Graphics card for around £70?

[phil675]

Hello there, my friend wants to upgrade from built in graphics, I've had a look on OCUK and found a selection of cards at around the £70 mark which is his budget, which one do you think would be worth going for or are there any others which would suit the budget?

GT640 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-028-KF&groupid=701&catid=1914
7750 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-077-HS&groupid=701&catid=56
6670 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-257-AS&groupid=701&catid=56

Thanks

 

[arc@css]

This is a little over budget, but worth it imo. What is the spec of his rig? CPU, PSU, res?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-294-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1699

 

[danny77]

Unless they only want brand new I would look at the members market on here ,you get a lot more card for your money buying used, for that money you would get 5850 or 470 which are far better cards then you ones you linked to.

 

[marc2003]

i'd get on the MM and find something with a lot more oomph. i can't help but feel it's a waste of money buying new at this price point.

just recently there have been GTX470@ £60, 6950 2GB @ £75, 560ti 2GB @ £80.

 

[phil675]

Another thing to mention is his computer is pretty bog standard and an odd spec really, he's got a Asus skt775 motherboard with 8GB of DDR3, the processor is a Celeron E3400 :/ The PSU is probably bobbins so anything too beastly probably isn't going to be a great idea.

 

[ArchAndroid]

In that case probably a 7750 or 6670 as these cards don't draw too much power at idle or load.

For an extra £14, you could get the 7770 GHz Edition which would be much more powerful than either of the above cards but I have an inkling that it may be bottlenecked by the CPU.

 

[TrojanWhore]

I'd go for a 7750, have one in my work PC, and it's plenty good enough for an enjoyable experience on older games, or newer games with lower settings!

no point spending much more unless he's upgrading CPU + mobo at some point soon, in which case I'd say 6670, then add a A10-5800k CPU, whcih will crossfire with the 6670, although a 7750 and a decent ivy bridge celeron/pentium might still be better in many cases.

EDIT: the rest of my work PC is an i5 3470, and 8gb RAM, so still no idea how your friends celeron will cope, sorry!

 

[Something Else]

My brother has a G620, and a 7750

happily plays skyrim at 1080p and rome total war.