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Best graphics card for £50?

Benyon

Benyon

Benyon

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Hi, Just wanted to order a HD graphics card for £50 max & wanted the best type for that budget to play games on. My Pc is

Dell Precision T3400
Quad core Q9300 2.5Ghz
4gb memory
Windows 7 64bit
PSU 525w


Don't know much but was looking at these 2 cards

No competitors, read the forum FAQs.

Any help appreciated
 
Benyon said:
Hi, Just wanted to order a HD graphics card for £50 max & wanted the best type for that budget to play games on. My Pc is

Dell Precision T3400
Quad core Q9300 2.5Ghz
4gb memory
Windows 7 64bit
PSU 525w


Don't know much but was looking at these 2 cards

No competitors, read the forum FAQs.

Any help appreciated
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If you want a new card and can stretch to £65 you will get an R7 250. Good for 1080P medium to high settings. Otherwise the advice offered by Nash is good regarding second hand. :)
 
I've seen used 660 Tis go used on gumtree for £50 in Oxfordshire if you're willing to travel which is the best card for that money look at used 660s
 
As mentioned for that kind of money you're probably better off getting second hand. The 260X mentioned is a decent card but don't bother with the 7750 as it's much poorer.

You can pick up 560Ti's for ~£35 off the bay and these are overall marginally faster than the 260X. Get a twin fan version like the Asus DirectCU and it will play older games at 1080p no problem and also be near silent while doing so.
 
try gumtree ive seen 6850's for £20 onwards, 550ti £30-40, 650 ti around £50-60, ive even seen the ti version of my 750 for £65

depends what you wanting out the card.
 
Hi guys sorry for late reply.

I'm happy getting a 2nd hand card if its gonna be better at games than new ones at that cost £50.

So I should be looking for a 260x or 650ti card for my budget then with dual fans if poss?

@ Tommy, Oxfordshire is abit far for me coming from Manchester & my car isn't exactly fuel friendly so i'm thinking delivered or local pickup
 
AMDMatt said:
If you want a new card and can stretch to £65 you will get an R7 250. Good for 1080P medium to high settings. Otherwise the advice offered by Nash is good regarding second hand. :)
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I like the sound of that card and could maybe stretch to £65, which 1 of the 4 is best? wanted to keep cost to a minimum as I only play a few games on my PC.
 
I suggest you use GPU Bench to make some comparisons as some of the recommendations are a lot slower than a £35-£40 560TI, i.e the R7 250 which goes for £65

Here is a comparison of the two:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1124?vs=1337

There are a few twin fan 560TI's going on the bay today and they normally go under £40. If you going to spend over £50 then look at the AMD 7950 / NVidia 670 though they usually go for more than £65 on the bay.
 
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