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Best Card <£150

DAnDan

DAnDan

DAnDan

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As my 3870 refuses to stop black screening in games, it looks like I'm going to have to use it as an excuse to get a new card.
So, what's the best card for <£150, I was originally thinking of a 5770, but I see some of the 5830/460s (768MB) are now coming close to £150. What's the general opinion, would they be worth it over the 5770 (£20/30 more)? I'm tempted to go Nvidia as these errors are getting annoying, but I'm sure Nvidia have their problems too (not to mention their shady business practices).

I mainly play WoW and SC2 at the moment, but it'll be used to everything, but with a focus on those 2 games probably. Resolution is only 1400*900, so I don't see the point in getting anything more costly than these, for now.

Also, it's on a 500W OCZ PSU, I assume it will be up to the task of any of the above cards?
 
the best choice is to stretch your budget a little and go for a 1GB version 460 ..

nothing compares bang for buck around that price range ..

you wont be disappointed.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-236-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1830

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-064-GI&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1830

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-092-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1830

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-140-OK&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1830

any one of these..

avoid the palit as there very loud and not very heat efficient ..
 
infernox said:
the best choice is to stretch your budget a little and go for a 1GB version 460 ..

nothing compares bang for buck around that price range ..

you wont be disappointed.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-236-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1830

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-064-GI&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1830

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-092-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1830

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-140-OK&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1830

any one of these..

avoid the palit as there very loud and not very heat efficient ..
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As nice as those cards are, I really don't need the extra performance, so want to keep it to around £150, less preferably.
 
Thanks Redmint and Jeffy, would you say that the 460 has enough performance to make it worth the extra £20 over the 5770? Also how's the noise on them, as it would be nice to get a nice quiet card?
 
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