AMAZING graphics card for under £40

JamesAnderson · 6 Jul 2011 at 18:32

Well I have to sell my amazing XFX due to me wanting to build a new computer

Not bothered if its ATi or Nvidia or rage, its got to be excellent and capable of playing games on good settings.

Thank you!

reflux · 6 Jul 2011 at 18:33

What games at what resolution?

munz · 6 Jul 2011 at 18:33

erm.. gt430 ,hd 6450? or hd5450?

what resolution are you playing?

R088ieS86 · 6 Jul 2011 at 18:36

Have a look 2nd hand.
GTX285's are going for £65 so you might be lucky enough to find a GTX260 going for around £40.

JamesAnderson · 6 Jul 2011 at 18:43

1280x1024+

something for a 22 inch monitor.

LiamJ · 6 Jul 2011 at 18:44

Probably get a 4870 or something similar 2nd hand for about that price.

reflux · 6 Jul 2011 at 18:46

Yeah, 4870 or GTX260 would be enough to max most games at 1280x1024, and enough to give a good showing at slightly higher resolutions too.

stulid · 6 Jul 2011 at 18:47

Are there any other parts you need to buy?

As it may be easier to pool all your money together and then ask the best spec for it and stating exactly what you need (CPU/RAM/Motherboard/PSU etc?)

So the best parts can be spec'd for you instead of trying to use a £20 PSU with a Phenom 955BE and a £30 GPU for playing games as you are trying to do.

as905 · 6 Jul 2011 at 18:48

LiamJ said:
Probably get a 4870 or something similar 2nd hand for about that price.

i agree the 4870 will run any game @ 1280x1024 easly.

JamesAnderson · 6 Jul 2011 at 18:50

is there anything you can get for new?

stulid · 6 Jul 2011 at 18:51

JamesAnderson said:
is there anything you can get for new?

No, they are all slow and naff.

JamesAnderson · 6 Jul 2011 at 18:53

Spec my PC @ £150 on request by stulin!

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stulid · 6 Jul 2011 at 18:54

But what parts do you need?

What do you already have?

If you have a harddrive and optical drive, are they IDE or SATA?

A Phenom 955BE is going to be out of your range, and a more thought out system will be better.

Reaper 392 · 6 Jul 2011 at 19:26

what is this so called amazing XFX graphics card. it may be better than what we're speccing you right now

munz · 6 Jul 2011 at 20:04

more info please

Surveyor · 6 Jul 2011 at 20:08

Is this thread linked with this thread?

Tealc · 6 Jul 2011 at 20:35

At the £40 new card level you are looking at HTPC cards that can't do 3D but can decode 1080p.

At the £40 second hand level you might get something that was good for 3D at one point in it's life.