Best Dirt Cheap GPU?

[crazylegs]

Hey all, right now i have a 7300GT in our family pc which is based around an OCed AMD 3000+ as my 7900GT kinda started going crappy on me (not complaining got a lot of mileage out of it)... and it was a nice value replacement.

Basically i am about to build myself a new PC (E4400 OCed etc.), its main use will be gaming - mostly wow (and i will only play on a 19" @ 1280x1024), although i am going to a massive LAN party soon so will have to try and remeber how to play FPS after wow has 'noobified' me.

Anways my plan atm is to stick a 7300GT in my new system also (i work for a small PC company so can sell this to a customer when i choose to upgrade) and wait a while b4 biteing the bullet and spending some serious money on a 8800GTS or better... my only real question is if there is a better card than the 7300GT for its super value that mayb performs better or can be OCed?

thanks all

 

[oscar6]

For that resolution, an ATI x1950pro would be great. ~$120
Also consider X1950xt ~$160

or nVIDIA 7900GT

 

[crazylegs]

Ok mayb i will look into the x1950Pro, can pick 1 up for £96~ so might be able to stretch to that budget... basically i just wanted the cheapest semi-decent GPU that can keep me goining untill i pick up a 8800GTS

 

[Lonyo]

You can get an X1950Pro for £77 or so from overclockers.co.uk

 

[crazylegs]

OK, kool my price was for a 512mb (and included VAT) version not the 256mb though 😀

 

[oscar6]

Remember, you can always resell it when you upgrade to your next card.