looking to upgrade, on the "cheap side" ...

[CrysAk]

anyone got a link of all teh graphics cards (ATI + Geforce) by model number (latest -> olderst( and best - worst)

?

all these ******* numbers and letters mean nothing to me

 

[CrysAk]

wow, ati's numbering really makes it hard to search for cards of that series

 

[rolypolyman]

Try this list if you can follow it.

 

[CrysAk]

perfect thanks

 

[XeNoN89]

Sorry slight thread hijack

Will rig in my sig also be able to max Skyrim at 1680x1050?


If not what would be a good upgrade graphics card wise?

 

[rolypolyman]

Couldn't see a 280 on the list of cards but if you look at this comparison between a 285 and a 470, I would concentrate on the Crysis warhead example as I suspect Skyrim could be equal or more demanding graphically than Crysis Warhead and you will see the 285 is struggling, even at 1680 X 1050, upgrade time methinks for you buddy.

Maybe this card for the extra memory and future proofing, or this card if you are not too bothered about extra memory.

 

[XeNoN89]

Couldn't see a 280 on the list of cards but if you look at this comparison between a 285 and a 470, I would concentrate on the Crysis warhead example as I suspect Skyrim could be equal or more demanding graphically than Crysis Warhead and you will see the 285 is struggling, even at 1680 X 1050, upgrade time methinks for you buddy.

Maybe this card for the extra memory and future proofing, or this card if you are not too bothered about extra memory.

Thanks, well it has done well, it has lasted 3 years!

What is the power usage like on these new cards, will my corsair 620w do the trick still?

 

[CrysAk]

power consumption if anything has probably got better, i know the CPUs have?

same situation here, had my sli 8800s for 4 years and they still hold up 60-fps on deus ex ^^

just worried about Skyrim! (and hard reset just kills them!)

 

[rolypolyman]

6950 minimum is 450W, cant find 560Ti power consumption but I know the 580 is 600W minimum recommended so your Corsair 620W is fine.

 

[CrysAk]

£65 for a 1 month old Zotac GTX 460 1GB.... worth it?

how loud are these things ... hated to stock coolers on my 8800s

 

[Tediore]

I used a friend's Q9450, motherboard, and RAM (OCZ 800MHz stuff), and it was absolutely fine in everything I was throwing at it (graphics card was a 768MB 460 - admirable performance ), so I would concentrate on the graphics card(s) for now.

The 460s look like a nice option for the money, personally, even though I usually prefer a single card.

Your PSU is plenty. My friend is running a superclocked 570, and a 9800GTX as a PhysX card, which I believe is also overclocked, on a Corsair 520w PSU. The system draws nowhere near 520w.