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Dam graphics cards!

  • 15-11-2005 07:00PM
    #1
    JimmyL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 185 ✭✭


    At first I was going to spend around €150 on a new graphics card, either the X800GTO or 6600GT 128MB. Then I noticed, if I spend a little more, I could get something a little bit better, and then for a little bit more...

    Now, I am looking at a Sapphire X800GTO 256MB FireBlade or maybe the GTO2 or the 6800GS...

    Have to stop soon or I will be bankrupt!


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  • #2
    AnCapaillMor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,920 ✭✭✭AnCapaillMor


    Heh!! know the feeling mate. A mate of mine replaces one every 6-8 months, his flatmate is a lucky c***, he gets the hand me downs. Just setup a new rig, and was fretting for ages over what to get seeing as i went from AGP to PCI-E, settled on 6800, i was lucky actually, a guy i know aquired the card and offered to buy my old system of me and threw in the card as part of deal, saved me a bunch of cash. Theres a decent 256 6800 going on komplett at the mo for around 244, check it out, i would've got it.http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=315184&cks=WYO


  • #3
    Airblazer
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 449 ✭✭Airblazer


    have a look below at the link..it's a X800 that can be bios flashed to an X850XT PE..a bargain at 239euros

    http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=27655


  • #4
    JimmyL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 185 ✭✭JimmyL


    Thanks for that. Those two are the actual cards that I am thinking of though I haven't found where to buy the GTO2 yet - haven't looked.

    Just also noticed that ATI has slashed the price of the X1600XT to €200 - not that you can buy the thing. NVidia would probably do some price cutting too.

    I think I just wait until after Christmas when things might just settle down...


  • #5
    Sarunas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 355 ✭✭Sarunas


    I know the feeling!!! its one of the reasons I stopped gaming/caring about specs... hell, my desktop is an athlon 850 with 384mb ram...

    anyway, building new family machine, and I seem to have settled on geforce 6800gs. its 34 euro more than the fireblade... but by the time i actually get around to order it, I guess there graphics card will be all changed...


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