£220 - upgrade, need advice.

[mattfinch]

Ok, I need 4GB of ram and the best Graphics card I can get on my budget.
Preferably an nvidia card, I plan to use an existing 8400 to run a secondary monitor. And don't want driver conflicts.

 

[skippy2421]

Hey man

before we go finding you RAM and a GPU would you mind telling us what other components you have as to allow us to make appropriate decisions.

and on another note, most graphics cards can support two monitors so there may not be any need for your 8400 at all. (just thought id mention this)

 

[Flare]

+1 to what skippy said and what will you be using your graphics card for and at which resolution(s)?

 

[95thrifles]

gfx
RAM
They're right really, as these may not be entirely suitable, but assuming a DDR2 system and your budget these are best bet

 

[Kennysevenfold]

Product Name Qty Price Line Total

Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4890 1024MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £195.99
(£170.43) £195.99
(£170.43)

Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel (KHX6400D2LLk2/4G) £31.99
(£27.82) £31.99
(£27.82) Sub Total : £198.25 Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £31.16 Total : £228.91

 

[mattfinch]

ok, I currently have a Gigabyte EP45-DS3R, E8200 @3.2GHz, 600Watt OCZ PSU, 8800 GT and 2GB DDR2 RAM.

I'll be running at 1680x1050.

I know about the two monitors, and I know that I can run two of one card, but I'd rather have the graphics card solely powering the game.

Kennysevenfold - That looks good to me, thanks.