Need to upgrade my ATI 4890

[Jed Shields]

Hi guys,

my 4890 is starting to show it's age and I'm looking to upgrade. It's struggling on The Witcher 2 at 1920x1200, so I'm looking for something that'll play at this resolution with bells and whistles with a reasonable lifespan ie keep my gameplay nice and smooth for games around the corner as well (BF3 etc). I've been out of the loop for a while, so I've no idea what's worth looking at. I'm not an ATI fanboy, so give me some NVidia suggestions as well

Also, what's a 4890 worth these days if I decide to move it on?

Cheers.

 

[simbady]

Firstly, How much are you looking to spend?

and to start you off

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-079-GI

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-128-MS

 

[simbady]

Just looked on MM

Should be able to get £50 for the 4890

 

[Jed Shields]

Looking to spend £200 - £300 I guess. I usually buy a new one every 2 to 3 years, so I'd like to get some bang for buck + longevity ...

£50 sounds okay, I'm sure my mate would love to upgrade his card with mine at that price ;-p

 

[Jed Shields]

I'm also running a Q6600 o/c to 3.0GHz and 4 Gb DDR2 that I'll be looking to upgrade, so don't worry about CPU bottlenecking the graphics cards.