Graphics Card Upgrade

[Montego]

Hi there, I'm looking for some advice on upgrading to a better graphics card (currently using a Radeon HD 5770) for around the £150 mark. I'll be getting a 24" monitor at some point so I'd like something a bit beefier to handle gaming at a higher resolution and generally get better overall performance.

My specs are: MSI P67A-C45 board, OCZ ZS series 600w PSU, Intel Core i5-2500k 3.30GHz and 4gb ram. I'm not sure if you will need any more information on the spec.

Any suggestions would be great, thanks in advance.

 

[thefogo]

There are a few 280s around the £150 mark. That's what I would go with.

 

[arc@css]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-221-XF&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1842

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-143-GI&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1842

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-171-PC&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1842

 

[Montego]

I take it there's not much in it between those cards you linked?

The 60gb SSD is swaying me towards the XFX which shows how much I know

Thanks for the help.

 

[arc@css]

I take it there's not much in it between those cards you linked?

The 60gb SSD is swaying me towards the XFX which shows how much I know

Thanks for the help.

No, not much. I've linked them in order of personal preference.

I've had the same cooler (re : second link) on my previous two graphics cards, and they were excellent for cool and quiet operation.

 

[biuro74]

Or, alternatively, you might try to get your luck in the "clearance lines" section, I've seen GTX 770 for 169 few days ago.

 

[foster grant]

Nice cards those XFX , plus you get some freebies too

 

[anthony566]

I think a 280 would be a nice upgrade and as you have spotted a free SSD to use for your OS will also speed up you system load times nicely

 

[Montego]

Yea, I'll probably go for the XFX.

Thanks for the replies once again

 

[Montego]

So I got the XFX and things have been going fairly smooth but one problem I'm having is, bizzarely, playing a Youtube video causes a grey screen with black horizontal lines. There is sound and the computer is still functioning but the grey screen won't go away unless I force restart.

Games have been running fine(albeit not for a prolonged period yet) and videos playing through VLC and Media Player work fine.

Does anyone have any ideas as to why this is happening?

 

[Montego]

Crisis averted it seems. I had to turn off hardware acceleration in the Flash and Firefox options.