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"Best Graphics Card under £300"

Which is it?

Radeon 9800? And which one if it is. There are numerous different versions.

Which is it?

Radeon 9800? And which one if it is. There are numerous different versions.

9800 Pro. XT's are over £300 and closer to £400. A Pro usually has 128mb of RAM but some do have 256mb, so the 256mb version may be over £300. An XT has 256mb plus faster clock speeds. You could easily overclock a 9800 Pro to XT speeds and you would have saved money.

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

I have the 9800 Pro and can say its a great card. You could probably overclock it to the XT speeds and get the same sort of performance, as I dont think 256mb makes too much difference at the moment.

If your getting one and have the money then the XT for £350 from the above link would be a good one to get. You could save the money and overclock it but you could damage the card or get problems with system stability.

I'd say go for a Radeon 9800PRO or XT.

Or, if you are feeling a bit adventourous you could always buy an original 9800 and do the "softmod" trick, enabling it to run at pro speeds. But seeing as you've got on heck of a lot of money to burn there, you may aswell go the full hog and get a sweet card.

If I remember correctly, you've got a geforce 5200, right? Well you should notice a massive improvement when getting one of the top range beasts

www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html? action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=55189

You can get a 9800pro for £200 from a certain website...

Good things come to those who wait...

I predict that soon after the expected announcements at the end of Feb from ATI and Nvidia regarding the dropping of the AGP standard and the uptake of PCI express - and the consequent preparation for a new wave of cards by retailers, we'll have ourselves 9800XTs for less than £250...

*Dont panic

There WILL be new cards based on the AGP standard till the end of 2004

Good, because my laptop won't be able to take the change.

Web design and pc etc not here

Because the issue of obtaining a quality graphics card to enjoy the latest games at their full potential isn;t at all related to PC Gaming, right?

ATI have a new top of the range card out in March. So you might want to wait a bit, either to get the newer, faster card, or because the current best should be cheaper.

Just a thought.

I'm a little gutted at this PCI Express malarky. I have only just upgraded my system and now have a Shuttle XPC computer - <--Not easy to replace the motherboard!

Guess this means I'm going to have to pump more money into my PC than expected - and a lot sooner than expected too.

Money grabbing pr!cks.