Gfx Card Upgrade for £200

Sparx

Sparx

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Hey,

So I'm getting myself another BenQ G2420HDBL 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black for myself to go with the one I already have for some awesome dual-monitor times!

As well as wanting a new graphics card upgrade, I currently have the following system:

Intel Core i5 750 OC'd @ 4GHz (WC by Corsair H50-1)
G.Skill Ripjaw 8GB (4x2GB) DDR3 RAM
ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB
OCZ 60GB SSD with 2x 500GB Samsung F1 HDs
Asus Xonar DX 7.1 PCI-E Sound Card
Coolermaster CM-690 Pure Black Dominator Case
Asus P7P55D-E Intel P55 Mobo
OCZ ModXStream 600w PSU
Windows 7 Pro 64-Bit

So I'm spending just about £400 on upgrades, going to be a monitor & gpu - would I be ok with the HIS ATI Radeon 6950 1024MB GDDR5 ?

All in all, this seem like a decent upgrade with an additional 24" benq led monitor and the 6950? :)

Thanks.
 
i would go for the £199 2gb 6950, if you end up using eyefinity you will need the extra 1gb ram for it, get the msi one and unlock to 6970...
 
danewesley said:
i would go for the £199 2gb 6950, if you end up using eyefinity you will need the extra 1gb ram for it, get the msi one and unlock to 6970...
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Do you mean the £209.99 one? I was thinking more Asus than MSI due to 3 year warranty instead of 2 - and the price is the same (Asus is on this week only).. This?
 
trisp said:
Go for a gtx 480 at 200 price point..... and 48 inches of monitor jesus christ you will go blind :)
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Don't.

It's old, it's very hot, it's very noisy.

HD6950 is a good bet, there is very little difference between 1GB and 2GB @ 1920x1080 - but at larger resolutions the 2GB edges it.

It's also faster than the cheaper GTX560Ti at such res. :)

The Twin FrozR II is an excellent card, with great cooling - don't think it can be flashed though!

Think most others can be flashed.
 
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Cookeh said:
Don't.

It's old, it's very hot, it's very noisy.

HD6950 is a good bet, there is very little difference between 1GB and 2GB @ 1920x1080 - but at larger resolutions the 2GB edges it.

It's also faster than the cheaper GTX560Ti at such res. :)

The Twin FrozR II is an excellent card, with great cooling - don't think it can be flashed though!

Think most others can be flashed.
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i asked 5UB about this earlier, and it cant.

@ the OP: go for the cheapest revision 1 2GB 6950.
 
Yeah I went for the Asus HD 6950 OC 2GB version. :)

Btw, I made the order via Hitachi Finance and it came back as Declined! The order status is set to "D_HCR" now - will this be cancelled and I will need to redo the order? I'll do it again in my parent's name if so.
 
SUPERHAPPYRICHM said:
Get the 480's SE and OC it to almost 580 specs! deal or what!!! plus drivers more stable than ati!
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lolwut?! Trollfest was the other way.

A GTX480 overclocked will be silly hot, and it will never reach "almost" 580 speeds.

A much better choice would be a GTX560Ti or HD6950, as already mentioned and greatly elaborated upon.
 
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