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Old March 28th, 2008, 11:44 AM
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Which one!?!

Hi,
I've recently got a nice little bonus at work and thought i'd spend it on a new graphics card for my pc. Just wondering what you guys think is the best option ( I can afford about £150)

My thoughts are:
-Add another Radeon 1950 Pro to my machine in crossfire (around £135)
-512mb 8800 GT (£136)
-256 8800 GT (£117)

or anything you think is good...
I would go for the crossfire due to the lack of hassle selling my old one but will I see any real difference?

Any help is great guys and gals, cheers

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512 8800 GT is the best way to go.
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Hi,
I've recently got a nice little bonus at work and thought i'd spend it on a new graphics card for my pc. Just wondering what you guys think is the best option ( I can afford about £150)

My thoughts are:
-Add another Radeon 1950 Pro to my machine in crossfire (around £135)
-512mb 8800 GT (£136)
-256 8800 GT (£117)

or anything you think is good...
I would go for the crossfire due to the lack of hassle selling my old one but will I see any real difference?

Any help is great guys and gals, cheers
if you can get an extra x1950 for under 70 l would say why not but the 8800gt is the way to go
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Personally I would go for the 8800GT myself.
Only thing I don't like is that all game don't support Crossfire or SLI.
Who says you have to sell your X1950......Keep it incase something happens to the "NEW" card......RMA's can take quite a few days....even a couple of weeks .......so why have no comp.
I just ordered the 8800GT ($269.99) below,and I'm keeping my 7900GTX...Just in case

Specs:
65nm GPU boosted to a mind blowing 720MHz
3 phase power design for extreme overclocking
Incredible fillrate of 40.3 pixels per second
2GHz Memory clock
Superior Cooling lowers temps as much as 25c



Features:
Full DX10 support – Full Direct X 10 and Shader Model 4.0 support delivers uparalleled levels of graphics realism and film-quality effects.
Unified Shader Architecture - Combines vertex, pixel and geometry shaders for an overall more efficient architecture.
NVIDIA Quantum Effects – Enables a new level of physics effects to be rendered and simulated on the GPU.
128-bit HDR with FSAA – Realistic High Dynamic Range lighting, now with support for anti-aliasing!
Built for Microsoft Windows Vista – Fourth generation GPU architecture gives Windows Vista users the best possible experience with Windows Aero 3D user interface.
PCI Express 2.0 – Provides support for Next Generation PC Platforms
Blu-ray/HD DVD Support – Featuring revolutionary second generation NVIDIA PureVideo HD Engine

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