Best sub £200 graphics card on the market.

[T1rez]

Im interested in building a new rig,
basically it will have 8gig Ram, q6600 800 watt power supply and coolermaster cosmos case, will have 64bit vista home premium ....

what im wondering is whats the best card available for less then 200 pounds and can you post with a motherboard suggestion as well (not included in the 200 pounds budget)

for info, i use photoshop, multi-task, play world in conflict, cod4 and some other games which dont even stress my current system on full.

My preference is that it is as quiet as possible as well because i haven't bought that cosmos for nothing!

Thanks muchly
T1rez

 

[aproctor]

8800gtx, tbh if your using photoshop ram is useful but 8gb is overkil, especially when you could put that towards a faster gpu.

 

[HeX]

Wait til next month for the 4870 / 9900.

 

[T1rez]

8800gtx, tbh if your using photoshop ram is useful but 8gb is overkil, especially when you could put that towards a faster gpu.

i knew some one would mention it... but the thing is i just want 8gig....and the reason the 200 pound limit is just i dont see a reason to spend more? perhaps 250 at a stretch.

 

[shaffaaf27]

well for £230 (shopping around) you can get 3870X2, but IMO id wait till july to see the new cards, if you cannot, id get a 3870, and then Xfire it then (as it will be cheaper then)

BTW what PSU you planning on getting, and what mobo?

 

[hibeesmad]

Wait til next month for the 4870 / 9900.

I know no price has been announced but what are these likely to cost?

I am going to buy a 8800GT for a friend but would you recommend I wait?

 

[sir-les-mp]

With both Nvidia and ATi having new cards out in the next 6 weeks or so i would wait and see what there performance and price's are
however if you can't wait then the 3870 X2 for a shade over £200
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-087-PC&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=416
or an nvidia 8800GTX
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-094-LT&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=877
the ATi card is faster than the Nvidia one at present

 

[shaffaaf27]

with the 4870 512MB 512Bit GDDR5 looking to better 8800GTX prices at $250, expect a £170-£200 price point

 

[-iceblade^]

wait for the new cards

 

[aproctor]

wait for the new cards

truth.

seriously though 8gb is a waste of time, just get 4gb and when the prices of ddr3 come down get 8gb of that.

 

[T1rez]

thing is.... im buying this and dont plan to upgrade it for a while because i will be at UNI and wont be able to afford upgrading to ddr3. The other problem is if you just keep waiting and waiting for the things to get cheaper you will then have the decision of... shall i go for the cheap stuff? oh no wait ddr4 is gona be more availible next month so i will hold on.

The powersupply is the gigabyte odin GT.. 800 watts... motherboard is undecided but pci exp 2.0 is a must.

 

[shaffaaf27]

the thing is, its not like a new series of CPUs/Mobos/Gfx etc is out everymonth.

its only minor revisions that are out every 6 months or so.

so one would know when to buy/not buy

 

[T1rez]

ok well i have to wait till august for the money anyway so waiting is fine.
cheers guys lets just see what the future brings!