£100 GFX

[tom_nieto]

I'm looking to give my PC a refresh for Diablo 3 and other games. I have just bought a Q6600 (@3.6ghz) with 8Gb RAM from the MM.

My 512Mb X1900 doesn't cut it these days at 1080p so I'm looking at spending £100 on a new card. Any suggestions?

Second hand would be ideal, but don't mind buying new if there's something really worthwhile.

Thanks!

 

[cplhardnut]

GTX 480's can be had for around £100 used.

 

[tbh]

What PSU are you running?

 

[The Running Man]

second hand 560?

 

[tom_nieto]

I've got a 500W Corsair unit.

Thanks for your suggestions so far.

 

[tom_nieto]

Is it worth waiting around for a second hand bargain or should I just go or a 460 or 6870 new?

 

[RobotXander]

I have a GTX 460 and it runs Diablo 3 at max settings 1080p no problem at all

 

[spain]

Is it worth waiting around for a second hand bargain or should I just go or a 460 or 6870 new?

If new then 6870, it's the better GPU and cheaper, well the ones I've seen.

 

[charlaph]

There are some really good deals on 6850s around at the moment too.

 

[tom_nieto]

Found a second hand 6950 2Gb. Slightly over budget, but worthwhile I think. Should be able to do some tinkering with the clocks too!

 

[Barry1987]

Bargain

I run Diablo III on my HD 7950 between 120-160FPS so I would imagine the 6850 will give you well over 60FPS. You cannot go wrong for £83 and you can always X-Fire it later when you need it.

 

[Sasahara]

Bargain

I run Diablo III on my HD 7950 between 120-160FPS so I would imagine the 6850 will give you well over 60FPS. You cannot go wrong for £83 and you can always X-Fire it later when you need it.

+1, not much need for a faster card than the 6850 OC without upgrading your CPU.