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Graphics card update please

Gman

Gman

Gman

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At the moment i've got a Gainward BLISS GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3.

looking to get something a bit more modern, willing to go to around £340 ish tops, anything decent t that price that's going to last ?

Cheers
 
Intel i7 950 running at 4.00Ghz
8 gig mem
Corsair HX 850W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply

run games at 1900 x 1200
 
I'd personally go for a 6970 for that resolution. A 7950 can be had just about in budget but it's another £100 on top. Could perhaps wait to see what Kepler offers when NVIDIA release their GPU's. Also AMD's 7800 cards are expected fairly soon and should offer performance around that of the 6900 cards.
 
Gman said:
Cheers.

Any tips on this card?

MSI ATI Radeon HD 6970 OC Lightning 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Deus Ex PC Gam

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-141-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752
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Good card, but only worth what it does in performance. It basically trades blows with a 570 and (depending on opinion) just about comes out on top.

The 7950 for a few shillings more beats a 580.

I don't know if it interests or bothers you, but the 6970 is a last gen card. Meaning its value will drop like a proverbial lead balloon over the coming months.

However, if that doesn't bother you then it's a good card for the money. Just make sure you have the space for it because they're huge. 13" all told. ooer.
 
All of the new cards only have one DVI on account of HDMI being the most popular now.

TBH DVI connectors always made me chuckle as I have never had a monitor with a DVI socket on it :D

You can get a HDMI - DVI cable for peanuts mate. Literally 2-3 quid.
 
lunarwolf said:
most cards will include a vga-dvi and hdmi-dvi adapter in the box. call OCUK and ask them to make sure. pretty sure the Sapphire or MSi will include the adapters, at least all mine have in the past
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Agh right thought they might do that, already order the hdmi 2 dvi anyways , only £3 so not a great loss
 
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