74]

The best I could find was a Radeon x1950Pro but the 2900GT will beat that in most benchies and is direct X 10 compatible so Maziar has found the best deal.

If you can stretch to a bit more you acn get the Radeon HD38

 

[crusoe74]

The best I could find was a Radeon x1950Pro but the 2900GT will beat that in most benchies and is direct X 10 compatible so Maziar has found the best deal.

If you can stretch to a bit more you acn get the Radeon HD3850 which will stuff both of them

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/139597

 

[zenmaster]

I would go with the 7600GT.................
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/106578

1) Most likely you don't have a good Power Supply so you want a card that will not use too much power.

2) Flight Simulator can really be bottle necked by the CPU so with that older card no need to go crazy.

3) The 7600GT is a fair bit cheaper than the 8600GT with little difference in performance.