Graphics Card Recommendation Please

[GodMac]

The 8800GTX has finally popped for good after baking it twice, its gone the way of the dodo. So I'm looking for a replacement.

The mobo is a ASUS PQ5 with PCI-e 2.0 graphics slot and the PSU is a modular 650W Corsair.

I am looking to upgrade the mobo and RAM next year when I get my bonus so I need an NVidia Grfx card that is fast enough to play latest PC games and video editing but will still be state of art for next year when I upgrade.

Looking to spend £100 - £200 max. Any advice would be appreciated.

 

[spixelspixel]

state of art for next year

lol


For 200 pounds you could get a 7950, gtx 670 or gtx 760.

 

[GodMac]

Just seen this on OC which for £149.99 inc vat looks really good and £30 off:

Gainward GeForce GTX 660 Golden Sample 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

 

[SouthEastBlue]

For £200 it's got to be a HiS 7950 IceQ or Asus GTX 670 4GB DC II, both are great value at the moment.

 

[GodMac]

What about a graphics card in the £150 range?

 

[Orcvader]

At £150 I would say this:

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7870 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H787QN2G2M) £149.99
Total : £160.79 (includes shipping : £9.00).



The 660 trails behind in most cases. What video editing software are you using?

 

[SouthEastBlue]

To be honest anything more than a 7850/7870 will probably be wasted as a Q6600 @ 3Ghz will bottleneck anything more powerful in most newer games so go for the HiS ones on this week only sale.

 

[GodMac]

Looks a nice card but I've always gone for Nvidia so is there an equivalent? I may go with this anyway as I've considered going back to AMD as there 8 core CPU's look amazing for the price.

 

[LtMatt]

To be honest anything more than a 7850/7870 will probably be wasted as a Q6600 @ 3Ghz will bottleneck anything more powerful in most newer games so go for the HiS ones on this week only sale.

HD7770 or HD7790 would be better suited to a Q6600 imo. I find my HD7770 getting slightly bottlnecked by a Q8200 @3ghz.

 

[rolypolyman]

His IceQ Boost 7950 @ £185 with seven free games, a steal and future proofed for your upgrade next year.

Ps: Its not as ugly as it looks, honest, is it Matt.

 

[Marine-RX179]

If I were in OP's position, I would:

Step 1: Try to grab a 2nd hand GTX460 1GB for £50 (not much point grabbing anything faster with the CPU bottlenecking)

Step 2: Upgrade CPU and platform

Step 3: Upgrade to Nvidia 20nm GPU card next year (and then sell off the GTX460 1GB for £35-£40 or keep as dedicated PhysX card)