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Best cheapish SM3 card?

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Hey

I'm looking for something that's about as powerful as my old x800xt (which broke), but with SM3 support.

I can pick up an x800XT for very cheap now (£90 - £100 GBP), obviously most of you only really know prices in USD which don't really compare properly seeing as everything costs far too much in the UK... but basically I'm looking for an AGP card that's around whatever the x800XT AGP can be picked up for in the US (i.e. fairly cheap!).

The reason the SM3 is a bonus over just picking up another x800XT is that I get the feeling I'll be needing SM3 before I upgrade next in about a year.

So, what card would you chaps recommend? Sorry to be asking such a boring question.

Cheers!

Edit: It occurs to me I may have posted in the wrong section. I was thinking about my X800XT when I posted this, and logically went to the ATI forum. Mods feel free to move this :)
 
So these perform as well as my old X800XT? The SM3 support is good but if it's at the expensive of performance, it's not ALL that useful right?
 
So these perform as well as my old X800XT? The SM3 support is good but if it's at the expensive of performance, it's not ALL that useful right?

The 7800GS is definitely better than you old X800XT. The 7600GT shiould be a good match
 
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