is this a good enough graphics card ?

jamie_2k6 · 04-18-2007, 09:43 PM

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/s...?c3d-x1555&P=1
is that a good graphics card for the price ? do you know of any better ones for around the same price ? please help

ETSA · 04-18-2007, 09:51 PM

What kind of games do you play and what other components do you have? Also, do you have AGP or PCIe?

jamie_2k6 · 04-18-2007, 10:06 PM

erm i have not got any other components yet i am just planning my build but i only have a budget of £400 (£500 at a push) and im expecting to have to spend alot of the budget to get a top end graphics card so i thought that should be one of the things in my plan http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/s...mbb-m38a41&P=1
that is the motherboard i was thinking of going for so any comments on that would also be appreciated

Bootup05 · 04-18-2007, 10:10 PM

Its an alright card for gaming at medium settings.

You can look at something like this

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=540212

Saves you a bit of cash, is only the 256MB version, but at the resolutions you will be playing at with a card in this price range you aren't going to need the extra memory.

jamie_2k6 · 04-18-2007, 10:16 PM

thanks that looks like a good suggestion just checking since i dont no anything about computers that will work with that motherboard ive selected wont it ?

Bootup05 · 04-18-2007, 10:19 PM

That card will work fine with the board

BTW theres also a 8500GT, cheaper than the X1550 you originally picked, and its also DirectX 10, which came out a while ago, meaning you will not have to do any future upgrading to play DX10 games, like you would have to with an X1550.

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=576335

EDIT:
Heres a quick system I've put together that you might want to consider, everything here is compatible and you also have some headroom for overclocking with the selected components

This system would also be much more futureproof than the combo above, plus a lot faster.
CPU - http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx...avigationKey=0
Mobo - http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...113965&_LOC=UK
RAM - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...d=8&subcat=813
OR http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/119274/rb/27049694747 which is £4 more but C4
GPU - http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=576335

All comes to around £260, which leaves you £240 over for other items

Edit: Just found 1GB micron for £36, which would probably get a higher OC than the Geil - http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=527001

chupacabra · 04-18-2007, 10:46 PM

Get a geforce 8500 or 8600 from a known brand not one that nobody has heard of, if you have the cash get this one instead of the ones above
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/s...tml?XFX-86GTSX

oscaryu1 · 04-19-2007, 12:31 AM

id go with bootup.. meets alot of game standarts, and not 2 xpensive

elitehacker · 04-19-2007, 12:40 AM

Yeah for me XFX and Sparkle nvidia cards are spot on, I have never had any problem with those before.

04-18-2007, 09:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
jamie_2k6 banned Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: middlesbrough Age: 19 Posts: 155	is this a good enough graphics card ? http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/s...?c3d-x1555&P=1 is that a good graphics card for the price ? do you know of any better ones for around the same price ? please help

04-18-2007, 09:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
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04-18-2007, 10:10 PM	#4 (permalink)
Bootup05 Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Essex, UK Age: 17 Posts: 1,266	Its an alright card for gaming at medium settings. You can look at something like this http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=540212 Saves you a bit of cash, is only the 256MB version, but at the resolutions you will be playing at with a card in this price range you aren't going to need the extra memory. __________________ Main System Proccy - Intel E6400 @ 3440 \| Mobo - P5B DLX \| RAM - 2GB TwinX 6400 C5 \| GPU - 96GT HDD - WD 400GB Caviar SE - WD 320GB Caviar SE - 160GB Seagate Ext Monitor - Asus 19" Wide LCD \| PSU - Tagan 600W Dual Engine \| Soundcard - SB Live Ext 24 Heatsink - S Infinity \| Optical - Pioneer DVDRW \| OS - Vista Ult64 SP1

04-18-2007, 10:19 PM	#6 (permalink)
Bootup05 Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Essex, UK Age: 17 Posts: 1,266	That card will work fine with the board BTW theres also a 8500GT, cheaper than the X1550 you originally picked, and its also DirectX 10, which came out a while ago, meaning you will not have to do any future upgrading to play DX10 games, like you would have to with an X1550. http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=576335 EDIT: Heres a quick system I've put together that you might want to consider, everything here is compatible and you also have some headroom for overclocking with the selected components This system would also be much more futureproof than the combo above, plus a lot faster. CPU - http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx...avigationKey=0 Mobo - http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...113965&_LOC=UK RAM - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...d=8&subcat=813 OR http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/119274/rb/27049694747 which is £4 more but C4 GPU - http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=576335 All comes to around £260, which leaves you £240 over for other items Edit: Just found 1GB micron for £36, which would probably get a higher OC than the Geil - http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=527001 __________________ Main System Proccy - Intel E6400 @ 3440 \| Mobo - P5B DLX \| RAM - 2GB TwinX 6400 C5 \| GPU - 96GT HDD - WD 400GB Caviar SE - WD 320GB Caviar SE - 160GB Seagate Ext Monitor - Asus 19" Wide LCD \| PSU - Tagan 600W Dual Engine \| Soundcard - SB Live Ext 24 Heatsink - S Infinity \| Optical - Pioneer DVDRW \| OS - Vista Ult64 SP1 Last edited by Bootup05; 04-18-2007 at 10:40 PM.

04-18-2007, 10:46 PM	#7 (permalink)
chupacabra Diamond Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,878	Get a geforce 8500 or 8600 from a known brand not one that nobody has heard of, if you have the cash get this one instead of the ones above http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/s...tml?XFX-86GTSX __________________ My Rig e7200 @ 2.53ghz 4GB G.skill pc6400 Seagate hdd 250gb Gigabyte P35 DS3L Sapphire 4850 Corsair 750 watts Raidmax Smilodon

04-18-2007, 10:06 PM	#3 (permalink)
jamie_2k6 banned Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: middlesbrough Age: 19 Posts: 155	erm i have not got any other components yet i am just planning my build but i only have a budget of £400 (£500 at a push) and im expecting to have to spend alot of the budget to get a top end graphics card so i thought that should be one of the things in my plan http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/s...mbb-m38a41&P=1 that is the motherboard i was thinking of going for so any comments on that would also be appreciated

04-18-2007, 10:16 PM	#5 (permalink)
jamie_2k6 banned Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: middlesbrough Age: 19 Posts: 155	thanks that looks like a good suggestion just checking since i dont no anything about computers that will work with that motherboard ive selected wont it ?

04-19-2007, 12:31 AM	#8 (permalink)
oscaryu1 VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Age: 13 Posts: 10,043	id go with bootup.. meets alot of game standarts, and not 2 xpensive __________________ Core 2 Duo E2140 1.6GHz @ 3.04GHz GA-P31-DS3L pqi Turbo CL4 DDR2-800 2GB Sapphire HD3850 256MB Sony Writemaster DVD Burner EIDE Seagate Barracuda 80GB 7200.9 8MB SATII

04-19-2007, 12:40 AM	#9 (permalink)
elitehacker Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 19 Posts: 2,403	Yeah for me XFX and Sparkle nvidia cards are spot on, I have never had any problem with those before.

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