£120 gaming card

[metamorphpwner]

anoyne know what the best graphics card is i can get for £120, i'm thinking of the 4850.
i mainly need it to play crysis and GRID on a 22" screen, i also play supreme commander, flight sim and at least test out most new games.

 

[reflux]

At the moment, one of these; about the same price and speed as a stock 4850, but better cooler:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-106-OK&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1009

 

[jrodga2k5]

anoyne know what the best graphics card is i can get for £120, i'm thinking of the 4850.
i mainly need it to play crysis and GRID on a 22" screen, i also play supreme commander, flight sim and at least test out most new games.

Yeah I can vouch for the GTX+ as I have played all those games on a standard GTX on a 22" screen no problem!

Either the 4850 or the 9800GTX+ and you'll be fine, just whatever you can have for the cheapest in all honesty!

 

[metamorphpwner]

Yeah I can vouch for the GTX+ as I have played all those games on a standard GTX on a 22" screen no problem!

Either the 4850 or the 9800GTX+ and you'll be fine, just whatever you can have for the cheapest in all honesty!

the main reason i thought the 4850 is because when i can get some more cash together i'll be able to get another and XFire them.

Edit: does the 4850 work on both crysis and GRID? i've seen benchmarks where it's got ok FPS in crysis but the one i saw had a 0 FPS on GRID. anyone have one a know it works on both?

 

[Kennysevenfold]

At the moment, one of these; about the same price and speed as a stock 4850, but better cooler:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-106-OK&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1009

+1

mines runs crysys a dream.!

 

[metamorphpwner]

+1

mines runs crysys a dream.!

I've just seen on this week only a 9800GTX+ supercocked, is that definatly worth the extra cost for it? now that i've seen that i'm leaning more towards it. if it's worth it i can lower the motherboard a bit as i worn't need a crossfire board.

 

[Kennysevenfold]

I've just seen on this week only a 9800GTX+ supercocked, is that definatly worth the extra cost for it? now that i've seen that i'm leaning more towards it. if it's worth it i can lower the motherboard a bit as i worn't need a crossfire board.

lower the motherboard.?

 

[metamorphpwner]

lower the motherboard.?

the one i want is £114 but if i don't need Xfire and go with the single good card then i can get a lower cost motherboard. just depends if that cards worth the ectra, i think it is but not sure.

 

[Kennysevenfold]

why dont you give me a budget, and what exactally you need and we can go from there.? mobo, graphics etc.

 

[metamorphpwner]

why dont you give me a budget, and what exactally you need and we can go from there.? mobo, graphics etc.

i have a case and cpu cooler, lol. i want the intel Q6600 processor and good graphics spending around £600 maybe a bit more.

 

[Kennysevenfold]

no problem, do you need an operating system.?

 

[metamorphpwner]

no problem, do you need an operating system.?

no, i had vista in my previous spec and it came to £660, but don't need an os now.

edit: this was my first plan, but that 9800 GTX offer looks quite good.

 

[Kennysevenfold]

or blow the 4850 and 9800GTX out the water with this setup...


Product Name Qty Price Line Total

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail (11133-00-20) £145.99
(£167.89) £145.99
(£167.89)

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £129.99
(£149.49) £129.99
(£149.49)

Asus P5Q-E Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £104.99
(£120.74) £104.99
(£120.74)

Coolermaster Real Power 520w Modular Power Supply £56.99
(£65.54) £56.99
(£65.54)

Samsung SpinPoint F1 640GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD642JJ) £46.99
(£54.04) £46.99
(£54.04)

OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK) £29.99
(£34.49) £29.99
(£34.49)

Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£16.09) £13.99
(£16.09) Sub Total : £528.93 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DHL @ Home Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.99 VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £80.69 Total : £618.61

 

[metamorphpwner]

Is 520W enough power for it?

 

[Kennysevenfold]

Is 520W enough power for it?

Yeah, that setup wouldnt output anymore than 400-450 watts MAX

 

[metamorphpwner]

Yeah, that setup wouldnt output anymore than 400-450 watts MAX

k thx, definatly have a think about buying that then.

 

[Minty-Linty]

4850 ***

 

[Kennysevenfold]

4850 ***

like you would choose a 4850 over a 4870...

 

[sharpygsxr]

anoyne know what the best graphics card is i can get for £120, i'm thinking of the 4850.
i mainly need it to play crysis and GRID on a 22" screen, i also play supreme commander, flight sim and at least test out most new games.

get yourself onto MM you can prob get a 4870 for that price as theres a few on there for sale