Hi all
Im sorting out a pc for a friend who had his pc upgraded by a friend. In his wisdom he dicided to put in a gfmx440
and he is having problems with random crashes in games and artifacts. So iv rewires the system to get better airflow
and iv updated the drivers and im still having problems.
so I tryed my old mx440 and it worked fine.
so I think his card is dodgy.
I need a new card for gaming at a real cheap price
and this is what iv found
Sapphire Radeon 9600 XT 128M DDR AGP VGA / TVO / DVI-I
at £82.24
I know its not a 9800pro which is what I use and recomend but will it do, he is not playing many DX9 games.
msi KT6
256 pc3200
amd 2800 sempron
fortron 400watt psu (which I put is) did have a generic 300w
mx440 64mb

thanks alot

it'll be fine value for the money, unless he can pick up a used 9700pro or 256-bit 9800pro

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what sort of performance should i expect from this card?

Around 4000 on 03 and 40fps 800x600 in doom3

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It should offer similar performance to a 9800 Pro with 128-bit RAM (the new rip-off version of the 9800 Pro so many places are selling "cheap" ).

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I think he'll be better off with a 5900XT


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thanks for all of your help
my friend decided that he could not afford a new card so Iv
given him my old gfmx440 card which as it happens is a beta version of a ti card. its got 128mb of samy ram and gets about 6100 marks on 3dmark 01. its not very fast but I used to play farcry on it.
ok im now building another machine for a friend
and I need an agp card that is cheap and will not be used for gaming. but I still want it to be capable of basic gaming just incase. so how does this sound
HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon 9550SE 128MB DDR £42.24
thanks

i have a 9600xt 128mb for sale.

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what make is it and how much do you want for it?

try avoiding SE's, apart from that the 9550 is an okay card

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Sapphire Radeon 9600 XT 128M DDR AGP VGA / TVO / DVI-I
Boxed (Lite edition = this means the box is lite edition, not the card)

US $100 + shipping + any duty
should be ~60-65 pounds

+ free counter strike condition zero brand new

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What sort of condition is it in
I will have to talk to my friend.
If i did want it how would we work the payment?
thanks

like new condition. still under warranty. i used it for a couple of months. You ll get everything boxed as if it were new. You can paypal me the money. But will have to calculate shipping/duty costs. I can fedex it. Gimme your details if you want it.

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im sorry
if you were in this country I probably would buy it
but with shipping and everything it will be a bit more than my friend wants to pay.
sorry to have messed you about
but thanks for your offer

abroad shipping can be as low as $10.you have to tell your address for an estimate.

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