Which Graphics Card

Got a refund today on my faulty graphics card, and now looking at
getting a new one.

Faulty card was a Geforce 6800 GT 256MB Ram
I haven't been keeping up much with the latest developments since
buying this so am a bit out of touch.

I got a budget of around £200 and am a bit confused over Nvidia/ATi and
which to go for. I have always been with Nvidia before but am open.

Only constraint is that my motherboard (Asus K8V SE Deluxe) only
supports AGP so I can't go for one of those PCI-I which seems to be the
latest stuff.

Otherwise I got a pretty good system, with 1GB Ram and a Athlon 64 Fx51
3200.
Have seen a 6800 GS Extreme on Overclockers but wondering if this is
worth £182 when its from the same family as my old card which I bought
6 months ago for just £10 more.
Cheers for any ideas.


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Craig1983

Unfortunately, the 6800GS is PCI-E exclusively at this time, as far as I
know.

I've had good service from my AGP 6800GT for about 16 months, so I wonder
what the problem was with yours. I'd have recommended getting a replacement
for the 6800GT, but I suppose that your problems may have soured you on the
card.

On the ATI side, the X800 family offers performance comparable to the 6800
series. There are models with 8, 12, or 16 pixel pipelines, at various
prices.


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"Craig1983" <Craig1983.205jpx RemoveThis @hardwarebanter.com> wrote in message
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>
> Got a refund today on my faulty graphics card, and now looking at
> getting a new one.
>
> Faulty card was a Geforce 6800 GT 256MB Ram
> I haven't been keeping up much with the latest developments since
> buying this so am a bit out of touch.
>
> I got a budget of around £200 and am a bit confused over Nvidia/ATi and
> which to go for. I have always been with Nvidia before but am open.
>
> Only constraint is that my motherboard (Asus K8V SE Deluxe) only
> supports AGP so I can't go for one of those PCI-I which seems to be the
> latest stuff.
>
> Otherwise I got a pretty good system, with 1GB Ram and a Athlon 64 Fx51
> 3200.
> Have seen a 6800 GS Extreme on Overclockers but wondering if this is
> worth £182 when its from the same family as my old card which I bought
> 6 months ago for just £10 more.
> Cheers for any ideas.
>
>
> --
> Craig1983