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GFX upgrade on 200quid

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Hi,

I am looking at updating my graphics card, I bought a 8800GT about a year and a half ago and has done well but think it is time to upgrade.

I am working with a budget of about 200quid. I am looking at the Nvidia 275 or ATI 4870. Seems to be a bit of a price dfference for similar performance, leaning towards the ATI on price but never had a problem with nvidia in the past. Or anoter alternative?

Cheers

p.s.

On a side note, my pc specs are below, the memory is now upped to 6GB otherwise the specs are correct. If you can see a better way to spend the 200quid on upgrading let me know.

Western Digital Caviar Blue 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD2500AAKS)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency Dual Channel (GX22GB6400UDC)
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775)
Antec Sonata III Piano Black Quiet Case - Black (EarthWatts 500W PSU)
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
PNY GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
 
Thanks for the quick reply.

I may well be able to push the budget a bit if its worth the extra. Will check that card out see if I can find some reviews. I like to do my research before buying components :)

Pay day is tomorrow so a card will be ordered tonight or tomorrow :D
 
I was under the impression that the 4870 was more on a par with the GTX 260 - it is between these two cards that I'm currently trying to decide. I've noticed you can get the 4870 for a lot cheaper these past few weeks than it has been before, but the same goes for the GTX 260.

The GTX 275 seems to compare more to the HD 4890, which you may also want to take a look at.

These are just synthetic benches (there's game FPS scores on the next few pages), you might want to take a look around (and maybe at other articles as well).
 
Power is the only potential problem, in a review they listed power usage for the system under load as 421w with an e6750. The Q6600 is a little more power hungry particularly if you intend to overclock it.
 
aha that is a good point, better check what my PSU has on it.

andrewdodd13: sorry I think you are right. Just typed that up from memory and i may well have got that mixed up :/
 
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