Help on new ATI Radeon GPU

[sooty1892]

Hi
I am looking for a new graphics card for my computer. My computer has :

CPU - AMD Phenom II Quad core 3.5GHz
Motherboard - Asus AM3 M4A88TD-V EVO
RAM - 6GB Corsair XMS3 1600MHz DDR3 Triple Channel Memory Kit
HDD - 500GB Western Digital Caviar Blue 3.5" Hard Disk Drive
PSU - 650W Corsair TX650W
OS - Windows 7 64-bit

What is a good graphics card to go with this computer so I can play high res games like Crysis and do some graphic designing.
My budget as about £140.
Thanks

 

[spirits247]

I've got a 6850, but I think you can't go wrong with this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-103-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=411

or a GTX 460 1GB if you prefer nVidia and CUDA. Perhaps CUDA is better for your graphics designing? Not sure.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-092-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1830

It's worth it over the 768MB model, although £10 over your budget.

 

[spirits247]

Oh yeah, and the final option would be this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-020-HS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1866

Can't vouch for how quiet the fan is though. The 5850 looks like the best deal right now - best for crysis - mature drivers too.

 

[opethdisciple]

For only £5 more over the 460 you linked to spirits247 you can get this, which has a higher overclock on the card:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-106-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1830

It is over budget yes.

You get what you pay for as they say.

Hmm well from some benchmarks I'v just looked at it seems the 5850 is overall still a better performing card than the 460.

I know that Nvidia works well with Adobe products, but no idea about ATI's implementation. However I have been told that it does also work.

 

[sand_dune]

AMD 6850 is quicker than nvidia at stock speeds and consumes a lot less power at full load.