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best gfx card for £100<

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Not really an expert but you guys seem really helpful so hope its not cheeky asking.

Building a PC, now i know how to put them together, im just not sure what makes which better. Ok so i have a few in mind like these:
  • XFX HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDTV Out PCI-E Graphics Card
  • Sapphire HD4850 1GB GDDR3 HDMI DVI VGA PCI-E Graphics Card
  • Sapphire HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 Dual DVI Dual slot cooler HDTV Out PCI-E Graphics Card
  • Sapphire HD 3850 512MB GDDR3 Dual DVI HDCP HDTV out AGP Graphics Card
  • Zotac 9800GT AMP! Edition 512MB DDR3 Dual DVI TV Out PhysX and Cuda ready PCI-E Graphics Card

If you know any better ones that are £100 or below please say.

edit: also how do i work out how big the psu needs to be?

Many Thanks

Floz
 
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wow, thanks! guys on these forums dont mind lending a hand :)

ok well not bought anything yet but heres what im getting:

MOBO: Gigabyte GA-P31-ES3G iP31 Socket 775 5.1 channel audio ATX Motherboard

Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 2.66GHz Socket 775 1066MHz 8MB (2x4MB(4MB per core pair)) L2 Cache OEM Processor

Ram: OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 1066MHz/PC2-8500 Gold Memory

GFX to be decided

psu to be decided

case cheapest possible

Maxtor STM3320614AS 320GB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 16MB Cache - OEM


basically on a mega budget, £400 but thats jus for pc, got a monitor mouse n keyboard already
 
i know its over budget, but its probs a very good bang for buck spec

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £106.98
(£93.03) £106.98
(£93.03)
AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 Black Edition 2.8GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £105.00
(£91.30) £105.00
(£91.30)
Seasonic Silverpower 500W Power Supply £57.99
(£50.43) £57.99
(£50.43)
Gigabyte GA-M720-US3 (Socket AM2+) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £57.49
(£49.99) £57.49
(£49.99)
Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel (KHX8500D2K2/4G) £37.98
(£33.03) £37.98
(£33.03)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £37.98
(£33.03) £37.98
(£33.03)
Asus TA-861 Midi-ATX Case - Black/Silver (No PSU) £21.99
(£19.12) £21.99
(£19.12)
Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£15.64) £17.99
(£15.64)
Sub Total : £385.57
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £59.60
Total : £456.92

i went for AMD as it offers more option for upgrading and clock for clock,the phenom2 are on par with the q8 and q9 series intels, so are faster than the q6xx series intels

500GB HDD over 320 as 500s are of a similar price
 
thanks for all the effort on that, but have to be mega strict on the £400 budget. I'm a student what can i say lol. So its worth getting the tri core over the intel quad core? so many things to think about!!
 
i dont have a problem controlling mine, using catalyst 9.1, i have mine on 50% speed

it depends on what you use your pc for, if you use a lot of multicore appiclations, the quad will be better, but in most other cases, the tricore will be better. the amd route will also allow you to upgrade more and give you pci-e2 which will allow you to use the higher end cards to their full potential (assuming your monitor can). this can be solved with a p43, p45 or x48 chipset if you are going to stick with intel
 
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Tried to stay under budget but to be honest Jak's spec offer lots more performance.

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £126.99
Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4850 PCS 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £71.99
Gigabyte GA-EP43-DS3 Intel P43 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £67.99
OCZ StealthXStream 500w Silent ATX2 Power Supply £48.99
Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel (KHX8500D2K2/4G) £37.98
Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black (No PSU) £28.99

Sub Total : £332.99
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £51.71
Total : £396.45
 
is the one i picked not very good then? lol. cus i think i can make that for like £380. being a student sucks! i'm so poor :(
 
Here is as close as I could possibly get to £400 and it includes shipping. Any lower and I would have had to remove cores (surgically).

If you omit the optical drive you will pretty much be a couple quids over budget.

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pretty good thanks guys! i've made this in the general hardware cus i think its gone off topic of the gfx card.
 
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