"scott armstrong" wrote:

i have been offered a 6800gt agp 256mb card for £120. shall i go for this
card or do you recommend something better for around the same price?

my pc specs are.....

xp2800 barton
abit an7 mobo
1 gb pc3200 ram
sata raid 0 160gb
msi gf 4 ti4800se

Scotty:

Since I'm American, here are the current conversions:

£160 British Pounds Sterling (BPS) = $288.16 US Dollars (USD).

Ask the seller:

What the heck *brand* of card is it?

If it is a BFG Tech brand, then ask if the card is the newer version with
dual, smaller fans, shown here (picture courtesy of the eBay seller):

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=5229805996

This card has the smaller dual fans, but I prefer the previous model - one
large cooling fan.

Anyone care to comment about the difference?

One fan, or two on the BFG nVidia GeForce 6800 GT OC 256MB AGP?

But back to the U.S. eBay auction:

The buyer paid $284.00 USD (including $10.00 USD shipping, but in U.S.A.
only), so:

$284.00 US Dollars = £157.73 British Pounds Sterling (BPS)

If the card is a BFG, then I would go for it - after testing it, of course.
And make sure the (Lifetime) warranty is transferable.

By the way, I have a very similar system (a bit beefier in all components
but similar, nonetheless). The BFG nVidia 6800GT OC (and yes, its AGP) card
has been my best upgrade yet.

Just make sure you test it out.

Mark