best used gpu for 1080p gaming?

[yannis76]

Hi,

We are on a very tight budget and with psu of 430w.
Which card would you suggest for 1080p gaming?
Cpu: Athlon x4 and budget 100€

Thx

 

[medseven]

The radeon 6870's are quite nice cards and can be had for less than a 100!

 

[humbug]

I have seen 6950's and GTX 480's for ~£100

 

[Borsch]

GTX480, particularly factory OCed ones. No chance running them with your PSU though.

 

[~>Dg<~]

what make psu ?

 

[yannis76]

what make psu ?

Corsair CX 430W
What about GTX 460?

 

[humbug]

Corsair CX 430W
What about GTX 460?

It will do the job @ 1080P but you should try and get as high range as you can, try for a GTX 470 if Nvidia is what you want

6870 vs GTX 460

6870 vs GTX 470

6950 vs GTX 470

GTX 480 is heavy on power consumption, and it runs very hot, you PSU should run it but it will be at the limit.

The AMD 6### series is a better GPU and more power efficient, the 6870 is a good cheap GPU.

 

[ShakeNBake]

460's are alright, especially for slightly older games.
Should be able to run anything on high-max at 1080p that wasn't released within the last year.

 

[Doomedspeed]

I loved my GTX 460.. Its was great.

I would go for the 6870 though.. Great card.

 

[Uncle_Gravy]

I'm running a 6850, coupled with my 3770k This thing is still playing games the likes of BF3 and Skyrim High/Ultra.

But you are using an Athlon wont get the same performance I would get, but should still see some decent figures, so I'd aim for a 6870/2gb 6950, seen a few of them go for around £100

 

[varkanoid]

There is always this
Gainward GeForce GTX 650Ti 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £95.99

 

[yannis76]

Thank you for all the replies! Let me tell you what I have found so far:
1) GTX 460 768MB...70€
2) GTX 560 1GB DDR5 (single fan)...90€
3) HD 6870 1GB DDR5...100€
4) HD 6850 VaporX 1GB DDR5...100€

I was looking for a GTX card in order to try it as a physx card as well paired with a 7970 in another PC...

Regarding the 68xx cards, are you sure my PSU can hold them?

 

[humbug]

Thank you for all the replies! Let me tell you what I have found so far:
1) GTX 460 768MB...70€
2) GTX 560 1GB DDR5 (single fan)...90€
3) HD 6870 1GB DDR5...100€
4) HD 6850 VaporX 1GB DDR5...100€

I was looking for a GTX card in order to try it as a physx card as well paired with a 7970 in another PC...

Regarding the 68xx cards, are you sure my PSU can hold them?

Yes it will, out of that bunch I would get the GTX 560, which will also be fine with your PSU.

 

[yannis76]

What about 7790? I forgot to tell you its about an HTPC so noise and heat are important.
I will pair it with an Athlon x4 740

 

[psychas]

6950 that flashes to 6970 if u can find them around 80 £

 

[yannis76]

Got the 7790...