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Best card for around £300

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Hi folks,

Just looking at a new build. What is the best card for around £300. I don't want to sli/ crossfire.

Thanks

Matt
 
5850... or wait for ocuk 295... i'd take 5850 tho.. :) or strech to ~350 and get 5870 which is better than both :P
 
id say if you can wait, then wait for fermi, dont wanna splash the cash on ati until competition gets here!
however if u order a 5870 now then ul be waiting a while.
 
I'm looking to buy sooner rather than later and it's a build for MW2. I will be playing at 1900 x 1200 and the rest of my rig will be an i5 750 clocked as high as it will go and 4gm ram.

I just want to stay away from crossfire as I'd rather just have the one card to make my set up a bit less complicated. I used to have sli but don't some games not take full advantage of sli/ cf?
 
IMO now wouldn't be a great time for a £300 card MW2 runs more than fine at 1920x1200 4xaa 16xaf everything on highest at around 70fps average (roughly) on my trusty gtx260.

My vote would be go for a nvidia 260 at £125
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-213-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=927

Total bargin and runs everything i've thrown at it flat out at my native res of 1920x1200, the 5870 and 5850 are great cards but not needed for mw2 or anything else on the market really.

Unless your really want to waste £300 Id go for a gtx260 and keep the other £200 for a rainy day.:D
 
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