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Cheapest card for acceptable fps in Crysis at 1680 x 1080

topbanana

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This is for a friend, who's played on my 7970 system and now wants to upgrade their machine, but doesn't have such deep pockets.

I was thinking maybe 7770 ?
 
Is he against going second hand?
You'll get a lot more for your money second hand, for instant:

HD6850 - £50-£60 (>7770)
GTX460 - £40-£50 (>7770)

For the £100 that would get you a HD7770 you could be fortunate enough to grab yourself a HD6950/70.

If he's totally against going second hand, then yeah. A 7770 at that res, turning down the settings will net an acceptable fps.
 
topbanana said:
This is for a friend, who's played on my 7970 system and now wants to upgrade their machine, but doesn't have such deep pockets.

I was thinking maybe 7770 ?
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If he doesn't want to go second hand and wants the latest tech on a budget i can recommend a HD7770 OC as i bought one for my girlfriends pc. Its a Gigabyte HD7770 OC card from ocuk. They overclock very well with a bit of voltage. They also run very cool and use very little power. 1 6pin power plug is all you need. With a slight overclock it will surpass a 6850. At that res it should be able to run most games at high - medium settings. Aim for 1150 core or higher and 1250 on the memory. I picked up the 7770 OC when it was on offer for £90, if you ask in the customer services section maybe 5UB will sell it at that price to you. This is also in line with your budget of £100. :)

I can clock mine at 1300 core which surpassed 6850 performance.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-101-GI&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1699
 
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Guys which Nvidia card would you recommend second hand that gives most bang for buck and which may actually be available used?
 
Tonester0011 said:
I doubt even with a tidy overclock the 7770 will surpass the 6850.
It might equal it?

Any chance you could possibly do a 3D11 run on your girlfriends PC?
I've done a run with a 6850 and managed 4k graphics score.
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Yes im that bored, you owe me for this. :D
 
Tonester0011 said:
I doubt even with a tidy overclock the 7770 will surpass the 6850.
It might equal it?

Any chance you could possibly do a 3D11 run on your girlfriends PC?
I've done a run with a 6850 and managed 4k graphics score.
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http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/5518864

P5186 with AMD Radeon HD 7770(1x) and Intel Core i7-2700K Processor
Graphics Score 4833
Physics Score 8861
Combined Score 4830

Looking around at reviews and other HD7770 users i appear to have a card that is a average memory overclocker. Only able to get the memory up to 1250 but i see others getting up to and beyond 1500. Core was at 1290 memory at 1250. Memory is holding my card back from more. Just another 25-50mhz on the memory and this card will easily surpass 5k.
 
LtMatt said:
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/5518864

P5186 with AMD Radeon HD 7770(1x) and Intel Core i7-2700K Processor
Graphics Score 4833
Physics Score 8861
Combined Score 4830

Looking around at reviews and other HD7770 users i appear to have a card that is a average memory overclocker. Only able to get the memory up to 1250 but i see others getting up to and beyond 1500. Core was at 1290 memory at 1250. Memory is holding my card back from more. Just another 25-50mhz on the memory and this card will easily surpass 5k.
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That's a good 20% quicker :eek:
A stock 7770 is equal to my overclocked 6850? (yours is about 20% quicker with about 20% overclock)

I'll be eating humble pie if you need me :D :D
 
Tonester0011 said:
That's a good 20% quicker :eek:
A stock 7770 is equal to my overclocked 6850? (yours is about 20% quicker with about 20% overclock)

I'll be eating humble pie if you need me :D :D
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No need to mate, i agree it is a bit of a shocker though. The HD7700 is a decent budget card, just make sure you get one that is not voltage locked.
 
I finished Crysis and Crysis2 with GTX550Ti at 1920x1080.

It was with DX9. DX11 + HR Texture pack will lower the fps but still playable.

I think 560Ti will be a bit better.

BTW CPU is Core i3.
 
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