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Deal or no deal?
Posted: November 19th, 2007, 12:03
by Grimmie
Re: Deal or no deal?
Posted: November 19th, 2007, 12:08
by mrbobbins
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DON'T DO IT!!!!
If it's not got 2 8's in it leave it alone. This will be worse performing than your current card
Posted: November 19th, 2007, 12:08
by Dr. kitteny berk
no deal, it's considerably slower than what you have.
8500s are bargain bit parts really.
Posted: November 19th, 2007, 12:13
by mrbobbins
Check out the Toms Hardware charts for interactive comparison funs
http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics_ ... &chart=298
Posted: November 19th, 2007, 12:38
by Grimmie
Ta!
Plug Full of Lead just bought one.
Posted: November 19th, 2007, 12:47
by spoodie
Assuming it works in your system I strongly suggest you save your pennies for 8800GT. You can get one for £150 if you look around and it'll make a huge difference.
Posted: November 19th, 2007, 17:17
by deject
The new Radeon HD 3800 series is great if you can't afford the 8800GT also. They're substantially cheaper than the 8800GT but they're definitely not as fast either. Still, for price/performance they're competitive for sure.
*waits for ATI hate*
Posted: November 19th, 2007, 17:19
by mrbobbins
deject wrote:*waits for ATI hate*
ATI deserves a 'Meh' at best from me.
Posted: November 19th, 2007, 17:36
by Dr. kitteny berk
Grimmie wrote:Ta!
Plug Full of Lead just bought one.
Then it depends on his last card, if it was a 7600 or x1550 kinda level, he'll probably see a performance improvement.
Posted: November 19th, 2007, 17:54
by HereComesPete
Or if he had a good on-board gpu, he might see a performance drop.
Seriously though, plug, send it back saying it's broken and you want full monies refunded. Then tell us your ideal spending monies (then add a little bit when the missus isn't looking) and our collective insanity will pluck a gem from the genies navel, or more pertinently we'll see if we can find you the best card we can for your available monies, because we like to help like that.
Posted: November 19th, 2007, 18:03
by Dr. kitteny berk
HereComesPete wrote:Seriously though, plug, send it back saying it's broken and you want full monies refunded. Then tell us your ideal spending monies (then add a little bit when the missus isn't looking) and our collective insanity will pluck a gem from the genies navel, or more pertinently we'll see if we can find you the best card we can for your available monies, because we like to help like that.