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gaming card £100 possible ?

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budget is £100

Had a 4870, that did'nt seem too bad. as monitor is 1680 x 1050 max.
but its gone now, long story...

with the above budget is it possible I can get a card that would be atleast as good as the old 4870 ?

Dont want too much noise, oh please no jets taking off lol

had looked at this card on offer. .
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6570 Ultimate Edition 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express SILENT Graphics Card with FREE DIRT3 Game
THIS WEEK ONLY OFFER £59.99 inc VAT

But i presume its not going to be as good as my old card 4870.

Thanks Folks
 
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5770 will give pretty much the exact same performance as your old 4870 if you didn't want something overly powerful.

A second hand 5850 would be nice though.
 
460 did sound ok, till i read it is really loud.
looked at after market coolers but that wont work with my budget.

anyone know what the 5770 is like regarding heat / noise
 
cbr said:
460 did sound ok, till i read it is really loud.
looked at after market coolers but that wont work with my budget.

anyone know what the 5770 is like regarding heat / noise
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mine is pretty quiet, must admit i havent even noticed it.
i had 1, then 2 HD5770 last summer and they arent all that. i upgraded from a 9800GT and it was better, but nothing mind blowing. the GTX460 on the other hand, this is an upgrade/sidestep from my 2xHD6850 and in my experience, it wins hands down. no it doesnt have the raw power and max FPS, but it has more consistant/average FPS and is a lot quieter.
 
I no longer have the 4870, I had a cooler on it with a apache fan :D.

But cant push my budget for a card and a cooler.
Also would prefer to buy new, as some ppl have no idea how to look after things
 
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Thanks for everyones input ;)

Ok lets say I pushed my budget (just toying with the idea)

the 460 above £110, hope its not too noisy :eek: if so add a cooler later ?
or
MSI GeForce GTX 460 HAWK "Super-OC £130. i presume this wont be noisy ?

or going to £130 would you then advise of another card
 
i have the sparkle 2GB model and its not noisey at all, but if your budget is going up to the £130 mark, and you are looking at 1GB GTX460 cards, then you can grab a 1GB GTX560 for similar money.
 
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