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a good 2nd hand gpu for under £100
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Soldato
I not sure what they go for 2nd hand but a 5870 1Gb would be a great buy if you can find one or a GTX470 1.2Gb.
Man of Honour
GTX 480's are going for around £120 in the members market so you may find a GTX 470 for just under £100. Does it have to be Nvidia? If you are looking at buying from the bay you will likely get more for your money going down the AMD route.
Caporegime
using 5870 here plays everything at 1920x1080 on highest settings,also consider a 6950/6970
Soldato
Still using a 460 1GB GTX here, which is still holding up surprisingly well at 1080P.
Soldato
You might snatch a gtx 480 for 100 boys.
Soldato
Hi there,
With a ~£100 budget and a Q6600 CPU I would personally go with a brand new HD 6850 1GB card. This will give you nice GPU performance boost - to the point that you will be CPU limited in many games unless you give it a decent overclock. Also, instead of being second-hand the 6850 is a brand new card - so comes with a full 2 year warranty.
A new GTX 460 1GB is also a good choice (this card performs at the same level as the HD 6850), especially if you want to stick with a Nvidia card. Again this comes with a warranty since it is new - in this case a 3 year warranty.
With a ~£100 budget and a Q6600 CPU I would personally go with a brand new HD 6850 1GB card. This will give you nice GPU performance boost - to the point that you will be CPU limited in many games unless you give it a decent overclock. Also, instead of being second-hand the 6850 is a brand new card - so comes with a full 2 year warranty.
A new GTX 460 1GB is also a good choice (this card performs at the same level as the HD 6850), especially if you want to stick with a Nvidia card. Again this comes with a warranty since it is new - in this case a 3 year warranty.
Associate
Will be posting my Saphire HD5870 in Members' Market soon at well within your price range but then noticed you won't have access yet which is a pity.
Good idea when you get a moment to enable your trust so other members can contact you directly.
Good idea when you get a moment to enable your trust so other members can contact you directly.
Caporegime
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BG-048-EA
GTX460 1GB and only £80, the warranty is just 3months though
GTX460 1GB and only £80, the warranty is just 3months though
Soldato
Its a nice idea, but unless you are playing at a really high resolution then the Q6600 CPU would severly limit a GTX 460 SLI setup. Also, the 680i Nvidia chipset motherboards hate quad core CPUs - so you will not be able to overclock your Q6600 CPU very much to try and overcome this bottleneck. In fact, at stock 2.4GHz the Q6600 will limit a single GTX 460 1GB/HD 6850 in many games.
Therefore, I would just buy whatever single card is better value (at this price point it tends to be an AMD card like the HD 6850) and consider selling the 680i board and buy a P35/P45/X48 chipset board instead (which can overclock this CPU very well) and these boards also tend to support AMD crossfireX.
Therefore, I would just buy whatever single card is better value (at this price point it tends to be an AMD card like the HD 6850) and consider selling the 680i board and buy a P35/P45/X48 chipset board instead (which can overclock this CPU very well) and these boards also tend to support AMD crossfireX.
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a long way away then, i know what your saying about the mb thing but im trying to build a half decent computer for little money its alreaddy come along way from the one i had at the start
so i think i will get a gpu then think about a new mb mabee with a i5?
a long way away then, i know what your saying about the mb thing but im trying to build a half decent computer for little money its alreaddy come along way from the one i had at the start so i think i will get a gpu then think about a new mb mabee with a i5?
Soldato
Sounds like a good plan. My main recommendation is not to limit your graphics card choice to just Nvidia cards - since with that CPU and board you couldn't make use of the power of two cards anyway.
Also consider that modern Intel boards (like the Z77) can support both SLI and CrossfireX. So whichever graphics card brand you go for - you can add a second card when you do move over to a modern Intel system.
thanks