Best bang for buck around £100?

[russ9898]

Hi guys,

Lost touch with graphics cards of late. What would be the best bang for buck for around £100?

My system is AMD 5600 X2 @ 2.9ghz, 4gb ram. Not sure if that will bottleneck any of the cards id be looking at, ill leave that in your capable hands

Thanks,

Russ

 

[Marine-RX179]

What res you gaming at? The chances are 5770 1GB would be the best choice, but it does cost £120-130.

 

[russ9898]

My standard desktop resolution is 1280x1024. Is that achievable for the price range im looking at?

 

[4T5]

2nd hand 4890 but Beware I am Owner Biased.
Awesome card that eats anything I throw at it & I use it for Company of Heroes on my 40 inch HD Sammy & BF2 on my Benq.

 

[Marine-RX179]

If you are certain that you won't be moving from 1280x1024 to a 1680x1050 or 1920x1080 monitor anytime soon, a 512MB HD5750 should be sufficient for all games (except Crysis):
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-155-XF&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=708

However if you think you will be upgrading you monitor in near future, get a 1GB HD 5770 instead.

 

[dubbs]

i use the same res. and have a 5750 (bought it for 96 quid) and its awesome.

runs every game ive thrown at is max settings with 8xaa etcetc all eye candy turned on.
id reccomend that.

also dont think it can perform like that at a low res this card can play comfortabley right up to 1920 x 1200 and maybe more. but ive only treid up to 1680 x 1050

 

[straxusii]

4890

 

[PermaBanned]

That's quite a low res, not sure you even need anything above a 4770 to be honest.

 

[russ9898]

There is a possibility ill go for a widescreen monitor soon so maybe need a slightly stronger card. How would this compare to some of the cards listed above?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-019-C3&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1515

Ive noticed the processor speed is quite a bit faster on the 5570

 

[Azuse05]

Get the 1GB buffer m8

 

[russ9898]

Get the 1GB buffer m8

Sorry 1gb buffer? You mean this? -

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-014-C3&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1515

I meant to link to that one in my previous post. £4 for an extra 512mb would be mad not to get it

 

[paradisiac]

Sorry 1gb buffer? You mean this? -

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-014-C3&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1515

I meant to link to that one in my previous post. £4 for an extra 512mb would be mad not to get it

i have 2 of these cards and for the money they are very good value. be aware that they DO NOT have the display port, but this did not bother me. is easily capable of playing most games at a decent fps @ 1920x1080.

 

[kylew]

i have 2 of these cards and for the money they are very good value. be aware that they DO NOT have the display port, but this did not bother me. is easily capable of playing most games at a decent fps @ 1920x1080.

If they don't have displayport, does that mean they shouldn't be advertised as supporting eyefinity?

 

[chaotic_uk]

i have 2 of these cards and for the money they are very good value. be aware that they DO NOT have the display port, but this did not bother me. is easily capable of playing most games at a decent fps @ 1920x1080.

how do they do eyefinity then ?

 

[paradisiac]

If they don't have displayport, does that mean they shouldn't be advertised as supporting eyefinity?

i really dont know on that one, at the time i purchased mine, the pictures OCUK had were wrong and it was advertised as having the display port so i was a bit disapointed but as its not something i would ever use i didnt worry too much about it, but its a very good point.