Are £150-200 GFX cards not a thing anymore then?

[Holst1981]

I remember buying a Geforce 4 ti4200 and when I plugged the bugger in it was 4400.

Cost me around £150.

Good times

I really wanted an orchid righteous Voodoo 2 but was to young to buy one.

The most expensive GPU I ever bought was a geforce 3 ti500 with 3d glasses.
I think that was £300+ a lot off money in 2001

Now I have a £250 Vega 56 and waste my money in other ways

 

[shadow_boxer]

An 8GB RX 590 for penny under £150 seems like a reasonable buy. Enough grunt for 1080p and possibly with some reduced settings at 1440p with plentybof VRAM. The 1660s being 33% more would probably be the next set up at £200.

 

[gpuerrilla]

Yes TV tuner and video inputs and I remember it costing me a fortune..

Ahh yes but then they release the pascal range (1070>) and titans. The AIW is clearance line discounted in comparison to what we have to put up with now!

 

[Orangey]

That was a good one

 

[Orangey]

The most expensive GPU I ever bought was a geforce 3 ti500 with 3d glasses.
I think that was £300+ a lot off money in 2001

I had one of those! My first big ticket purchase too. Asus? IIRC the drivers it came with were banned for being a wallhack or smt

 

[spook2575]

An 8GB RX 590 for penny under £150 seems like a reasonable buy. Enough grunt for 1080p and possibly with some reduced settings at 1440p with plentybof VRAM. The 1660s being 33% more would probably be the next set up at £200.

I too am looking for a stop gap and tempted by the 590. Or a cheapish 1050ti to bide by med 1080p

 

[Brumboy]

Why not the 1650 Super? £150 and a bit faster than the 580/590 I think?

 

[mikeyw85]

Occasionally an RX 5700 can be had for under £290, which is what I want for. I look at the 5600XT too, they're under £300. Try get one with the higher boost clock though.

About 15 years ago I dropped £350 on an X800 Pro, which is near enough £550 today. To me, now, that's insane. Also had a Leadtek Winfast GF4 ti4600 that wasn't cheap.

I think the market now caters to people who want to spend crazy amounts on a card. Certainly Nvidia do. Which is fine. But at least it's possible to pick up a £150 card that will play games in full HD at high detail no bother. 20 Years ago we paid an equivalent amount for a Geforce 2 card that did 1024x768 med/high detail.

 

[Gray2233]

Why not the 1650 Super? £150 and a bit faster than the 580/590 I think?

The 1650S is generally slower than the RX580, it's also limited by 4GB of VRAM which could be problematic going forward even at 1080P.

 

[Brumboy]

The 1650S is generally slower than the RX580, it's also limited by 4GB of VRAM which could be problematic going forward even at 1080P.

We're both wrong, they're basically even!

True, 8GB vs 4GB is a no brainer at the same price!

 

[Gibbo]

Occasionally an RX 5700 can be had for under £290, which is what I want for. I look at the 5600XT too, they're under £300. Try get one with the higher boost clock though.

About 15 years ago I dropped £350 on an X800 Pro, which is near enough £550 today. To me, now, that's insane. Also had a Leadtek Winfast GF4 ti4600 that wasn't cheap.

I think the market now caters to people who want to spend crazy amounts on a card. Certainly Nvidia do. Which is fine. But at least it's possible to pick up a £150 card that will play games in full HD at high detail no bother. 20 Years ago we paid an equivalent amount for a Geforce 2 card that did 1024x768 med/high detail.

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