£200-£250 for graphics card, suggestions?

Teki187

Teki187

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Ok so currently have a 620mb 8800 GTS (G80)

I have between £200-£250 to spend on a new one.

Anyone got any suggestions please?
 
If you're desperate for an upgrade, sell the GTS and get a G92 GTS/GT. Personally, I'd sit tight with what you've got and see how things pan out price and card wise.

The X2 is probably the better value card in my opinion if you really want something now though.
 
What's the rest of your setup look like Teki187? I would wait, there's a few cards coming out soon and the performance increase with a G92 GTS/GT wouldn't be very noticable.
 
mishima said:
What's the rest of your setup look like Teki187? I would wait, there's a few cards coming out soon and the performance increase with a G92 GTS/GT wouldn't be very noticable.
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550w or 500w Antec
E6400 @ 3.2ghz (1.375v)
4gb 8500 ballistix (5-5-5-15, 2.2v, 800mhz)
500gb seagate 7200.10
 
If you really want to upgrade, a GTS 512mb (g92) is brilliant, I picked one up yesterday.
They are quiet, faster than the old GTS and are low power.

Tbh I would wait till the real 9800gtx (or whatever) are out late summer:)
 
What i dont want to end up with is my current situation.

I buy a 640 G80 and then they release the G92 (?) not long after which is better.
 
EVGA 8800GTS 512mb - £211

Comes bundled with Crysis which it runs in it's sleep and EVGA has a step-up program, that if they release a better card in the 3 months after purhcase, you can send the card back for that one (think you gotta pay the price difference).

Tip: ffs, just adjust the fan speed asap, it defaults at 30%
 
Well if Crysis is £35, that makes it £200 :)

If you don't have Crysis, like i never, it's a better deal than buying a lesser brand.
 
If you were going to buy crysis anyway then yep you may as well get it with the card, but id prefer to get a cheaper card and buy the retail version of crysis, but thats just my preference, up to you really :)

EDIT : also, remember the 8800GTX is only £220, so if you were spending that much then id go for the GTX :)
 
That's true that the GTX's have recently come down in price. However, they use the old G80 (i think) chips and run hotter. The performance gain is ever so slight and it's a card that's beginning to be phased out.
 
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