What is the best car for approx £120?

[jason_s]

Hi all,

I am looking to buy a new GPU, but only have about £120 to spend.

I dont do a lot of gaming, I sometimes play a bit of BF4 but not a lot.

Can you advise what my best option would be?

Thanks
Jason

 

[LtMatt]

Hi all,

I am looking to buy a new GPU, but only have about £120 to spend.

I dont do a lot of gaming, I sometimes play a bit of BF4 but not a lot.

Can you advise what my best option would be?

Thanks
Jason

What cpu and psu have you got?

With that money i would recommend one of these.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-245-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1982

Comes with two free games which you can sell or keep. You should be able to recoup £15-£20 from selling the game codes.

 

[jason_s]

Hi,

Thanks, looks good. What games do you get to choose from?

I have:
Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor
GX 650W Power Supply with Hyper-TX3

(Copied from my order confirmation from 2 and a half years ago haha).

Thanks again.

 

[snips86x]

Are you running that 2600k stock? If so, you should really think about overclocking it, you'll get a nice little performance boost. This would obviously depend on your cooler!

 

[LtMatt]

Hi,

Thanks, looks good. What games do you get to choose from?

I have:
Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor
GX 650W Power Supply with Hyper-TX3

(Copied from my order confirmation from 2 and a half years ago haha).

Thanks again.

That's fine then. A good card for the money. You'll be able to use Mantle in BF4 as well.

The games available are...

Recently redeemed Murdered Soul Suspect (not released till June), Company Of Heroes 2 and Thief myself.

 

[hughtrimble]

Might want to edit your title; I was going to suggest a Vauxhall Nova.

 

[jason_s]

My friend helped set it up for me a while ago, and I believe it is overclocked:
http://i.gyazo.com/8ba741a045a51cdffd275dca02128cf3.png

 

[jason_s]

Might want to edit your title; I was going to suggest a Vauxhall Nova.

Haha, oops! Thanks.

Just got to work out how to do it.

 

[jason_s]

Thanks LtMatt, that looks like a good choice for me.

 

[Gibbo]

These are great for the money:-


Sapphire Radeon R7 265 Dual-X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card @ £109.99 inc VAT

The SAPPHIRE R7 265 Dual-X has 2GB of the latest DDR5 memory clocked at 1400MHz (5.6GB/s effective) and core clocks of 900MHz (925MHz with dynamic boost) to deliver new levels of performance in its price segment. Performance is optimised with the latest version of AMD’s PowerTune technology.


Specification:-
- PCI-E 3.0 Ready: Delivers double the bandwidth per lane of PCIe GEN2 for faster GPU- CPU
- Hugely overclockable
- Core Clock Speed: 900MHz (925MHz Boost)
- Shader Architecture: GCN
- Stream Processors: 1024
- Frame Buffer / Memory: 2GB GDDR5
- Memory Width / Speed: 256 bit / 5600MHz
- Power Connectors: 6-pin
- Display Outputs: 2x DVI + 1x HDMI + 1x DisplayPort
- Power: 115W TDP
- Dimensions: 228(L)X109(W)X35(H) mm Size / 2-Slot Cooler
- 2yr Warranty


Only £109.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW












MSI GeForce GTX 750Ti Gaming OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N750Ti TF 2GD5/OC) @ £113.99 inc VAT

GTX 750 and GTX 750 Ti cards give you the gaming horsepower to take on today's most demanding titles in full 1080p HD. They deliver 25% more performance than previous-generation cards and up to twice the power efficiency thanks to the next-generation NVIDIA® Maxwell™ architecture. Plus, they come loaded with GeForce GTX gaming technologies like NVIDIA GameStream™, G-SYNC™, and GeForce Experience™

Specification:-
- Core Clock: 1085MHz (Maxwell)
- Core Boost Clock: 1163MHz
- Memory: 2048MB GDDR5
- Memory Clock: 5400MHz (Effective)
- Memory Interface: 128-Bit
- Processing Cores: 640
- Bus Type: PCI-Express GEN 3.0 (Backwards compatible)
- Display Connectors: 1x Dual-Link DVI-I, 1x HDMI & 1x Analogue
- HDCP Capable
- DirectX 11.2 Support
- OpenGL 4.4 Support
- PhysX Enabled
- CUDA Enabled
- 3D Vision Enabled
- NVIDIA Surround Enabled
- Extremely Lower power consumption (Maximum consumption 60 watts at stock speed)
- NO external PCI-E Connectors required
- Dimensions: 250x128x37
- Warranty: 3 Years


Only £113.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW

 

[Ayahuasca]

Might get an old Corsa B for that.

 

[LtMatt]

Don't listen to Gibbo, the MSI 270 is better than both of those cards. Plus it will hit 270X clocks and beyond easily and the 270X is waaay faster than both of those cards above for only £20 extra.

 

[Gibbo]

Don't listen to Gibbo, the MSI 270 is better than both of those cards. Plus it will hit 270X clocks and beyond easily and the 270X is waaay faster than both of those cards above for only £20 extra.

I was staying within the OP's price range.

But if one can stretch, yes 270 is stonking card for the monies!

 

[LtMatt]

I was staying within the OP's price range.

But if one can stretch, yes 270 is stonking card for the monies!

Furry muff.

But when he sells those game codes, he'll be under budget.

 

[jason_s]

Haha, thanks guys, you've been awesome.

I am going to go with the 270.

 

[pipson]

Furry muff.

But when he sells those game codes, he'll be under budget.

I've received 3 game voucher - never been able to sell a single one lol

 

[jason_s]

Order placed. Thanks again guys.

 

[pandem0nium]

I've ordered one for my second pc as well. Definitely the sweet spot of price/performace.

I do think it's a shame though that there's nothing between a 260x and 290 with GCN 1.1 features. It must be difficult to push true audio when only a tiny minority of hardware supports it.

 

[LtMatt]

I've ordered one for my second pc as well. Definitely the sweet spot of price/performace.

I do think it's a shame though that there's nothing between a 260x and 290 with GCN 1.1 features. It must be difficult to push true audio when only a tiny minority of hardware supports it.

That's going to change soon once Tonga launches. The 280X/7970 replacement will be GCN 1.1, so will include TrueAudio support.

 

[pandem0nium]

Yeah, I read the other thread about that. Would definitely be a good idea if the rumours are true.

I considered going for a 260x to have a play but just didn't think it would be good enough for 1080p high/ultra, and two would require a new mb and psu.