Graphic card died / Recommend replacement ...

[negger]

My HIS HD7950 just died after 26 months ... just made it past the warranty

Not got a clue what cards are best bang per buck atm and I'm on a tight budget (£150 ish), what should i look at ?

 

[sprite1275]

Probably a 280 at that budget or a second hand 290 for a performance increase.

 

[Geeman1979]

If you can raise your budget a touch.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-225-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1842

If not.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-251-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1842

Both on offer.

 

[Randomface74]

960

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-7.html

 

[Bonjour]

MSI 280, 280X and 285 are on this week only special.

My choice would be the 280X if you can stretch to it.

 

[Bonjour]

Or if you fancy a like-for-like replacement for minimal cost:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BG-428-GI

 

[negger]

Thank's very much for the replies

The b-grade option is very tempting atm, is that simply a re-badged hd7950 ?

... but if i decide for the 280x at £179 what sort of performance gain would i see compared to my old card ?

 

[Bonjour]

The 280X is £169 on TWO at the moment. Around 10% performance increase.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1332?vs=1041

 

[negger]

Once i start shopping i always seem to get drawn into spending more ... i see a Gigabyte Radeon R9 290X OC WindForce 4096MB in b-grade at £199.00 ... appears to be a major upgrade on my HD7950. Would my corsair cx600 be up to running one of these ?

 

[los]

The 280x is a 7970 and the 280 is a 7950, so I would be surprised if you would notice any difference in real life.
I would really try and get a bit extra for a 290 or consider b grade or second hand.
Unless you are happy with the performance that you had,

 

[humbug]

Once i start shopping i always seem to get drawn into spending more ... i see a Gigabyte Radeon R9 290X OC WindForce 4096MB in b-grade at £199.00 ... appears to be a major upgrade on my HD7950. Would my corsair cx600 be up to running one of these ?

With the price of 290's you should really be looking at them, as you are... its a lot more powerful than the 7950 and the CX 600 will run it just fine.

 

[shadow_boxer]

A 290 would be a decent upgrade from a 7950.

 

[Bonjour]

A 290, if you can stretch to it, will be worthwhile. You'll get noticeably better performance and should be able to up the quality settings a notch or two.

Regarding power, I have crossfired 290s, along with a heavily overclocked FX, 3 pumps and 10 fans. Never tops 700W under heavy load, even with both GPUs being 95-100% utilised. More common usage is around 550-600W, so your PSU should be fine.

 

[Doogles]

R9 290 or second hand HD 7950.