Does anyone have anything against it?

slow. crap.

how much can you afford?

Around £650 for a new system.

Slow? Ive heard its quite good compared to AGP cards.

Mind you, i could proabbly upgrade, right?

well, you have to have a PCIExpress bus to use it. PCIExpress is technically faster than AGP, but we haven't hit a performance boundary with AGP yet...so, basically, the improved architecture doesn't mean shit yet. It's still all about the card's performance.

to see how slow it is look here:

http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphi ... index.html

trouble is, since you seem to have given yourself about a £40 budget for the graphics card its gonna be difficult to find an alternative if you really want pci express.

if you stayed with agp and you could stretch to about £90 you could get a 9700 pro, which is still a decent performer for the money.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/ ... eries.html

it'll stomp on the x300

Hmmm, i too look for new graphics card.

What should I get? GeForce or Radeon? This far, i am a geforce fan, and I'm willing to save to get the top end ones, but last time i checked, like for like price on radeon to geforce, i could get a better Radeon for the same prices as a worse Geforce.

really depends on how much you want to spend.

apart from the old radeon's better for HL2, nvidia for doom3 crap, theres not a lot between them really.

same thing really, have a look at toms hardware guide and compare some benchmarks. then just look at the prices.

the 9800 pro's are dirt cheap, the 6600gt is supposed to be a good card, etc.

one card to keep an eye out for at the moment is the x800xl, supposed to be as good as the 6800gt but about £40-£50 cheaper.

blah..

Thanks for the info BJ. Youre the GPU Pimp!

Do PCI Express mobo's have an AGP slot?

I only have one other option with the computer package im going for, and that is the 256MB PCI-Express nVidia GeForce 6800 for an extra £110. Is it worth it?

erm..without looking i was always led to believe that its either a pci express mobo or a vga mobo. not both

well, the 6800 is certainly worth it, esp for only an extra £110! i believe that satis has a 6800 agp, although th bfg oc' version, i'm sure he'd let you know how good it is.

I had a peep at the benchmark thingys and apparently its about 3 times better than than the X300.

Bah, anyway, the orders gone though. A X300SE will suffice for now.

hehe....6800 rocks! It's nice to be able to run any game at 1024x768 with all prettiness maxed AND antialiasing turned on. :p Except Star Wars Galaxies...that damn thing hurts my machine something fierce. But yea, definetely a nice card to have.

Someone should sabotage Satis' gun and sneak into his house to steal his pc.

I have taken first steps towards SLI solution, in a week or so i will have the first 6800 ultra, after that its mobo changing time, then in some distant uncertain future, will get the other 6800 ultra.

lol, Peltz you will have supreme power.

Will the SLI solution run over 2 PCI-X slots?

yeah, it uses 2 pci slots.

goddamit peltz, you rob a bank??