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£150 8800GT replacement suggestions

AHarvey

AHarvey

AHarvey

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Hi all,

my 8800's have served me well but on has recently died and the other is starting to get a little loud and struggle.

Obviously, it doesn't play the latest games either which is a pita.

So, £150ish, what is on offer?

Photo editing, video editing and gaming usage :)

Thanks
 
AHarvey said:
Hi all,

my 8800's have served me well but on has recently died and the other is starting to get a little loud and struggle.

Obviously, it doesn't play the latest games either which is a pita.

So, £150ish, what is on offer?

Photo editing, video editing and gaming usage :)

Thanks
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im sure the AMD R9 285 will be out soon which is projected to be £150

apparently AMD claim better than the gtx 760
 
AHarvey said:
Hi all,

my 8800's have served me well but on has recently died and the other is starting to get a little loud and struggle.

Obviously, it doesn't play the latest games either which is a pita.

So, £150ish, what is on offer?

Photo editing, video editing and gaming usage :)

Thanks
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What about the MM here with 150 you might get something a bit higher end ??
 
yoyo59 said:
im sure the AMD R9 285 will be out soon which is projected to be £150

apparently AMD claim better than the gtx 760
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It won't be £150. Not even close. The RRP is $249. Convert, then add VAT. End price is more like £200.
 
Thanks for the suggestions, hopefully i'll be picking one up next week :) 280/280x

bru said:
What is the rest of your system ?
Seeing as you were using 8800's it might be relevant.
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i7-3770@ 3.40GHz
8GB ram
Win 7 64

Couldn't afford a gfx card at the time and I still need a replacement sound card, but on board is fine at the moment so might not bother.
 
Well the rest of the system is fine so any of the above suggestions would be a nice upgrade.
 
bru said:
Well the rest of the system is fine so any of the above suggestions would be a nice upgrade.
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Only issue is power, its a modular system and has 2 6 pin, but gfx says it needs 6+8 pin. Going to have to see if I can remember make/model and if I have the right cables lying around.

edit: looks like its a Jeantech Artic 600w and does have 2 x 6 pin + 1 x 8pin so I should be able to run 1 new card IF i can find the cable :S

Archeum said:
Well done on lasting so long on 8800s. ;)
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Yeah, it's done well so far and I don't get to game as much as I used to so hasn't been much of an issue.
 
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Purchased 280 today, fitted (just) but i think the next upgrade is a new case because it barely fit in the current one, and for some reason, my 8pin power cable is different than the GFX card needs (wrong shaped pins in the wrong positions)

Trying to get Wolfenstein to work now, driver issues I think then I can test it later :)
 
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