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GPU £200 BUDGET ADVICE WANTED

Darujhistan

Darujhistan

Darujhistan

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Ok.

1. Game @ 1920 x 1080 on Benq 2040t which can do 120mhz.

2. Will play all the usual suspects Skyrim, BF3 etc

3. Will have sli/xfire capable mobo

4. Corsair 850w PSU

5. Prefer Nvidia but that will not be the deciding factor, that will be price/performance

6. I can wait but no longer than a few weeks.

7. Will happily consider 2nd hand.

Cheers!
 
HD 7850 without a doubt.

Not sure if it's worth waiting for the Twin Frozr III or IV (no one has a clue when they're out) or buy a HIS, VTX, PowerColor etc. Someone told me the VTX doesn't really have good airflow.

You can get massive overclocks on the 7850 anyway so it's definitely the best for that price by a long way.
 
It'll do you nicely mate. :)

I have the Sapphire 7950 and I get idle temps between 32-36 at stock with default fan speed and I hear the 7850s are super cool and quiet so yeah, go for that.

However, if you're willing to wait, get the Twin Frozr IV for an extra £15 or so. If not the Sapphire 7850 is still an awesome card.
 
Barry1987 said:
It'll do you nicely mate. :)

I have the Sapphire 7950 and I get idle temps between 32-36 at stock with default fan speed and I hear the 7850s are super cool and quiet so yeah, go for that.

However, if you're willing to wait, get the Twin Frozr IV for an extra £15 or so. If not the Sapphire 7850 is still an awesome card.
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Cheers. Well I'll take your reccomendation on board and get the Sapphire I think, I like the MSI twinfrozr cards, but I;m gonna keep the extra cash and put toward SSD I think.

I have spent some wedge in the last hour let me tell you!!!

:D
 
Darujhistan said:
Cheers. Well I'll take your reccomendation on board and get the Sapphire I think, I like the MSI twinfrozr cards, but I;m gonna keep the extra cash and put toward SSD I think.

I have spent some wedge in the last hour let me tell you!!!

:D
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Haha, I think we're all guilty of that!
 
Barry1987 said:
Haha, I think we're all guilty of that!
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:D:D:D


Sod it, been planning it long enough. Had the money got it sorted, if not i'd have just spent another 200 hours over the next month trawling forums and looking at reviews and prices.

Here she is in all her glory:

Cost £1195


W7 64 BIT

CORSAIR VENGEANCE K90 KEYBOARD

BENQ 2420T 120HZ

2500k

ASUS MAXIMUS GENE V

8 GB CORSAIR SOMETHING OR OTHER 1600MHZ

SAPPHIRE 7850 2GB

CORSAIR AX 850W

CORSAIR OBSIDIAN 650D
 
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