Good Graphics Card

[Xenophon]

What's a good graphics card to play GTA: San Andreas and new games that won't blow my budget.

 

[Crash]

Me, I went for a Nvidia 6600GT. Good price and good performance.

 

[Angellus]

What's a good graphics card to play GTA: San Andreas and new games that won't blow my budget.

Depends on your budget but I would say go for something like the 6600GT.

 

[Fudzy]

What are your current machine specs?

 

[Xenophon]

What pricerange am I looking at for the 6600GT

 

[photonman]

do u have AGP or PCI-X ....

the 6600gt will set u back -+R1800

u can get something like a radeon 9550 , geforce fx series

 

[Xenophon]

What are your current machine specs?

P4 3GHz
512MB Ram
80GB HDD

 

[Juggy]

Around R1700, you looking for PCI-E or AGP?

PCI-E - http://www.take2.co.za/product.php?id=518769
AGP - http://www.take2.co.za/product.php?id=518765

 

[Xenophon]

Around R1700, you looking for PCI-E or AGP?

PCI-E - http://www.take2.co.za/product.php?id=518769
AGP - http://www.take2.co.za/product.php?id=518765

Oops, AGP

 

[Razer0]

1400 from this guy but its second hand. Im assuming its AGP :/

 

[rburley]

You can get X850XT PE for R2900.
one of the best cards availabe,(except 7800gtx&x1800xt)

 

[Xenophon]

Now that is WAY out of my range, unless you are offering to buy it for me for Chrismas.

 

[nGAGEd55]

I saw an AGP 6800 vanilla 256mb at Rectron for R1600, i think, and AFAIK it performs a bit better than a 6600gt.

 

[Juggy]

Here's the list from Rectum...

R 1,095 Gigabyte® nVidia® GeForce 6600, 256MB 128Bit, D-SUB+ DVI+ TV-OUT, DirectX 9 + OpenGL, Dual RAMDACs, nView Multi-Monitor, TurboForce
R 1,595 Gigabyte® nVidia® GeForce 6600GT, 128MB 128Bit, D-SUB+ DVI+ TV-OUT, DirectX 9 + OpenGL, Dual RAMDACs, nView Multi-Monitor
R 1,795 Gigabyte® nVidia® GeForce 6600GT, 128MB 128Bit, D-SUB+ DVI+ VIVO, DirectX 9 + OpenGL, Dual RAMDACs, nView Multi-Monitor, TurboForce
R 1,995 Gigabyte® nVidia® GeForce 6800, 128MB 256Bit, D-SUB+ DVI+ TV-OUT, DirectX 9 + OpenGL, Dual RAMDACs, nView Multi-Monitor
R 2,950 Gigabyte® nVidia® GeForce 6800GT, 256MB 256Bit, D-SUB+ DVI+ TV-OUT, DirectX 9 + OpenGL, Dual RAMDACs, nView Multi-Monitor
R 1,595 Leadtek® nVidia® GeForce 6800 256MB 256Bit, D-SUB+ DVI+ TV-OUT, DirectX 9 + OpenGL, Dual RAMDAC's, nView Multi-Monitor

 

[rburley]

R 1,995 Gigabyte® nVidia® GeForce 6800, 128MB 256Bit, D-SUB+ DVI+ TV-OUT, DirectX 9 + OpenGL, Dual RAMDACs, nView Multi-Monitor

not bad at all considering its 256 bit

 

[Juggy]

R 1,995 Gigabyte® nVidia® GeForce 6800, 128MB 256Bit, D-SUB+ DVI+ TV-OUT, DirectX 9 + OpenGL, Dual RAMDACs, nView Multi-Monitor
not bad at all considering its 256 bit

Just added the Leadtek price, now that's a steal.

 

[Xenophon]

Aren't you supposed to be a dealer to buy from Rectum

 

[nGAGEd55]

R 1,595 Leadtek® nVidia® GeForce 6800 256MB 256Bit, D-SUB+ DVI+ TV-OUT, DirectX 9 + OpenGL, Dual RAMDAC's, nView Multi-Monitor

Yep thats the one i was talking bout, i wonder how far it can be oc'd??

 

[Juggy]

Aren't you supposed to be a dealer to buy from Rectum

Yip, I use a mates account to purchase things I need.

I'm in the process of registerning my own company as a sideline to my day job. Gotta make more money to pay for petrol and ADSL

 

[Xenophon]

I do the same but with Esquire