help buying a new graphics card

sellingmysoul666

I need to buy a new graphic card the min spec is ati radeon series 7000,geforce series/intel extreme graphics 82846,82865, 82915

my system
System Board ASUSTeK Computer INC. A7V333 REV 1.xx
athlon 1800 512 mb ram agp

has anyone got any recommendation for about £30 or less

thanks

Curry_Queen

When I was looking for a graphix card a while back I found Overlockers to be about the cheapest place, and they have a good range of cards so you'll probably be able to find something there


BTW, did you mean £30 or £300 as you're not going to get a 7 series for the first figure

sellingmysoul666

I found this on overclockers

HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon 7000 32MB DDR TV-Out (AGP) - Retail (R7000-TW32D) (GX-015-HT)
ATI Radeon 7000 delivers enhanced 3D and 2D graphics performance for todays demanding applications. Radeon 7000 features HYPER Z technology to increase effective memory bandwidth and PIXEL TAPESTRY for fast image rendering. Plus Radeon 7000 offers an excellent features for the playback of MPEG2 and DVD videos.

- 32MB DDR memmory running at 366MHz
- 64-bit memory interface
- TV-Out
- 2yrs Manufacturer Warranty

Price: £14.95 (£17.57 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Rex_Mundi

As long as you don't want to play any games or use any graphics applications with this card. This would be fine.

What do you need a new graphics card for? Are you expecting to play games? For your budget, you are not going to get much at all.

sellingmysoul666

The specs stated in the origional post are for dungeon seige 2

I have now found this one http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/partspecs.Asp?IMODULE=CTV9600SE128MB

Crucial part number: CTV9600SE128MB

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The Crucial RADEON 9600SE 128MB

Cinematic graphics for light gaming on a budget.

£40.99 ex. VAT
£48.16 inc. VAT*

General Specifications

Powered by the RADEON¿ 9600 SE VPU, technology designed to utilize four-pixel pipeline architecture
Fully supports Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 and OpenGL™
64-bit DDR memory interface, featuring HYPER Z™ III+ bandwidth-conserving technology
128MB of DDR SDRAM memory
400-MHz RAMDAC
AGP 8X/4X compatible
VGA connector, TV-out connector, DVI-I


Any good?

Rex_Mundi

This card should do you for older games (or games at reduced settings). It's not going to do you much good for latest titles. You can find it cheaper than the price you've seen it at. Look HERE (£37.72)

Do you use Ebay? Chances of bargains there. Have a look at THIS card. The auction is ending shortly. These cards normally retail around the £100/£130 mark, so if it ends up around this price it would be a bargain. It's a far superior card (no comparison really)