Best Bang For Buck Card

TbirdX · 20 Nov 2009 at 01:17

For this spec...

Asus P5K-VM
Coolermaster 460 Watt PSU
E6600 (Will probably be run at 3 or 3.2Ghz)
GeIL 4GB (4x1GB) PC6400C5 800MHz Value DDR2

Used for general stuff and gaming, I'm after a card that won't be overkill for the spec but will allow me to play some more modern games at reasonable frame rates, probably at a max of 1440x900 but maybe less. New or 2nd hand is fine.

Have no preference to which flavour so fire away.

LegendaryDread · 20 Nov 2009 at 01:19

I vote Radeon 5770

ndaar · 20 Nov 2009 at 01:21

The latest best bang for bug card seems to be the 5770 ATI series although thats just a personal opinion (£119). Or an old nvidia 8800gts or similar still plays the latest games at a reasonable quality and can prob get them for a cheap price.

C64 · 20 Nov 2009 at 01:34

8800gt £30
4850 £45
4870 £60
4890 seen these go for £80 recently

second hand from the mm I'd go with an 8800gt for that res

If wanting brand new then the radeon 5770

EpicCarnage · 20 Nov 2009 at 08:02

Yh+1 get 8800gt or 8800gts512mb can buy for dirt cheap and is still a great card

Meaker · 20 Nov 2009 at 08:30

4770 for £58

Jabbs · 20 Nov 2009 at 08:33

Don't forget you get Dirt 2 with the 5770 so knock of what £25 for that and it puts this card at a good price.

z0mbi3 · 20 Nov 2009 at 08:38

Jabbs said:
Don't forget you get Dirt 2 with the 5770 so knock of what £25 for that and it puts this card at a good price.

That's so frustrating, the 5770 I bought two weeks ago has dropped a tenner and I didn't get Dirt 2 either.

gurusan · 20 Nov 2009 at 08:45

Can always try to send ocuk a webnote and ask for dirt 2. The worst they can say is no.

paradigm · 20 Nov 2009 at 08:53

z0mbi3 said:
That's so frustrating, the 5770 I bought two weeks ago has dropped a tenner and I didn't get Dirt 2 either.

The TWO 5770's I bought from the store on Saturday didn't come with the games either

arc@css · 20 Nov 2009 at 10:02

It seems people don't usually get the game.

TbirdX · 20 Nov 2009 at 15:42

Cheers folks, I'll see what pops up in the MM.

Jabbs · 20 Nov 2009 at 16:04

Must have been just the 5850/5870 that came with dirt 2, makes my 5850 a better bargain then as i managed to get it when they were £198 .

Biz.Kid09 · 20 Nov 2009 at 16:07

You dont get the game there is usually a code inside the box to download, Have you checked for it?

Guest2 · 20 Nov 2009 at 16:12

8800GT? Mine is still going strong in my 939 machine, i play everything in 1650 x 1080

paradigm · 20 Nov 2009 at 17:29

Guest2 said:
8800GT? Mine is still going strong in my 939 machine, i play everything in 1650 x 1080

What do you play, old games?

My Q6600 clocked to 3.4GHz coupled with my two 3870's were getting raped by modern games at 1920x1200.

EpicCarnage · 20 Nov 2009 at 17:43

i play everything with my sli 8800gts 512mb play cod4 at max 1440x900@250fps play left4dead2 100+fps easy im not getting any issues with games yet and dont think i will for a while

Trunks9486 · 20 Nov 2009 at 19:01

Meaker said:
4770 for £58

2nded

niggyg · 20 Nov 2009 at 22:38

A 4890 is pretty good bang-for-buck right now. If your wanting dx11 then a 5770.

AMG · 20 Nov 2009 at 23:04

better still two HD5770