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JamieLee2k
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by JamieLee2k » Tue May 19, 2009 4:47 pm
I wondered if anyone can help me find a decent yet cheap graphics card, I have £50 to spend max so this might give someone some help.
I currently have XFX GeForce 7600GT XXX Edition
Remember I am in the UK so any you suggest I would need to find.
Here are a few sites in the UK to make things a bit easier
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BaLa
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by BaLa » Wed May 20, 2009 12:27 am
Wow, look who it is.
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by Easto » Wed May 20, 2009 2:22 am
He's back from the dead
JamieLee2k
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by JamieLee2k » Wed May 20, 2009 5:32 am
I is back, lol
I do post every now and then.
YARDofSTUF
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by YARDofSTUF » Wed May 20, 2009 5:48 am
I guess an ATI 4650. Do you need a new card or just want one?
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by JamieLee2k » Wed May 20, 2009 5:54 am
Well my old card is sometimes pixelating plus I bought a new mobo and CPU 3 months ago I wanted to upgrade my PC, also for gaming
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by YARDofSTUF » Wed May 20, 2009 6:11 am
The sweet spot for budget and performance seems to be teh 4770, but thats a little bit more.
JamieLee2k
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by JamieLee2k » Wed May 20, 2009 6:52 am
So would you say ati is better than nvidia?
I have never used ati in any computer I have owned so I know nothing about them.
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by YARDofSTUF » Wed May 20, 2009 7:15 am
Overall I prefer Nvidia but they don't have anythign at the 4770 price point that I know of yet. ATI went to 40nm first.
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by JamieLee2k » Wed May 20, 2009 7:26 am
Just had a look at the 4770 and it's £30 more than I can afford at the min
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by JamieLee2k » Wed May 20, 2009 7:50 am
I am not sure about this one, how many games require a certain amount of RAM?
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by YARDofSTUF » Wed May 20, 2009 9:42 am
The 9600GSO would be in the same range as the 4650, maybe a bit better. Don't worry about the onbard RAM any choices will be enough at 384-512. You'll run into a problem with the cards not being powerful enough to run the games first.
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by JamieLee2k » Sat May 30, 2009 1:27 pm
So what's better, Clock Core and Memory Clock or Video Memory
See I found these cards but but I wondered which is better
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by YARDofSTUF » Sat May 30, 2009 8:56 pm
Of the 3 I like the first 1 the most.