Help me make my choice on what card to get

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junglist_soldier

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Ok hey every1, ive recently got a job and am looking to upgrade my graphic cards, ive slimmed my choice down to these. Simply choose what 1 u reckon i shud buy. Do u think i shud put som extra money in to get a better card or do u reckon thiese will do to play todays games?? Im in uk so plz suggest cards that are from uk sites.
Ok heres my choices:

HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X700 Pro ICEQII TURBO 256MB DDR3 TV-Out/DVI (AGP) - Retail
Price : 117.99 pounds

Powered by ATI Radeon X700 PRO VPU - 425MHz (iTURBO: 460MHz)
- 256MB-128bit GDDR3 memory - 860MHz (iTURBO: 960MHz)
- Eight parallel pixel pipelines
- Six vertex shader pipelines
- SMARTSHADER™ HD
- SMOOTHVISION™ HD


OR

XFX GeForce 6800 LE Limited Gamers Edition 128MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (AGP) - Retail
Price : 104 pounds
- 325MHz Core Engine Clock speed
- 128MB 750MHz high speed DDR memory
- High-Speed DDR 256-bit Memory Interface
- Dual 400MHz RAMDACs
- Games Bundle including X2, Commandos3, MotoGP2 all full games


OR

Leadtek WinFast GeForce 6600 GT 128MB DDR3 TV-Out/DVI (AGP) - Retail
Price : 120 pounds


OR

XFX GeForce 6600 256MB DDR TV-Out/Dual DVI (AGP) - Retail
Price : 120 pounds


Ok those are my choices as u can see im looking for cards around 100-130 pounds

Wot u ppl think i shud get

Thx
 
XHotxEx791 said:
6800
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it wasn;'t a 6800 is was a 6800le which is not the same. There isn't much difference between the 6600gt and the 6800le, if fact the 6600gt may come out just on top.
But on the plus side, you could probably unlock some of the pipes in the 6800le, and overclock it to something like that of the 6800
 
apj101 said:
it wasn;'t a 6800 is was a 6800le which is not the same. There isn't much difference between the 6600gt and the 6800le, if fact the 6600gt may come out just on top.
But on the plus side, you could probably unlock some of the pipes in the 6800le, and overclock it to something like that of the 6800
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ok. Wot bout the x700 256mb, aint that any good.
Ive heard good things about the 6600gt. Im looking to play WoWso this shud hopefully do, along with upgrading ram, motherboard and processor
 
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/GeForce_6800.html

suggest you get the regular 6800, its still cheaper than the 6800le, you have. Well if you do go with, either the 6600gt or 6800le. Definitely not ati, no SM 3.0 support nor FP32, it'll probably offer better performance now, but in the future, not worth it. The 6800le, you can unlock the pipes, some get 16, but 12 to match the regular 6800 would do. Should be able to, most are. But if you don't want to oc it, than get the 6600gt. Good choice.

ROger
 
XHotxEx791 said:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/GeForce_6800.html

suggest you get the regular 6800, its still cheaper than the 6800le, you have. Well if you do go with, either the 6600gt or 6800le. Definitely not ati, no SM 3.0 support nor FP32, it'll probably offer better performance now, but in the future, not worth it. The 6800le, you can unlock the pipes, some get 16, but 12 to match the regular 6800 would do. Should be able to, most are. But if you don't want to oc it, than get the 6600gt. Good choice.

ROger
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ok thx, ive narrowed it down to the 6800 and 6600, is it easy to overclock the 6800le, do i use the geforce tweak utiliy or is it a bit more advanced than that
 
XHotxEx791 said:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/GeForce_6800.html

suggest you get the regular 6800, its still cheaper than the 6800le, you have. Well if you do go with, either the 6600gt or 6800le. Definitely not ati, no SM 3.0 support nor FP32, it'll probably offer better performance now, but in the future, not worth it. The 6800le, you can unlock the pipes, some get 16, but 12 to match the regular 6800 would do. Should be able to, most are. But if you don't want to oc it, than get the 6600gt. Good choice.

ROger
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how is the normal 6800 (117 pounds) cheaper than the 6800le (103 pounds)
 
Either 6600gt or 6800 would be good.
6600GT Pros:
GDDR3 memory
Cons:
8-pixel line
128-bit memory interface

6800 NOT THE LE Pros:
12-pixel lines
256-bit memory interface
Cons:
DDR-memory

6800LE Pros:
256-bit memory interface
Cons:
DDR-memory

X700Pro Pros:
256-bit memory interface
256MB memory
Cons:
Lack of SM 3.0 and FP 32 support


The X700 would be the fastest, but the lack of SM 3.0 and FP 32 support would mean you would have to play future games without eyecandy. THe 6800 is second best, but since it useds DDR memory it means you can't run highest details, but future games at medium settings and high detail would run good. The 6800LE, same thing, but it has less pipelines, if you are ABLE to oc, it'll be cheaper than getting the 6800, and getting the same performance. The 6600GT, would be a very good choice, only downside is the lack of 256-bit interface, which means it might be slower. But it;ll work also. The 6600 is a very low clocked version of the 6800, but only has 8 pixel lines like the 6800le, and no pipelines to be oced. Ideally the best choice would be x700pro for today performance. Either the 6600gt or 6800 (6800LE if you oc) if you want for tomorrow. The too are around equal. 6600GT, if it had 256-bit memory interface would be the optimum card. The 6800 would be the best choice if it had GDDR3. PErformance wise, the 6800 pulls ahead in certain games and so does the 6600gt. If you want a card that has both GDDR3, 256-bit interface, and 256MB memory along with SM 3.0 and FP32 support along with 16 pipelines, you would grab the 6800gt. But its 212 pounds.

(Most people buy the 6600gt over the 6800le and 6800, because the 256-bit and 12 pixel lines over the 128-bit and 8 pixel lines isn't very high considering the core clock and memory clocks are lower on the 6800. ) I'm not so sure about this statement. I know a lot of ppl with 6600gts, but i dk if they would rather get the 6800.


Roger
 
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