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8800GTS 320 replacement

If you don't mind going AMD, the 6670 1GB at £60 is a good option, as it has on par performance with 8800GT/9800GT, but is much lower power consumption, cooler running and has dx11 support.

Reviewer here:
http://www.hardwareheaven.com/revie...-6570-graphics-cards-review-introduction.html

I'm afraid Nvidia got nothing to offer with around the same performance as the 6670 new at £60 price point at the moment.
 
What resolution do you run? Cpu and clock speed?

The AMD 6500 series would be an improvement though not by that much. Maybe look at the 6600 range, one or two are approximately about within your budget.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=56&subid=1984

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=56&subid=1983


Atm there are some nVidia refurb deals, check these out. Something like a 9800gt 512mb (currently on a weekly special offer), would be a good card for a great price, more memory and roughly equal to an AMD 6670.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=1914&subid=2077
 
Do what I did.

I had the BFG 8800GTS 640MB and updated to the XFX HD5770.

People may say go for the 6 series, but the HD6770 is essentially a HD5770 in a pretty dress and stockings to make you buy it. It has the same power output apart from an extra 10mhz on the core clock. It uses the same Juniper core and uses far more power than a HD5770.

The HD5770 costs around £81 but for some reason on OC it is £130: http://bit.ly/oM6VC6.

I would look around to get it for £81. In the latest PC Format magazine, the card picked up a Gold Rating and a Recommended product for people wanting a cheap but power GPU for around or less than £100. I have one myself with an Athlon X4 quad @ 3.5ghz OC'd and 4gb ddr3 1333mhz and never been happier. I play Star Wars, Black Ops, F1 2010 etc on full settings with AA and get minimum 60fps.

Hope I helped you out :)
 
That is the reason I said to look around.

I love OC and always use them, it is just the version of my gpu is £130 on OC and out of stock. You can pick them up for around £81 elsewhere.

And to the 9800GT. That card is a carbon copy of the 8800gt. It is basically a 8800gt with a 9 series sticker slapped on it, so I wouldn't bother considering that an upgrade and if anything else, the 8800gt is a little faster in my mind: http://bit.ly/qAkNlT
 
Also to the 8800gt(a bit like the gtx460 of today), it is an iconic card. I made the mistake of updating the older 8800gts... ok it was the BFG OC version (640mb) but used the G80 chip instead of the G92 which was smaller, used less power and more powerful. Got on my **** that one did xD
 
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I'd be tempted with the refurb GTX 460 768MB. Ok it may be a little over budget (84 quid) but it's a lot of performance for the price - link

It's also considerably faster than the 5770/6770 see comparison here
 
Thanks for the replies. :)

I've got a Core 2 E4300 at 2.4GHz. It was a bad clocker (heat) b/c of some issue with either misreporting temps or the IHS contact being with solder not paste. 2gb DDR2 ballistix, WinXP, Corsair 520w and 1280x1024 19"


I remember reading about the 4850/5770 being good cards but it seems they are a little too old to find in retailers nowadays...

Are those cards on the refurb list much better on price:performance than the newer cards? Would my CPU hold me back anyway from a semi-upgrade to something like a 5770 or better?
 
4850 and even the 5770 are beginning to show their age nowadays in newer games, you've only got to read the comparison I linked to to notice that.
Have you not got access to the members market? I know Azza is selling a MSI Hawk OC 460 GTX for around the 70 quid mark which is an absolute bargain.

JIM_BOB7813 said:
Thanks for the replies. :)

I've got a Core 2 E4300 at 2.4GHz. It was a bad clocker (heat) b/c of some issue with either misreporting temps or the IHS contact being with solder not paste. 2gb DDR2 ballistix, WinXP, Corsair 520w and 1280x1024 19"


I remember reading about the 4850/5770 being good cards but it seems they are a little too old to find in retailers nowadays...

Are those cards on the refurb list much better on price:performance than the newer cards? Would my CPU hold me back anyway from a semi-upgrade to something like a 5770 or better?
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Your CPU will obviously hold you back in some of the more CPU intensive games but again there's plenty of bargains to be had from the members market. For example Q6600s go for sub £60 and I saw a newer wolfdale E7200 dual core on sale for £30 the other day, these clock like no tommorrow! Memory goes for peanuts too, I bought 2x2GB of 1066 DDR2 Kingston Hyper X for £25 delivered recently for my HTPC.
 
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The GTX460 is a great card, I will admit to that. It is the 8800GT of this generation. But it requires two PCI-E 6 pins to run and the HD5770 is only the tiniest bit slower and for around the same price and only requires ONE 6 pin adapter to run and uses a LOT less power.

The reason I went with is because of the above reasons, plus I have one lol, and never been happier!
 
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The GTX460 is a great card, I will admit to that. It is the 8800GT of this generation. But it requires two PCI-E 6 pins to run and the HD5770 is only the tiniest bit slower and for around the same price and only requires ONE 6 pin adapter to run and uses a LOT less power.

The reason I went with is because of the above reasons, plus I have one lol, and never been happier!
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The 460 actually uses less power than the 5770 at idle :p and only uses around 40 watts more when gaming, hardly a LOT more power is it ;)

Again I'll post the benchmarks which also have power consumption, heat, noise etc. You'll notice there's quite a large difference in performance - link
 
According to some websites that I have been on, the 5850 is on par with the GTX460 and the 5770 is just under the 5850 so not that less powerful.

Plus the 5770 is highly overclockable. I have mine at 990/1500 stable and under load even though its the single slot version from XFX only hits 65C which I think is great and under 100% fan speed ofc.

My 5770 is more powerful thanks to the OC thank a gtx460 and 5850!

I believe in buying lower than you want, save money, overclock and get what you wanted in the first place for less money.

Just make sure you have a decent case for cooling and a good PSU!

Done!
 
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According to some websites that I have been on, the 5850 is on par with the GTX460 and the 5770 is just under the 5850 so not that less powerful.

Plus the 5770 is highly overclockable. I have mine at 990/1500 stable and under load even though its the single slot version from XFX only hits 65C which I think is great and under 100% fan speed ofc.

My 5770 is more powerful thanks to the OC than a gtx460 and 5850!

Just make sure you have a decent case for cooling and a good PSU!

Done!
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LOL, are you for real? Your 5770 overclocked is nowhere near as powerfull as a 5850, it may be getting close to a 768MB 460 but it still won't be as fast and let's also not forget the 460s and 5850s overclock very nicely too. Besides which you've just been banging on about power consumption yet your 5770 with its overclock will probably be using up more juice than the stock 460 768MB under load, not to mention a good deal noisier with your 100% fan profile :p

For what it's worth (although you don't appear to be reading any of the benchmarks I've posted anyway) here's the massive difference in framerates between the 5770 and 5850 - link

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I believe in buying lower than you want, save money, overclock and get what you wanted in the first place for less money.
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That's fair enough and a good point, but the thing is the 460 is at roughly the same price point as the 5770 is it not? So using your theory the best bang for buck card is undoubtedly the GTX 460 I linked to originally, I rest my case ;)
 
Ok, I may have it wrong, but the way I have OC'd I have had a 5850 in my system for testing purposes and for some reason the 5770 has been faster overclocked than the stock 5850 in 70% of games including DiRT3, MW2 and Metro 2033...

Your point is valid and if I am wrong, then I am wrong and I will admit it and apologise. The tests I have done show my theory correct, but as I said I may be wrong, so if I have screwed up then I apologise.
 
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I believe in buying lower than you want, save money, overclock and get what you wanted in the first place for less money
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Surely most peoples' buying when it comes to stuff like GPU is based on buying the best that they can afford.

As Coupe said, your card may get close to higher cards once OCd, but they can be OCd to even higher. Why would people limit themselves?
 
Indeed.

I bought the HD5770 on a budget for £75 new.

The reason I recommend it so much (even PC FORMAT magazine have this printed in their latest issue) is that for less than £100 you can triple your frame rates against the old 8 series and 9 series with a good dual core or standard quad core cpu with the hd5770.

I haven't got much money once I have paid out for bills, rent and family and the hd5770 (is ok nearly 2 years old now) is a great little card that runs brilliantly with a standard quad or good dual core and will give (with some good memory i.e. ddr 1066 or ddr3) great frame rates at 1920*1080 (HD level) for at least the next year or so.

It is a great little card for less than £100.

A GTX460 is minimum £125 on OC, but the hd5770 is around £80-£90 elsewhere (£125 on OCUK) and will give great performance as the GTX460 will but at a lower price. The GTX460 will give a few extra frames, like the 5850, but overclock it and you will get the same frame rate as the GTX460 but for a lower price and less power consumption.

Even @ 990/1500 I use less watts than a GTX460 under load and get better performance.

This is the reason I love the HD5770 so much!
 
The main thing here is cost vs performance.

You can get a GTX460 for £119.99 (got price wrong above) and get better frame rates, but I think the user that posted this thread is looking on a budget.

A HD5770 is cheaper, ok a LITTLE less powerful, but highly more overclockable and the XFX Single Slot version like mine uses less space in the case equalling better air flow and I will admit this, cooler running than the dual slot design. At stock levels I did run at 33C idle at 50% fan speed, the dual slot version runs at 41C at 50% fan speed idle.

So for the money so a cheap card that overclocks like a beast and is cool in doing so, the HD5770 XFX Single Slot version is the best card for him from the 8800. I has the 8800 and upgraded to the 5770 and never been happier.
 
CinderzFTW said:
the hd5770 is a great little card that runs brilliantly with a standard quad or good dual core and will give (with some good memory i.e. ddr 1066 or ddr3) great frame rates at 1920*1080 (HD level) for at least the next year or so.

It is a great little card for less than £100.

A GTX460 is minimum £125 on OC, but the hd5770 is around £80-£90 elsewhere (£125 on OCUK) and will give great performance as the GTX460 will but at a lower price.

This is the reason I love the HD5770 so much!
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OK ok we get it, you love your 5770, problem is you don't appear to have listened to a word I've said or checked the prices out properly :rolleyes:

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