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double-dragon

double-dragon

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Just bought Oblivion and it runs fine on my 9800SE-AIW. However, I am a needy person and just want more out of it :P

Anyone recommend a decent mid-high range GFX card to upgrade to. Looking at £100-250, AGPx8, obviously needs to be better than my current card but AIW isn't mandatory.

Thanks for any comments.
 
Jet said:
the 7800GS is the best AGP card out there. In the US it is around $300.
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Considering 250 pounds = 430 USD then i would recommend a 7800 GS. Its right in your price range and will give you very good performace.
 
double-dragon said:
Sweet, cheers.

Just wondering if it makes a difference if I went for
This version
over
This version
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The only difference i can see is the price, which is minimal. XFX do tend to have very good stock cooling though, im not sure what CLUB3D is like. But on a technical level, they are the same cards.
 
Nevermind, they're both the same. Go with the XFX, because it is only one pound more,while being a more reputable company.
 
Looks like the xfx just got my vote then. It's only £3 more expensive when you add VAT.

Edit: Oh, wait. Jet, you're wrong...

XFX GEFORCE 7800GS AGP 256MB DDR3 DVI+TV+VGA
Core Clock Speed - 375MHz
Ramdac Clock - Dual 400MHz

Video Card Geforce 7800gs 256mb Gddr3 375mhz Gpu Agp8x Dvi Tv-out
375MHz NVIDIA G70 GPU
400MHz RAMDAC
 
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Actually, the Club3d has a 375mhz core clock and the xfx a 400mhz one.
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Not quite
XFX one said:
# Chipset - nVidia Geforce 7800GS
# Ramdac Clock - Dual 400MHz
# Memory Clock Speed - 1200MHz
# Video Memory Installed - 256MB DDR3
# Memory Interface - 256-bit
# Core Clock Speed - 375MHz
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Club3d one said:
* 375MHz NVIDIA G70 GPU
* 1200MHz 256BIT memory
* 256MB GDDR3 memory
* 400MHz RAMDAC
* 16 DirectX 9.0 pixel-pipelines
* 8x AGP
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XFX one said:
# Chipset - nVidia Geforce 7800GS
# Ramdac Clock - Dual 400MHz
# Memory Clock Speed - 1200MHz
# Video Memory Installed - 256MB DDR3
# Memory Interface - 256-bit
# Core Clock Speed - 375MHz
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Club3d one said:
* 375MHz NVIDIA G70 GPU
* 1200MHz 256BIT memory
* 256MB GDDR3 memory
* 400MHz RAMDAC
* 16 DirectX 9.0 pixel-pipelines
* 8x AGP
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Don't always go by these stats. I've seen them wrong many times from sites who sell the products. A big offender of this is Newegg.

If you go to the acctual people who make the cards.

Club3d (this one search for card)

XFX

You can see that they are identical. I myself would go with XFX only because they have a little more rep, and it is only one pound more. Other than that they are the exact same cards.
 
double-dragon said:
HDTV:confused: :confused:
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High-Definition TV, it's basically a TV with better image quality and usually better contrast ratio. And it's also expensive but is getting cheaper as the demand gets bigger.
 
You can see that they are identical. I myself would go with XFX only because they have a little more rep, and it is only one pound more. Other than that they are the exact same cards.
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That is what i was implying.
 
I myself realized that they were identical within seconds after posting my 2nd post. Still, the XFX is a better known company, and they both are almost exactly the same in pounds.
 
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