Budget Graphics Card Roundup

Zardon · Aug 8, 2008, 07:28 PM

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In the real world not everyone can afford the high end graphics cards that we generally review here on DriverHeaven. While it is interesting to see just what Nvidia and ATI are capable of delivering without limitations a portion of our audience have been asking us for a sub £70 roundup for a while.

HIS Radeon HD3450 256MB Silence edition
Sapphire Radeon HD3450 512MB
Point of View Nvidia 8500GT 256MB
XFX Nvidia 8600GT 512MB
HIS Radeon HD3650 IceQ Turbo 512MB
Sapphire Radeon HD3650 OC edition 512MB
XFX Nvidia 9600GSO 384MB

LukeK · Aug 8, 2008, 10:40 PM

damn that XFX 9600GSO is mega value for money.

Judas · Aug 8, 2008, 11:20 PM

yeah the 9600 wipes the floor..

it'll be nice to see the hd4xxx series elcheapos....

geraldmango · Aug 8, 2008, 11:38 PM

I didnt think that 9600 would be quite as good as that. Just ordered one from Scan for my kid brother. XFX are delivering the goods lately.

mkk · Aug 8, 2008, 11:57 PM

A very nice type of article. 3850's are now just above the 3650's price range too, but then again the commonality of fanless cooling of the 3650's makes them neat for HTPC use.

ET3D · Aug 10, 2008, 11:42 AM

If you ever get you hands on an S3 Graphics card (Chrome 430GT or 440GTX), I'd love to see how it compares to these low levels.

Aug 8, 2008, 07:28 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 177	Budget Graphics Card Roundup Read The Review Here ____________________________ In the real world not everyone can afford the high end graphics cards that we generally review here on DriverHeaven. While it is interesting to see just what Nvidia and ATI are capable of delivering without limitations a portion of our audience have been asking us for a sub £70 roundup for a while. HIS Radeon HD3450 256MB Silence edition Sapphire Radeon HD3450 512MB Point of View Nvidia 8500GT 256MB XFX Nvidia 8600GT 512MB HIS Radeon HD3650 IceQ Turbo 512MB Sapphire Radeon HD3650 OC edition 512MB XFX Nvidia 9600GSO 384MB

Aug 8, 2008, 10:40 PM	#2
LukeK DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 158 Rep Power: 59	damn that XFX 9600GSO is mega value for money.

Aug 8, 2008, 11:38 PM	#4
geraldmango DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 85 Rep Power: 0	I didnt think that 9600 would be quite as good as that. Just ordered one from Scan for my kid brother. XFX are delivering the goods lately.

Aug 8, 2008, 11:57 PM	#5
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,383 Rep Power: 120 System Specs	A very nice type of article. 3850's are now just above the 3650's price range too, but then again the commonality of fanless cooling of the 3650's makes them neat for HTPC use.

Aug 10, 2008, 11:42 AM	#6
ET3D Hopeless Dreamer Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dreamland, near the pool of infinite graphics cards Posts: 3,055 Rep Power: 103 System Specs	If you ever get you hands on an S3 Graphics card (Chrome 430GT or 440GTX), I'd love to see how it compares to these low levels.