Need a new Graphics Card but unsure what to go for - help!

[Chrisavz]

Hello

My 9800gx2 is dying on me and im getting a bit sick of sending the card back to ocuk only to have them send me another card also with a dead core so after waiting 3 weeks for another and still no joy i masewell upgrade my card, just i'm not sure what to go for now as ati is meant to be just as good as nvidia.

I dont want to spend too much as i go away soon but enough to play bioshock 2 and assassins creed 2 and also cod5, what would you suggest? I want to try and stick with single core cards in future from having problems with multi cores dying on me and micro stuttering issues.

Hope you can help

Thanks

 

[Marine-RX179]

What res do you game at?

From the sound of it 5770 1GB would seems to be your best bet. It's probably slower than your 9800gx2, but it is a capable card that can run games even in 1920x1080 'ok' at the £120-140 price mark. For the games you mentioned it should handle them fine I think. Or if you don't need dx 11 support, you could try to find at HD4890 at around £110+.

 

[Chrisavz]

Sorry yeah i game at 1900*1200 res with a 24" monitor..ive been reading through a lot of reviews and it would appear that my 9800gx2 is faster than most cards even the 275 and 285 in a lot of cases , i would like to get a card that i'm going to see a difference with if i can as i rarely upgrade my kit, last time i had the money to spend £350 on the 9800gx2 but this time it isnt the case, maybe its not worth upgrading at all, going off the reviews ive just seen

 

[Chrisavz]

i play in xp aswell..so i wont benefit from anything above dx9 i guess :/

 

[Marine-RX179]

i play in xp aswell..so i wont benefit from anything above dx9 i guess :/

Then you really should just grab a HD4890. Great performance (as fast as GTX275), low price

 

[mad_weegie]

i 2nd that 4890 option for xp!