£60 budget graphics card?

[davetrace1]

As the title says I have about £60 to spend on a new graphics card however I currently have the XFX 4850 512mb. Would it be wise to invest in a new card or keep my current one? Thanks

 

[queamin]

Wait for polaris launch if nothing else it will drop the prices on older cards.

 

[sanaxe1]

Look for a 7950 or a 7870xt for that price.

 

[davetrace1]

I was looking at GT730? How would that compare to my XFX 4850?

 

[Aretak]

The GT 730 is slower than your 4850. Honestly, you won't get anything new for that price that would be worth buying, exceptional one-off deals aside. The used market should net you a nice upgrade though. Something like a 7850 or 7870 on the AMD side, or a GTX 660 from Nvidia. I personally went from a 4870 to a 7850 a few years ago and it was a very nice upgrade.

 

[AiiR]

Get a 7870 second hand, it'll smash your 4850 and play anything at mid-high at 1080p.

 

[AlamoX]

if you can wait 3 weeks untill 29th june, you would be able to get the new card from AMD 450 or 460, the cutdown polais 11 should be at 60-80£ with significant performance boost.
or at least you should see quite the price drop for 2nd hand market when the new line up is released.

 

[ukxenon]

Wait and save a little extra cash

 

[meldarthx]

if you can wait 3 weeks untill 29th june, you would be able to get the new card from AMD 450 or 460, the cutdown polais 11 should be at 60-80£ with significant performance boost.
or at least you should see quite the price drop for 2nd hand market when the new line up is released.

this - without a doubt.......the 730 is a terrible card specially with Polaris 11 just about to hit...

 

[JediFragger]

You'll have to wait a few weeks dude, and ffs don't get a 730!!!

 

[This never ends well]

7870 xt for £60 on avf, if not look cex for a 7850-70 for less than £60.

 

[Jamesyboyjim]

You'll get a 7950 for that money, I run one, still a capable card at 1080p

 

[Shampoo]

Don't settle for old used tech. Wait a wee bit and grab Polaris. It'll serve your long-tern needs better than anything else.

 

[joey1211]

I'm in the same boat and waiting for the new releases expected soon to knock down the used prices

A handy site for comparing gpus if like me the numbering means nothing to you

http://gpuboss.com/
Do NOT visit this site. It's cack

 

[This never ends well]

I'm in the same boat and waiting for the new releases expected soon to knock down the used prices

A handy site for comparing gpus if like me the numbering means nothing to you

http://gpuboss.com/

Fail worse site you could use, just the same as cpuboss.

 

[joey1211]

Any recommendations on a better one? And what's wrong with that one?

 

[Aretak]

Any recommendations on a better one? And what's wrong with that one?

Its numbers are meaningless for the most part. Comparing paper specs and synthetic benchmarks rather than actual gaming performance. Anandtech's bench section compares performance in actual games as a better example.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/GPU15/1248

It's broken into years though and they don't test every card again each time, so might not be able to compare the two cards you want directly.

 

[subbytna]

I'm in the same boat and waiting for the new releases expected soon to knock down the used prices

A handy site for comparing gpus if like me the numbering means nothing to you

http://gpuboss.com/

Never use that bloatware rubbish site for anything truthful. All results are sponsored rubbish.

 

[Owenb]

What is the rest of your rig like? What games do you play / want to play?
What PSU do you have? What case do you have?

There is no point getting a powerful card if your system isn't somewhat balanced.
It also needs to fit in your case and your PSU needs to be powerful enough to power it.

 

[joey1211]

Oh well. As little as I know about gpus, I know even less about their comparison sites.