Current best bang-for-buck

[TheBrooder]

I play at 1680 and I have a first gen i5 with 4gb ram and a 4850.

I usually go for amd but I really want the best value card at the moment!

Only used for gaming and office applications.

Thanks

 

[Emphacy]

Probably a GTX 560 or a 6950.
Lately the 5870's skyrocketed in price and they aren't even in stock anymore.

 

[harmony]

GTX560 Ti

 

[Subliminal Aura]

Is a 560 twice as fast as a 460?

It certainty costs twice as much

 

[Emphacy]

Is a 560 twice as fast as a 460?

It certainty costs twice as much

Here's a bench between the 460 and 560 Ti. They're about £50 more, how did you get twice as much? Worth the extra few notes.

MSI Geforce 560 Ti Twin FrozR II - £187.99
MSI GeForce GTX 460 HAWK Super-OC - £129.59

The HD 6950's are on par with the 5870's also. These listed above are best bang for buck at current moment in time.

 

[pecnarf]

bang for the buck i would say ati 6950 and for nvidia gtx560ti possible gtx570 too but most definitely the ati 6950 2gb. me personally im nvidia fan so i would get a 560ti 2gb by gainward or a 570 but if i couldn't get them i would go for the 6950 i know people who got them, i've read reviews all say good thing about it. on a purely cost effective point of view again 6950 because if you can get a hold of the rev1 version you can unlock it to a 6970 safely as it has the dual bio switch on it.

 

[chaparral]

MSI Geforce 560 Ti Twin FrozR II - £187.99
MSI GeForce GTX 460 HAWK Super-OC - £129.59

These listed above are best bang for buck at current moment in time.

Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti = £173.99 inc VAT..........http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-247-AS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1341
OcUK GeForce GTX 460 OC = £113.99 inc VAT............http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-140-OK&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1830

 

[jas72]

do you really need the extra GB on cards or is 1GB enough. I'm also looking to buy a card 100-150 mark.... Upgrade from my 4870 512MB

 

[Emphacy]

do you really need the extra GB on cards or is 1GB enough. I'm also looking to buy a card 100-150 mark.... Upgrade from my 4870 512MB

1GB is enough, but 2GB will give you the extra performance at high resolutions, such as 1080p monitors. There are also various games which are graphics memory intensive such as GTAIV which will benefit from the extra memory too.

 

[sHo0sH]

the Sapphire 5850 is IMO the best bang for buck in that price range, especially at that resolution