Im getting bored of my Video Card

[DrCuddles]

Its an awesome card and has lasted me every game up to now that i have installed on my PC with no problems, but im thinking, that Unreal Tounament 3 is going to pass me by, so im going to upgrade, what do you guys think to this?

Novatech GeForce 8800GTS 320MB HDCP Enabled Dual DVI PCI Express (500MHz Core Clock) (1600MHz Memory Clock) (1200MHz Shader Clock)

Budget is about £200 becuase that is all i can be bothered saving up from work, any other suggestions? But this card does seem Uber

 

[The_Other_One]

If money's not a problem, why not get the GTX rather than the GTS? Or, why not save up a bit more and get whatever card's best when UT3 comes out? Even if it's still the 8800, I'm sure it'll be cheaper.

 

[DrCuddles]

Hmmmm, but i want it soonish, and i cant be bothered saving up for too long, so money is under budget, about £200

 

[Kornowski]

lasted me every game up to now

You've played all the modern games on that? Really? Did you have them all on low?

 

[polardude1983]

my 8800GTS is coming in tomorrow i bought it for $270 because the price is right and it is the 320. i bought it off www.newegg.com

 

[DrCuddles]

You've played all the modern games on that? Really? Did you have them all on low?

No, i have to admit, not the highes setting, but the defaults for my PC are high
So, no funny business you i hand picked this piece of crap and it was kick ass at the time

 

[DrCuddles]

Is newegg UK deliverable?

 

[DrCuddles]

Are these the same card?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133188

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?nov-88gts3&P=1

 

[polardude1983]

they are the same card but different brands..geforce does make the card..but different brands make the board...one brand is PNY though still a GeForce graphics card..the other brand is novatech though still a GeForce card

 

[polardude1983]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130082 here is what i bought an evga brand but 8800GTS for $279

 

[Kornowski]

No, i have to admit, not the highes setting, but the defaults for my PC are high
So, no funny business you i hand picked this piece of crap and it was kick ass at the time

lol

One thing you have to look at, What are the 12v rails on your PSU?

 

[b3rt_d4ni3l]

newegg does not deliver to UK...

 

[DrCuddles]

newegg does not deliver to UK...

Damn, so there is no point me looking at newegg

So im thinking
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?nov-88gts3&P=1

Its a damn good card and within my budget

 

[Kornowski]

I'll say it again then

One thing you have to look at, What are the 12v rails on your PSU?

 

[DrCuddles]

One thing you have to look at, What are the 12v rails on your PSU?

I dont know, dont even know what you mean by that, never heared of that before

 

[Kornowski]

I dont know, dont even know what you mean by that, never heared of that before

Well, look at the side of your power supply, it should give you a load of numbers, find what it says next to or under the +12v rail... It'll need to be pretty high, also, I heard that it needs a minimum of a 450watt PSU, what do you have?

 

[DrCuddles]

Well, look at the side of your power supply, it should give you a load of numbers, find what it says next to or under the +12v rail... It'll need to be pretty high, also, I heard that it needs a minimum of a 450watt PSU, what do you have?

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh thanks, it says 120/230 V but i've got it set to 230V, hmmm will need a new PSU aswell then no problem

 

[DrCuddles]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, just found out from my dad, that i was wrong about that value, thats something else

On the recipet it says 450V so i've got that covered

 

[DrCuddles]

nVidea XFX 7900GS XT

Just found out that you've got the same board as Gareth's Laptop lol
Nice one! Is this it?

http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=475&card2=443#

 

[Kornowski]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, just found out from my dad, that i was wrong about that value, thats something else

On the recipet it says 450V so i've got that covered

Yeah, but you could have a really bad ampage on the 12v rail, look it up!!!

Gareth couldn't have it in his laptop, think about it C'mon, How would you get a full size PCI-e card in a laptop, it just wouldn't happen.

Anyway, I have the XFX 7900GS XT version, this one: