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New Graphics Card?
Created 29th December 2009 @ 10:31
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Evening, another one of these threads!
Looking to replace my trusty old 8800GT, and was wondering what card would suit my system the best, on a budget though :(
I have a i7 920, oc’d to 3.2ghz
OCZ 4gb (2 x2gb)
XFX X58i mobo..
Was thinking the GTX 275, but not sure.
Got about £250 MAX to spend, but would prefer to spend a little less.
any ideas lads?
Last edited by rtan,
http://www.misco.co.uk/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=407307&CatId=2697
I bought that and sold dirt for like £18 so works out well
5770 or 5850
lol on a budget my ass
I see what you’re saying, but I don’t want to pay through the nose (ie, 300+) on the high level cards.
I’ve always bought nvidia, I’d be a bit worried about buying ati, is there much difference apart from price?
To be fair, ATI and Nvidia don’t have much of a difference between them at the moment, ATI have DX11 and better performance, but otherwise no.
Get a GTX 275, or wait until Nvidia release their DX11 stuff if you want to go Nvidia
I personally would wait, because Nvidia have got the whole 3D gaming thing built in (which there is a slim chance you -might- use), and are working on integrating AI processing like they did with PhysX, just.. not pointless and unused by all the devs.
5770 or 5850
Well they are 2 vastly different cards. :)
tbh, with a system like that and that amount of money to spend, I have to +1 a 5850. That on Tapley linked is about the cheapest ive seen where its currently in stock so go for it. ;)
5850 is the best card u can get for that price, simple as :)
It has about the same performance as the gtx285, less heat, less power consumption, new tech, etc.. i would get that
If u want to save some money, go for the 4890, it has better performance than 5770, and before ppl start saying that it 5xxx has dx11, 57xx will have like <30fps running dx11 games, so its not worth to buy it when u can get one better
Last edited by Haunter,
If u want to save some money, go for the 4890, it has better performance than 5770
If you wanna go down that route, also might be worth noting that the 4890 is for all intents and purposes, merely an overclocked 4870. The performance difference is marginal and virtually non-existant if you overclock the 4870. Save about £40-50 that way.
I see what you're saying, but I don't want to pay through the nose (ie, 300+) on the high level cards.
I've always bought nvidia, I'd be a bit worried about buying ati, is there much difference apart from price?
No difference, apart from the fact that at this moment ATI is simple dominating with their current lineup. Just like nVidia was with the 8×00 series.
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5850 only
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