£100 video cards. Whats better than a GTX550ti and less power hungry?

[Stormster]

As title really, just doing a bit of research for someone for alternatives to GTX 550Ti's as they don't seem very reliable, so looking for similar performance, less power draw and more reliability around the £100 marker.

Any good suggestions?

Thanks everyone!

 

[RICKST20]

In that price range has to be the 6850 from AMD.

Here is a comparison seems to be on par for power consumption, and much better performance.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/541?vs=539

This card is on offer this week:


YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £83.99
Total : £93.89 (includes shipping : £8.25).



Hope that helps.

 

[SeraphX]

Or if you're happy with 2nd hand
ATI 5870

 

[arc@css]

+1 6850.

 

[Stormster]

Cheers guys

Are 7750's any good and do they require external power also like the 1 x 6 pin PCI-E power requirement for the GTX550Ti and 6850?

 

[Tonester0011]

Don't quote me, but i think the 7750 just requires the PCI-E lane for power...

Against the 550Ti: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/541?vs=614
Against the 6850: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/539?vs=614

 

[psychodil]

Don't quote me[/url]

Sorry couldnt resist