£200 Graphics Card

TheSkateyBird · 20 Sep 2013 at 10:21

Hey all,

Looking for a graphics card to replace my senile and dying HD 6770 and looking to spent around the £200 mark, possibly stretching to £220 at the most.

Whats the best I can get in this price bracket?

Cheers

teejay73 · 20 Sep 2013 at 10:59

This http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-290-AS or this
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-065-HS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1673

Both would be a BIG improvement over your current card.

teppic · 20 Sep 2013 at 11:02

As long as your CPU isn't ancient, the HIS 7950 is a great buy. But if you're willing to go to £220, you could creep up a tiny bit to the amazingly priced Asus 7970 (£234).

teejay73 · 20 Sep 2013 at 11:05

teppic said:
As long as your CPU isn't ancient, the HIS 7950 is a great buy. But if you're willing to go to £220, you could creep up a tiny bit to the amazingly priced Asus 7970 (£234).

This as well

TheSkateyBird · 20 Sep 2013 at 11:16

Thanks for you suggestions, CPU is a Phenom II X4 @ 3.6 Ghz would that limit a 7950 or GTX 670 at all?

teppic · 20 Sep 2013 at 11:20

In some games, yes. Not particularly in shooters. What board do you have?

TheSkateyBird · 20 Sep 2013 at 11:23

Nothing particularly amazing, MSI 870-C45 with 8GB RAM.

teppic · 20 Sep 2013 at 11:24

Well, if you're planning on upgrading your board/CPU soon, the 7950 or 7970 is still a good idea given their great prices. But you will need to upgrade to take advantage of them -- in the meantime some games will give a massive boost over your 6770, others not so much.

TheSkateyBird · 20 Sep 2013 at 11:28

That was originally the plan however the dying graphics card has made me change priority a little. Is there a significant difference between AMD/Nvidia performance around the £200 mark?

teppic · 20 Sep 2013 at 11:31

The 7950 and 670 are quite close (both £180-£200), but the 7950 has the edge (as well as better memory specs). The 7970 though cannot be beaten, it's a brilliant performer and £234 is just stupid money, these were going for £350 a couple of months ago.

Some would recommend a card like a 7850 for now -- which would be an improvement, but when you come to upgrade your CPU/board, you'll already have a brilliant graphics card, and you'd probably want to upgrade your GPU if you had the 7850.

TheSkateyBird · 20 Sep 2013 at 11:35

In that case I may well scrape together a little extra over the coming week and snap up one of these: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-273-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=938

LtMatt · 20 Sep 2013 at 11:36

£234 is a ridiculous price on a card like that.

TheSkateyBird · 20 Sep 2013 at 11:39

Thanks a bunch for all your help, been looking forward to an upgrade like this for a while!

teppic · 20 Sep 2013 at 11:50

TheSkateyBird said:
In that case I may well scrape together a little extra over the coming week and snap up one of these: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-273-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=938

I would. But overclock your CPU as far as you can, and save up for an upgrade as soon as possible. At least all the games you play in the meantime will run as fast as your CPU will allow, which for many shooters will mean max settings at 1080p

~>Dg<~ · 20 Sep 2013 at 11:51

what psu have you got ?

jonnyp1993 · 20 Sep 2013 at 12:40

~>Dg<~ said:
what psu have you got ?

I'm surprised no one asked this before hand lol.

knowing what PSU he has would be better on deciding a GPU, as he might not have the power for a 7970. and to OC his CPU more than 3.6

TheSkateyBird · 20 Sep 2013 at 12:53

3.6 is as far as I've managed to go with reasonable temps and stability, 3.8 got a bit hot. PSU is fine Cooler Master Silent Pro 700W, overkill I know but it was on a big sale.

teppic · 20 Sep 2013 at 12:54

A 420W PSU is just enough to run a single 7970 on -- not many people have less than that.

Goose · 20 Sep 2013 at 13:04

I dont want to hijack the thread but i'm in much the same position as the OP. My rig is in my sig apart from my monitor which is a 22" 1600x1050 Dell.

Would the Asus 7970 be overkill for my monitors res? The games i'll mostly be playing over the next year or so will be Rome 2 (when it gets fixed). GTA V and probably BF4.

Cheers.

LtMatt · 20 Sep 2013 at 13:07

Goose said:
I dont want to hijack the thread but i'm in much the same position as the OP. My rig is in my sig apart from my monitor which is a 22" 1600x1050 Dell.

Would the Asus 7970 be overkill for my monitors res? The games i'll mostly be playing over the next year or so will be Rome 2 (when it gets fixed). GTA V and probably BF4.

Cheers.

Probably better off getting a 7950. But if you do plan to upgrade to a 1080p monitor eventually then a 7970/50 will be very well suited. You'll be able to max out any games with ease at 1050p with either a 7950 or a 7970. You'll be fine with your cpu as well. Just overclock it to 4.5ghz.