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New graphics card recommendation

nexus_6ix

nexus_6ix

nexus_6ix

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Hi,

I built a PC with the below specs a few years back and now my graphics card has gone (bearings went on the fan and now it has a constant red light and is stopping the PC from booting up). Could anyone recommend a new graphics card? i'm not looking for anything special.

Gigabyte GA-X48-DS5 Intel X48 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

Coolermaster Storm 'Scout' Gaming Case - (No PSU)

Asus ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 TV-OutDual DVIHDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail

Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5200 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.50GHz (800FSB) - Retail

Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD3200AAKS)

OCZ StealthXStream 500w Silent ATX2 Power Supply

Corsair XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX Dual Channel (TWIN2X4096-6400C5)

Thanks in advance!
 
Alistair Readshaw said:
Hi,

I built a PC with the below specs a few years back and now my graphics card has gone (bearings went on the fan and now it has a constant red light and is stopping the PC from booting up). Could anyone recommend a new graphics card? i'm not looking for anything special.

Gigabyte GA-X48-DS5 Intel X48 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

Coolermaster Storm 'Scout' Gaming Case - (No PSU)

Asus ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 TV-OutDual DVIHDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail

Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5200 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.50GHz (800FSB) - Retail

Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD3200AAKS)

OCZ StealthXStream 500w Silent ATX2 Power Supply

Corsair XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX Dual Channel (TWIN2X4096-6400C5)

Thanks in advance!
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Whats your budget?
 
The platform is getting a bit redundant now tbh OP. You would be a lot better off selling the cpu/board and memory and picking something up like this

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £219.47 (includes shipping: £10.50)​
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It will be a lot faster then putting any new gpu into the old system and play modern games at respectable settings.
 
Lokken86 said:
The platform is getting a bit redundant now tbh OP. You would be a lot better off selling the cpu/board and memory and picking something up like this

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £219.47 (includes shipping: £10.50)
​

It will be a lot faster then putting any new gpu into the old system and play modern games at respectable settings.
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Excellent post :)
 
Q.

If your 4850 hadn't of broken and was still working, where you happy gaming on that rig?

If the answer is yes then you could maybe get away with buying another cheap card.

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For anything modern or half demanding your current PC needs to be replaced I am afraid.

The CPU is woefully inadequate for modern games.
 
For £160 you can't beat this: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-346-ms.html

If you do buy it, do it tonight so you can still get the game bundle (could sell it off for £50ish). The other options around its price is the 1050/ti but those seem to be WAY overpriced for the performance imo. Alternatively, find a used card second hand, could probably snag a GTX 970 for <£100 (or even a 750ti for £50ish).

Agree with Lokken86 on that upgrade route tho, but it is more expensive true.
 
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