Hey guys, I could do with abit of help, I've been playing about with my new build, which i bought from yourselves at OcUK, everythings been fine so far, but im looking to upgrade my graphics card from a nVidia 9400GT, because i have been told this card is utter garbage, and myself, i haven't been paying attention much as i am not a hardcore PC Gamer, i do not play any games which require the best graphics.
However i am looking to start some PC gaming, I have heard theres a certain x-factor which you dont get from console gaming. Therefore i require a new Card, As i said im not interested in the GPU Intensive games, such as Crysis and such. I would love to play abit of GRID and theres probably more games which i'd fancy.
I know this card is far from great as it is the most stripped down card i have ever seen, no casing and no fan, also it injurs my windows experience index, @ 4.7 for Graphics and 5.7 for Gaming Graphics, whereas my CPU is 7.3 and memory is 7.5.
My budget is square on, £200, I have been looking at the Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4890 Vapor-X 2048MB GDDR5 - £185.99
Which is currently on offer
Any card has to be strictly ATi only please, I have a strong dislike for nVidia, they will not get any of my money, due to their "way of going about things", my current card was kindly donated to me
Please can you tell me what im getting myself into, and what i would get out of it. I am also told 4870x2 Cards are good.
Edit: Forgot to mention, im on 1440x900, my only other display is 32", which is far too big, hurts my eyes
However i am looking to start some PC gaming, I have heard theres a certain x-factor which you dont get from console gaming. Therefore i require a new Card, As i said im not interested in the GPU Intensive games, such as Crysis and such. I would love to play abit of GRID and theres probably more games which i'd fancy.
I know this card is far from great as it is the most stripped down card i have ever seen, no casing and no fan, also it injurs my windows experience index, @ 4.7 for Graphics and 5.7 for Gaming Graphics, whereas my CPU is 7.3 and memory is 7.5.
My budget is square on, £200, I have been looking at the Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4890 Vapor-X 2048MB GDDR5 - £185.99
Which is currently on offer
Any card has to be strictly ATi only please, I have a strong dislike for nVidia, they will not get any of my money, due to their "way of going about things", my current card was kindly donated to me
Please can you tell me what im getting myself into, and what i would get out of it. I am also told 4870x2 Cards are good.
Edit: Forgot to mention, im on 1440x900, my only other display is 32", which is far too big, hurts my eyes
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