Which of these cards to buy?

seedubya · Mar 2, 2004, 10:41 PM

I am buying a new card

to replace the one in the previous thread I started.
(I just realised that I bought from Komplett and have a 10 day cooling off period)

any advice on which of the cards below would be worth buying considering my previous thread?
They are all available from komplett.ie. Unfortunately my max budget is ?150-ish.

Gainward GeForce FX5600 XT 128MB DDR 5ns AGP, "Ultra/760TV-DVI",Tv-Out/DVI,Retail
?111.32

Sapphire Radeon 9600 Atlantis 256MB DDR AGP, ATI 9600, DVI-I, TV-Out, Retail
?112.53

MSI GeForce FX5600 XT 128MB DDR AGP, FX5600XT-TD128, Tv-Out/DVI, Retail
?114.95

PowerColor Radeon 9600 256MB DDR, 128bit AGP, ATI 9600, DVI-I, TV-Out, Retail
?124.63

PowerColor Radeon 9600 PRO EZ 128MB AGP, ATI 9600PRO, DVI-I, TV-Out, Retail
?129.47

Asus V9560 GeForce FX5600XT 128MB DDR AGP, Tv-Out/DVI-I, Retail.
?136.73

Gainward GeForce FX5600 256MB DDR 5ns AGP, "Ultra/780TV-DVI",Tv-Out, Retail
?140.36

MSI GeForce FX5600 XT 256MB DDR AGP, FX5600XT-TD256, Tv-Out/DVI, Retail
?145.20

Gainward GeForce FX5700 128MB DDR 5ns AGP, "Ultra/860TV-DVI",Tv-Out/DVI,Retail
?156.09

Sapphire Radeon 9600XT Atlantis 128M DDR AGP,ATI9600XT,DVI-I,TV-Out, Lite-Retail
?158.51

Abit Siluro Geforce FX 5600DT 256MB AGP, DDR, TV-Out, DVI, Retail
?159.07

MSI GeForce FX5700 128MB DDR AGP, FX5700-TD128, Tv-Out/DVI-I, Retail
?159.72

Thanks

seedubya

Ev!L-aLphA · Mar 2, 2004, 10:51 PM

i say the
Sapphire Radeon 9600XT Atlantis 128M DDR AGP,ATI9600XT,DVI-I,TV-Out, Lite-Retail
?158.51

or u can get a radeon 9800 PRO 128 mb from sapphire ONLY TODAY at www.newegg.com for 208$ BAD A$$ deal i cant find it

now i think they finished the deal already

Vampyromaniac · Mar 2, 2004, 11:52 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ev!L-aLphA
i say the
Sapphire Radeon 9600XT Atlantis 128M DDR AGP,ATI9600XT,DVI-I,TV-Out, Lite-Retail
?158.51

I agree.

Bigwave · Mar 3, 2004, 03:05 AM

Sapphire Radeon 9600XT Atlantis 128M DDR AGP,ATI9600XT,DVI-I,TV-Out, Lite-Retail

Danhill · Mar 3, 2004, 03:09 AM

I agree on the 9600 XT or if you can still find an R 9800 pro, there still selling it in Sweden.

mainman · Mar 3, 2004, 03:17 AM

The 9800pros are getting really cheap here you can get one for 250€ made by ati!!!

Markius · Mar 3, 2004, 04:02 AM

for ATi go the sapphire 9600XT, for nvidia go the Gainward or MSI FX 5700

seedubya · Mar 3, 2004, 05:37 AM

Guys, thanks for all the replies. Guess I'll go with the Sapphire then

Unfortunately ordering from outside the EU has become quite expensive since the impostion of EU VAT on sales to EU address by most websites, regardless of their location. I never thought I'd see the day when American websites became tax collectors for the various European governments. Ironic or what???

nuG · Mar 4, 2004, 05:01 PM

even the 9800 are getting real cheap too........i saw one on newegg one time for like $215.

kelticknight · Mar 4, 2004, 05:32 PM

you can get sapphire 9600xt lite with 128 ram for 158 euros and sapphire 9600xt with 256 ram for 177 euros and sapphire 9800 pro with 128 ram for 248 euros ,all at komplett.ie which are based in holland

seedubya · Mar 4, 2004, 07:09 PM

kelticknight,,,,,check this out http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showt...hreadid=145466

kelticknight · Mar 4, 2004, 07:26 PM

the only thing l can say is l returned couple of items in what they call cooling off period.the only problem was l waiting time for refund. good place is overclockers.co.uk.you can get sapphire 9600xt lite with 128 ram at 112 pounds sterling and 9600xt with 256 ram at 117 pounds sterling,both lite retail ,