Graphics Card buying help

[joecarver]

So here's the deal, would appreciate any help anyone can give me, either product descriptions or links. Thanks

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Dec 26th or soon after

PRICE RANGE: £50 - £75
COUNTRY: United Kingdom

USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming: Not interested in high settings, but Skyrim, BF3 (if possible) and hopefully some more upcoming titles

CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY: No dedicated GPU, using integrated graphics. 550W PSU (Brand new, cost £30)

OTHER RELEVANT SYSTEM SPECS: Intel i3-2120 3.3ghz, Foxconn mATX mobo, 4GB DDR3 RAM

PARTS PREFERENCES: No preference

MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1440x900, although hopefully upgrading to 1900x1200 in near future

Let me know if you need any more details, any help is appreciated.

 

[ALXAndy]

1900x1200? a £75 card couldn't run two meters, let alone a game.

At your other res? find £25 more and get a 550ti. TBH I don't even know of a card out now that could do much of nothing for £75.

 

[joecarver]

Sorry, I should have made it clear I am not looking to game at that resolution, that's the native resolution of my monitor.

I am happy to game at relatively low settings, as long as it is still playable.

 

[ALXAndy]

1920x1200 you'd struggle to do any gaming with a card at that price dude. Even low settings. Half of the problem is that even on low resolutions you are still running hi res textures that need to be thrown around.

I refer to Skyrim as an example. IIRC one 5770 wasn't enough to run Fallout 3 at good settings on 1680x1050. I would imagine Skyrim is a little bit more demanding. The only way I could get it to work was to reduce draw distances so much I kept getting jumped on by Yao Guai. I couldn't see the gits coming

But yes. £100 gets you a 6850 or 550ti and I would see both as minimums in all honesty. They'd get you twice as far as any card costing £75.

 

[joecarver]

Thanks a lot for your help, shortly after Christmas I should have close to £100 and hopefully can stretch to that!

 

[ALXAndy]

Yeah it's worth it. The 550ti and 6850 are both cracking wee cards for the money, and you never know you might luck out and they get a bit cheaper