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graphics upgrade for £200
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Soldato
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ATi 4870 (1GB if possible)
Zotac GTX260 Maxcore
Zotac GTX260 Maxcore
Soldato
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hi mate, if you have a crossfire board you better off getting an ati card which will give you the option to crossfire later on down the line...
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail
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ds3r cant do proper crossfire, dont think any p35 boards can as one card will only run in x4 and not x16.
But id go with a 4870!
But id go with a 4870!
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Hi stinka, with the kind of budget that you have, there is either the ATI Radeon 4870 series for example this one here or the Nvidia Geforce GTX 260 Core 216 cards such as this one here. They are both fantastic cards and are very closely matched in performance so which ever one you choose, I'm sure you will be happy with it. 
To help you choose though, have a look at the following articles which are both well worth reading:
Guru3D - Top 10 games Radeon 4870 1 GB & GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 test
Bit-Tech - Christmas 2008 Graphics Performance on Core i7
Now, with regards to crossfire. If this here (The link is now fixed) is the motherboard that you have then unfortunately you wouldn't be able to run dual graphics cards since it only has one pci-express slot.
To help you choose though, have a look at the following articles which are both well worth reading:
Guru3D - Top 10 games Radeon 4870 1 GB & GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 test
Bit-Tech - Christmas 2008 Graphics Performance on Core i7
Now, with regards to crossfire. If this here (The link is now fixed) is the motherboard that you have then unfortunately you wouldn't be able to run dual graphics cards since it only has one pci-express slot.
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Soldato
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Hi stinka, with the kind of budget that you have, there is either the ATI Radeon 4870 series for example this one here or the Nvidia Geforce GTX 260 Core 216 cards such as this one here. They are both fantastic cards and are very closely matched in performance so which ever one you choose, I'm sure you will be happy with it.
To help you choose though, have a look at the following articles which are both well worth reading:
Guru3D - Top 10 games Radeon 4870 1 GB & GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 test
Bit-Tech - Christmas 2008 Graphics Performance on Core i7
Now, with regards to crossfire. If this here is the motherboard that you have then unfortunately you wouldn't be able to run dual graphics cards since it only has one pci-express slot.
See, I was gonna put up an informative post like that, but I graciously let Fire Wizard take the glory.