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Best PCI Cards ~180

04:20 - Monday 11 February 2008 by Don Woligroski
Source: Tom's Hardware UK – Keywords: Graphics, Guide, Money
Categories: Graphics

Best PCI Cards ~180

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Best PCI-E card for £135 (inc VAT): Radeon 3870

Codename: RV670 Process: 55nm Universal Shaders: 320 Texture Units: 16 ROPs: 16 Memory Bus: 256-bit Core Speed MHz: 775 Memory Speed MHz: 1125 (2250 effective) DirectX / Shader Model DX 10.1 / SM 4.0

The Radeon 3870 is a whole heap of card for £135. The only reason not to buy a 3870 is the Geforce 8800 GT 512MB, which can offer significantly better performance for only slightly more money.

Best PCI-E card for £155 (inc VAT): GeForce 8800 GT 512MB

Codename: G92 Process: 65nm Universal Shaders: 112 Texture Units: 56 ROPs: 16 Memory Bus: 256-bit Core Speed MHz: 600 Memory Speed MHz: 900 (1800 effective) DirectX / Shader Model DX 10 / SM 4.0

The 8800 GT offers incredible Geforce 8800 GTX-class performance at almost half the price. It beats the Radeon 3870 by a considerable margin, and is usually found at around the same £165 price mark. If you have £165 to spend on a graphics card, you can’t do better than a nice 8800 GT.


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b2bsales 12/02/2008 06:07
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I found it quite easy to find a x1950 pro AGP at £100!!!

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Com [...] ctId=26595

fluppeteer 14/02/2008 07:11
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Any chance of some proof reading? The PCI-E stuff talks about being PCI, the AGP stuff talks about being PCI-E, and the "specs" page is just a list of GPUs...

mbailey 25/02/2008 11:24
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It's a real shame the formatting is wrong for this report as it makes it impossible to read.

ed the ted 11/10/2008 11:12
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ed the ted

ATI 3850, best price v performnace and best energy saver too so will save you a fortune in electricity.

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