[Jack06]

Hi Guys
I've reached the end of my patience of waiting for the BFG 8800GT and decided to throw another £60 into the mix and look for a graphics card around the £250 mark, i'd be looking for the best card I can get for the money,
My system specs are as follows

Antec 900 - Nine Hundred Ultimate Gamer Case with 200m Top Fan w/o PSU

Samsung SH-S203N/BEBN 20x DVD±R, 16x DVD±DL, DVD+RW x8/-RW x6, SATA,Lightscribe, Black, OEM inc Nero

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro - P4 up to 4.4GHz - S775 Dual Core / Core2Duo Ready

512MB BFG Technology 8800GT OC2, PCI-E 2.0 (x16), 1950 MHz, GDDR3, GPU 675 MHz, 2 x Dual Link DVI-I

500 GB HGST (IBM/Hitachi) 0A33437 Deskstar 7K500, SATA II, 7200 rpm, 16MB Cache, 8.5 ms, NCQ

2GB (2x1GB) Corsair TwinX DDR2 XMS2 Dominator, PC2-8500 (1066), 240 Pin, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 5

Asus P5E, iX38, S 775, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 1066/1200/667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX

720W Enermax Infinity EIN720AWT Modular Quad SLi Quad Core Xfire EPS12v CoolGuard 80%+ Eff'

Intel Core 2 Quad-Core Q6600 G0 SLACR, 95W, S775, 2.40 GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 8MB Cache, Retail

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 32Bit 1Pk OEM (DVD)


thanks in advance guys
Jack

[alex]

Hey Jack.

I must say I'm pretty stoked you went with my spec.

Anyway, the only cards better spec'd than the BFG are the GTX and Ultra; you're not going to get these for £250. The cheapest vanilla (non oc'd) GTX I've found is £280.

Why not a different 8800GT? If it's any help you could order this.

I've ordered the same card, yes primarily because you can't get a 8800GT for love or money at the moment but also because of it's specs: 640mhz gpu, 1.9 ram. Granted, slightly lower than the BFG and an extra £12, but I'm willing to pay that considering how hard these cards (with a decent oc) are to come by currently.

There's a faster version of the same card (xxx edition) on the site as well, pretty much the same spec on the gpu and ram as the BFG but it's also around £35 more than the BFG.

Confirmed in stock via a call yesterday. I guess we're both rather annoyed with Scan aren't we.

[Jack06]

Hi Alex
When you said there was a faster one would I be right in saying it was this one http://www.dabs.com/ProductView.aspx...0544&InMerch=1
Would there be a noticeable difference?

p.s both the cards say they have none in stock

[alex]

Yeah, thats the faster one.

Smeg. . When I looked at the site to get the link for my post they were both quoted in stock.

Bet these are either flying out or they only had one or two left.

I rang after the mess with Scan and was told it was in stock. Methinks I'm going to ring tomorrow a.m to check.

I'm gonna find you a card if it kills me.

[Hybr!d]

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/135710

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/135731

[Hybr!d]

These are both as good if not better than the BFG?

[Jack06]

Hi david
wow, those cards you spec'd are out of stock as well :O there must be an 8800gt feeding frenzy!
Cant seem to find any decent 8800gt's anywhere

[Gazmondo]

I was going to try and help but I can't find any 8800GT's in stock ...

Buy my 8800GTS lol

[Hybr!d]

They were in stock yesterday, i ordered one.

High demand is selling them out quick.

[Jack06]

awww this is rubbish