PNY GeForce 8 8800GT

Advantages: Quality performance without breaking the bank
Disadvantages: Will not satisfy hardcore gamers, poorish installation guide

...costing £189.99 from PC World, although I am sure you could probably knock a few pounds off shopping online for it at any of the numerous retailers. The card itself is a mighty looking thing, and comes in typical GeForce packaging, displaying the name of the product, a fantasy character, and the PNY logo. Once I got my purchase home, I opened it up and found a rather basic instruction and installation guide, which just about did the job, although I was lucky as I knew what I was doing without it. The first thing to do is delete the old graphics drivers, and with the CD-ROM provided, install the new drivers. Once these are installed, then you need to open up your PC and place the card in. The card itself is an AGP 8x, so before purchase, ensure that your PC has a free AGP slot, and I would advise that you have nothing in the next PCi slot... Read review

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Advantages: Great performance, stability, reliability, and warranty...
Disadvantages: None at all...

...or two I decided to upgrade my computer about two months ago. I did a lot of research on the processor (AMD Athlon 64 4000+) I wanted to buy, the motherboard (Asus A8V Deluxe) I had in mind, but I knew exactly which video card I wanted. When I bought this the nVidia 7800 GT was still in the making, so the 6800 GT was the best video card for me at that time. I was upgrading from my old PNY Verto GeForce 5200 FX 128MB video card which was good, but I craved more graphic power and I would need to spend a much greater amount to acquire that. The reason I chose PNY is because I read good reviews about them and I have on-hand experience with one of their products. My Computers Specifications : Kingwin Inc. Mutant X ATX Mid-Tower Case AMD Athlon 64 4000+ 2.4 GHz Processor Asus A8V Deluxe Motherboard Kingston 2 x 512MB PC3200 400MHz... Read review

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Advantages: No Hardware Conflicts, Runs newish games perfectly
Disadvantages: None at the moment

...and effective with a GUI leading the user through the whole process and online driver updates are easy to find on the GeForce site with prompts and questions to define exactly what one you need. The card comes with a few adapters (DVI-VGA and a S-Video Cable) which are useful I would reccomend this card but ast the same time, there are better ones out there and faster ones for a little more money so take it into consideration.... Read review

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