I've been saving some pennies and Amazon vouchers and nearly have enough to splurge out on a nice new GTX460 (bit of a step up from my 6600!!). Thing is, it's been a while since I last bought a VGA so have you guys got any recommendations on manufacturer? I'm tempted by a couple (ASUS and Palit) but wanted some opinions across the board first (no ATI fan boys please lol).

I bought a ASUS one last week (ENGTX460CU), good stuff but be sure your Mobo and power can handle it (have a look over internet), I changed my mobo to run PCIe 2.0 (PCIe 16x is enough but you'll waste some of the VGA capacity)
about power it needs 2 6 pins connectors and its recomended to have a 450W minimum system power (what is written on the box)
ask me if you need more details about it

i got this for my kids machine...Gainward GeForce GTS 450 880Mhz 1GB PCI-E HDMI Golden Sample Overclocked £102.00 also 4 gig G-skill ram.. gets 7.2-----7.4 in windows tests...depends how much you wanna spend..

Sweet. That's the card I was most tempted by Towelie. My PSU is 500W and mobo is PCIe 16x. I know what you're saying about wasting the capability because the PCIe x16 bus is slower but I can't afford new mobo, ram and psu yet!

Think I may have found my card http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-135-EA&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1830

10 years warranty - can't say fairer than that!

<--- ATI fanboy

i reacon £100 buys a half decent card by any manufacturer, (as long as ya shop at the right place) i aint arsed about make/model just as long as it aint obscenely LOUD like this Asus gts250 with the glaciator fan (that fan is the main culprit i think). upon purchasing my next card noise is gunna be my biggest factor to consider when buying it !. rest of my fans are reasonably quiet, NO NEED !! for such a fukkin din !!!
hope this helps lol, just don't go buying a card with a fukkin jet engine for a fan strapped to it

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-gain ... d-sub-hdmi


http://www.scan.co.uk/Shop/Computer-Har ... (336-Cores)

thats where i shop, next day delivery etc

Got my new card last week only to fins I needed a new PSU - doh!
PSU arrived today, hopefully get it installed tonight and get on GG for some stabby stabby

Mine's an XFX black edition, dno if they do them for that card but they're pre-overclocked and usually good spec