Cheapest upgrade from a 8800gtx to boost fps.

Adamthegreat984 · 25 Feb 2013 at 12:50

Currently on a q6600 at 3.2ghz, looking to boost my 3d performance in current games and possibly run some i cant run well now.

Games are Black Ops 2, TF2, CS:GO, Blacklight and Tribes Ascend.

I get 75-105 fps with most stuff turned down to lower settings in CS:GO if thats a good gauge of what me rig can do now ?

opethdisciple · 25 Feb 2013 at 12:53

Budget?

The Q6600 will be a bottle neck for anything moderatly fast.

pgi947 · 25 Feb 2013 at 12:53

Budget?

Edit: damnit

Adamthegreat984 · 25 Feb 2013 at 12:55

£80 max realy...

pgi947 · 25 Feb 2013 at 12:59

Used gtx47/80?

Outside of the used market I'm not sure how this gens cards in that bracket fair up, a 6870 should do well.

opethdisciple · 25 Feb 2013 at 13:00

Best bet is second hand then.

5870 caliber.

New would be 7770 or GTX 650 or a 6870 as said above.

Adamthegreat984 · 25 Feb 2013 at 13:00

Would a gtx 650 provide a good boost?

opethdisciple · 25 Feb 2013 at 13:01

Adamthegreat984 said:
Would a gtx 650 provide a good boost?

650 in budget.

Adamthegreat984 · 25 Feb 2013 at 13:03

got enough free and currently owned games to keep me going and with my 8800gtx nearly dying last night, its only a matter of time

opethdisciple · 25 Feb 2013 at 13:05

It looks like a 7770 is faster than a 650, so I would get one of those.

Armageus · 25 Feb 2013 at 13:15

2nd Hand 6850 could also be an option at approx £70, and should be on par if not slightly faster than a 7770 (which on OcUK cheapest is £90 - and therefore slightly out of budget).

What resolution are you gaming at?

Confused · 25 Feb 2013 at 13:27

I had a nice step up from my trusty old 8800GT when I put in a 6850

Adamthegreat984 · 25 Feb 2013 at 13:36

1920x1080p is my res, got a lovely 23 inch monitor last summer after my 1650x1080 samsung went bust and havent realy been able to test its beauty even on older games

My rig was bought here jan 2008 for £1500, and i have vista 32bit and 4gb ddr 2

dfour · 25 Feb 2013 at 13:44

Second hand 6850 or 6870 would be choice or a 460 1gb(non-eco model)/560 if you can get one in budget.

Adamthegreat984 · 25 Feb 2013 at 14:02

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-187-MS&tool=3

How about this bad boy, good thing about sticking this in my rig is its a decent card to move over when i eventually get around to building into a new case (ivybridge)

Suarez7 · 25 Feb 2013 at 14:03

GTX TITAN, just add a 0 to your budget.

kinoblemeister · 25 Feb 2013 at 14:36

Armageus said:
2nd Hand 6850 could also be an option at approx £70, and should be on par if not slightly faster than a 7770 (which on OcUK cheapest is £90 - and therefore slightly out of budget).

What resolution are you gaming at?

Confused said:
I had a nice step up from my trusty old 8800GT when I put in a 6850

dfour said:
Second hand 6850 or 6870 would be choice or a 460 1gb(non-eco model)/560 if you can get one in budget.

Before the GTX680 I had a Asus 6850 and it was a great card. Would really advise that for the price vs performance. No you wont be able to run crysis 3 on high etc but it will run other games well, even BF3.

Ben

Gibbo3771 · 25 Feb 2013 at 15:12

Adamthegreat984 said:
Would a gtx 650 provide a good boost?

Wouldn't waste your time with a GTX650, you can get a 470 (second hand ofc) for roughly the same price and performs better, however might be hard to find one but it is possible.

However anything in the 7xxx AMD series or Nvidia 5/6xx series is just going to bottleneck from a Q6600, 7770 being the exception since it is an extry level card.

Adamthegreat984 · 25 Feb 2013 at 15:18

Seen some 560tis going for less than £90 on the worlds most famous action site ?

Never bought from action, i would be paranoid it would be dead on arrival

dfour · 25 Feb 2013 at 16:00

560ti would make a huge difference even if you suffer a bit of cpu bottlenecking.

Found a second hand 560ti for £100 delivered on another forum site.