Looking to buy a new PC - advice needed on gfx cards..

Im looking to buy a new PC (seeing as Im too cackhanded/lazy to build my own one) and have been looking at a couple that dont seem too bad on fleabay. I can cope with most of the differences, but what would be the better gfx card setup to have out of these:

Nvidia Geforce 9500GT 1gb + Nvidia Physx + Nvidia Gforce7150 512mb + NForce 630i

or

ATi Radeon HD 4850 512mb


I know next to nothing about these thingymajigs but my initial thought was definately the first as theres more dedicated memory, but Im worried that having more than 1 card may cause driver issues?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated...

Ta

the 4850 would be the zonda the 9500 would be a moped..

that is simple eh...

min geforce card today would be an 8800 series...

Stick in a Nvidia 280 if you got the money as its got built in physix engine (8800 upwards)
if money scarce get the 250 or the ATi equivalant

Balls, looks likes its back to the drawing board for me then. I was looking at something like this:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Intel-Quad-Cor...3A1|240%3A1308

Which looked to be a bit decent for around £500-£600, think I might need to have a rethink...

m8 thats a good board, chip mem etc just a crap gfx card...

are you able to build your own or is that beyond you..

Think it would probably be beyond me. Ive only ever swapped out a hdd or dvd drive and dont think I could build my own - not sure if I would want to risk it..

Although I suppose I could have a bash by just buying those components seperately and plumping for a different gfx card... or as a last resort, could even ask the ebayer to shove a different one in (depending on cost, as he/she custom builds them..)

lets be fair here..a pc has always been a modular thing...

only diff is the old days it was setting up jumpers for voltage and bus speeds etc..

nowadays its slap it in a case , plug it all in , switch it on and let the bios sort it out.

piece of piss m8.

Cheers guys - been looking around again and looking at dual card setups. Is there much difference between these:

512MB GEFORCE 9800GTX+ PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT (x2)

and

1024MB GEFORCE 9800GT PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT (x2)

Obviously the second has more memory, but is actually cheaper that the GTX - would there be a noticable difference between the two?

Definately looking at either taking the plump and bulding it, or just getting someone to build a custom one for me - www.pcspecialist.co.uk seems quite reasonable..

gtx about 15% - 20% better but double for 2 cards...

i think you would be better getting one gtx 280 than 2 of anythin else m8....


a single GTX 280 beat two GeForce 9800 GTX cards running in SLI by a 9-percent margin.........

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Originally Posted by wakadoo

gtx about 15% - 20% better but double for 2 cards...

i think you would be better getting one gtx 280 than 2 of anythin else m8....


a single GTX 280 beat two GeForce 9800 GTX cards running in SLI by a 9-percent margin.........

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Agreed. If you have the money the GTX 280 is definitely a good buy.

The GTX280 takes it over my budget by the looks of it (I was pushing it with 2 cards!) - it adds over £100 to the price by swapping the 2 cards to the gtx280 (on that www.pcspecialist.co.uk site anyhoo)

Cheers for all the advice guys, need to keep looking round and having a think (Ill have a maximum of £800 to spend on a pc excluding monitor, and theres no way the missus will let me spend it again anytime soon so need to make sure I get the best I can!)

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Originally Posted by silentbob10

The GTX280 takes it over my budget by the looks of it (I was pushing it with 2 cards!) - it adds over £100 to the price by swapping the 2 cards to the gtx280 (on that www.pcspecialist.co.uk site anyhoo)

Cheers for all the advice guys, need to keep looking round and having a think (Ill have a maximum of £800 to spend on a pc excluding monitor, and theres no way the missus will let me spend it again anytime soon so need to make sure I get the best I can!)

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£800 quid eh.....................................i was close but went over a little..:whistling

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