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Good overclocking Budget card?!

Soldato
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Well, Im on a budget. Around £50 - £80
I will be getting a zalman vf900 and I want to overclock the card. Is there any cards that are great overclockers and are cheap?
 
Associate
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pci or agp?

you would be better off forgeting the zalman and just adding it to the top end of your budget the best card your going to get for that sort of money is a 6800 which you might be alble to unlock the extra pipes with
 
Soldato
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I cant help but question why you would spend 30-50% of your budget on the cooler. I'd rather have £80->£110 to spend and use the stock cooler for a bit. It is possible to get quiet cards.
I cant imagine the VF900 being less than £30.
 
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9800se > pro 45ish from MM
9500 > 9700 25ish from MM
GTO2 > x850xtpe 100ish from MM
6800 > GT/Ultra 80ish from MM
 
Soldato
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If you can try and get a second hand original R480 GTO^2 as they're going for £100 - £120 on the MM now, just picked one up for £105 that i know for a fact will clock faster than an x850XT PE, for around £100 i don' think you can choose a better card, but i could be wrong (dont tell me that now i've already paid the guy ;)). (Just posted this exact same reply in another thread, but this counts here too, your better off spending about £100 and now getting the zalman cooler for now....)
 
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