I have the all too common dilemma of a system I would love to replace, and a lack of funds to do it with. (Oh, for access to Jericho's credit cards
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Current system is based around Athlon 26+ (overclocked to nearer 30+) with a 9800pro GFX card. I have got a new screen (from CRT to 19" widescreen TFT - part of the upgrade that does not affect the rest of the system), so I really need to run games in 1440x900 instead of 1024x768 - I can't live with non-native resolutions and the attendant mess of pixels. I feel I will need a better GFX card to throw the extra pixels at the new screen.
I'm leaning towards a 7600GT to keep me going for long enough to be able to afford the whole mobo/cpu/RAM/disk/GFX/case/PSU upgrade, in the hope that it will keep me happy in the interim without setting my savings back too far.
Overclockers have a Gainward 7600GT for 99.86GBP, but charge about 8GBP postage.
Novatech have an own brand 7600GT for a few pence more, but charge around 6GBP postage.
On Ebay I can order a 7600GT for 79.95, post free. This is for an XpertVision brand card.
The question is - is there going to be 25 quids worth of difference between the XpertVision card and the Gainward/Novatech ones, or is this that rarest of things - an actual bargain ?
Rug