Best sub £150 graphics card?

[shootersam]

I'm looking for the best graphics card under £150 pound.

 

[Masterdeadly]

6870

 

[Marine-RX179]

6870

 

[skid34]

ASUS GeForce GTX 560 Direct Cu II 1 GB, just got one for £155 brand new off flea bay.

 

[Marine-RX179]

ASUS GeForce GTX 560 Direct Cu II 1 GB, just got one for £155 brand new off flea bay.

No warranty hardly makes it a bargain...

 

[daveash]

6870 or 560, almost identical performance. If you can stretch to a 560ti though, it's totally worth it.

 

[toon_mad]

Ive just ordered an ATI 6870 today from here, seems to be the best looking card around for that price and I imagine it will have good overclocking potential

 

[arc@css]

nVidia 560 / AMD 6870.

 

[spoonjaffa]

Good thread, its not worth spending much on gfx card at moment as the next generation are out soon. 560ti would be my choice if i had to buy right now as I think they overclock better going by some of the reviews i've seen recently. However wait until end of month and see what the HD7000 bring.

 

[kmufc77]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-163-OK&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2077 Overclock to 750mhz+ on the core and have GTX 480 speeds.

 

[j.col]

6870

+1

 

[RabbiJacob]

Looking at a sub £200 card myself right now, but I'm holding out for the non OC MSI 560ti.

I'd get this: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-126-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1866

But I'd be dreaming of this: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-114-MS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1341

The non OC 560ti version is out of stock unfortunately, it was £173 and worth stretching for.

 

[555BUK]

If your PSU can handle it I would suggest a used GTX480. Many go for under £150 and most have some warranty remaining. Currently, the only faster card is the GTX580 but that costs more than twice as much.

A 6870 will play most games happily if you want new, but a 480 will be much faster. The new price of 6870's makes them bargains at the moment. It seems AMD have cut prices in readiness for 7 series card rumored for late September.

 

[janp]

There's a 560 OC edition on offer, for today only. Might be worth considering at £142.99 (inc VAT)?

http://overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-087-GI

 

[toon_mad]

Got my new HD 6870 today and it is powerful, infact it beats my last GTX 460 Hawk Twin Frozr II easily, good card to get for the price

 

[ACJJ619]

Be wary of the 6870.

I bought one a few days ago and returned it today. My display drivers kept crashing and recovering all the time, and a quick search online will tell you that it happens to a lot of them. Underclocking it from 900mhz to 775mhz brought stability but obviously lowered performance.

I called up Overclockers and they said they'd had a lot of 6870's sent back for numerous reasons, the main one being that many of them can't even get to the post screen.

 

[Rizz]

gtx 560

 

[toon_mad]

Be wary of the 6870.

I bought one a few days ago and returned it today. My display drivers kept crashing and recovering all the time, and a quick search online will tell you that it happens to a lot of them. Underclocking it from 900mhz to 775mhz brought stability but obviously lowered performance.

I called up Overclockers and they said they'd had a lot of 6870's sent back for numerous reasons, the main one being that many of them can't even get to the post screen.

So far mine has been running smoothly, no crashes or anything. I didnt bother with CD drivers I never do, just went straight to AMD site to download latest. Played NFS Hot Pursuit, Fifa 11 and Just Cause 2 - no issue at all.