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Looking for a new graphics card

Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 4:47 pm
by JamieLee2k
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
Ebuyer
micom
Scan
Micro Direct
Eclipse Computers
Misco
PC World
Dabs

Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 12:27 am
by BaLa
Wow, look who it is.

Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 2:22 am
by Easto
He's back from the dead

Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 5:32 am
by JamieLee2k
I is back, lol

I do post every now and then.

Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 5:48 am
by YARDofSTUF
I guess an ATI 4650. Do you need a new card or just want one?

Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 5:54 am
by JamieLee2k
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

Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 6:11 am
by YARDofSTUF
The sweet spot for budget and performance seems to be teh 4770, but thats a little bit more.

Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 6:52 am
by JamieLee2k
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.

Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 7:15 am
by YARDofSTUF
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.

Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 7:26 am
by JamieLee2k
Just had a look at the 4770 and it's £30 more than I can afford at the min

Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 7:50 am
by JamieLee2k
I am not sure about this one, how many games require a certain amount of RAM?

Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 9:42 am
by YARDofSTUF
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.

Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 1:27 pm
by JamieLee2k
So what's better, Clock Core and Memory Clock or Video Memory

See I found these cards but but I wondered which is better

Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 8:56 pm
by YARDofSTUF
Of the 3 I like the first 1 the most.