Advice on a graphics card?

[volunteer]

Have a look at this graphics card - it is truely superb:

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/radeon-hd ... 31011.html

There is interesting advice here:

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/cpu-gpu-u ... 30828.html

It is cheapest here  (if you live in the UK)

http://www.ebuyer.com/cat/Graphics-Card ... 800-Series

- hope it helps

volunteer

[microlight]

Thanks for the links, volunteer! Certainly seems to read well. I'll read it all through in detail tonight.

Cheers!

[Fozzer]

Thanks for the links, volunteer! Certainly seems to read well. I'll read it all through in detail tonight.

Cheers!

Uncle Tom promises never to tell you Fibs!... .... ... ... ...!

Paul.... ...!

[microlight]

I'm really confused now!

Problem was - I started researching! I think I have a natural limit regarding the kind of PCI-E card I can use because my PC power supply is 350w max, and the meatier cards want at least 400w out of the PSU. The closest I can get to anything half decent (bearing in mind the PSU restriction) is based around an nVidia 8600GT-type card - anybody have any experience of these? They fit into the PCI-E slot without needing to plug in an additional power cable.

It's not as if I'm a heavy gamer - I only fly in FS9!

Any other ideas?

Thanks...

[AMDDDA]

the 8600 GTS as I said needs 1 6 pin power connector, and it appears the 8800 GT does too.

I ran one with a 350W PSU and it worked fine, I just plugged in the thing.

[microlight]

Hm - what about this "The GeForce 6600 GT is very small form factor PC friendly, and doesn

[Slotback]

Hm - what about this "The GeForce 6600 GT is very small form factor PC friendly, and doesn[ch8217]t even need an external power connector. " (from here - (http://www.trustedreviews.com/graphics/ ... Preview/p1) - but I guess that the GT is different to the GTS?

Thats a Sixty Six Hundred Gee Tee not an Eighty six hundred gee tee 4 year diferance.

[microlight]

Uuurgh. I think I'll go and lie down...

:-/