recommend me a card...

[mattyy]

I have around £70 to spend for a new card.

I will be wanting to game on a resolution of 1680*1050. I would like to play all current games at decent settings. I also have a 37" LCD I would like to use for movie playback, I very much doubt I'd be using it for gaming (have my PS3 for that).

Recommend away, budget may stretch if persuaded to although I will have to wait longer if thats the case.

Thanks. =) Merry Christmas

Edit - Hmm thought I posted in the graphics card section... Sorry!

 

[JimAroo]

8800GT best bang for buck for £70, can be picked up for less.

Next best card would be a 4850: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail

But that would almost be doubling your budget, so I'd go with the 8800GT personally.

 

[Kennysevenfold]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...T 1024MB DDR2 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail

 

[mattyy]

What about the Powercolour HD4670

It has the following :
Graphics Engine - RADEON HD4670
Video Memory - 512MB GDDR3
Engine Clock - 750MHz
Memory Clock - 1000MHz x 2
Memory Interface - 128bit
DirectX Support - 10.1
Bus Standard - PCI-E 2.0

The clock speeds are only slightly lower than the HD4870... At £70 am I missing something about this card?

 

[VortexA1]

What about the Powercolour HD4670

It has the following :
Graphics Engine - RADEON HD4670
Video Memory - 512MB GDDR3
Engine Clock - 750MHz
Memory Clock - 1000MHz x 2
Memory Interface - 128bit
DirectX Support - 10.1
Bus Standard - PCI-E 2.0

The clock speeds are only slightly lower than the HD4870... At £70 am I missing something about this card?

The HD4870 also has a 256 bit memory interface. Don't know if that makes much of a difference...so I guess twice the throughput if it needs it.

 

[reflux]

What about the Powercolour HD4670

It has the following :
Graphics Engine - RADEON HD4670
Video Memory - 512MB GDDR3
Engine Clock - 750MHz
Memory Clock - 1000MHz x 2
Memory Interface - 128bit
DirectX Support - 10.1
Bus Standard - PCI-E 2.0

The clock speeds are only slightly lower than the HD4870... At £70 am I missing something about this card?

The 4870 is significantly faster, having 800 stream processors instead of 320, a 256 bit memory interface and GDDR5 running at 3.6ghz or something ridiculous.

But for your uses, a 4670 or an 8800GT would suffice

 

[liquidex]

At 1680x1050 in some games a 4670 will just about be playable. Think its better suited for gaming at 1280x1024. Probably a 8800gt will be a better bet or a hd3870.

 

[TheRealDeal]

8800gt will be your best bet if you plan on gaming a little 4670 would be better for your other uses.

 

[coupe69]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...T 1024MB DDR2 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail

There's no way I could recommend that for gaming especially at 1680*1050, It's got slow DDR2 memory and a crippling 128 bit memory bus. Get a second hand 8800GT or even a GTX if you can find one cheap enough, failing that get this 9600GT for 76 quid, almost as good as an 8800GT and a damn sight better than that 9500GT, it's worth the extra tenner for sure.

 

[willy]

For that money probably HIS IceQ Turbo 4670.

It's excellent card i can say as i was using it and then changed to 4870 1gb

 

[Leutrim.23]

Get the 4670 1gb, from HIS I think. It's got 1gb and will play most games on medium/max settings at your resolution. It's the one I'm going to get for my brother, since its mid range, fast, OC'able, cool and has 1024mb

 

[AMG]

8800 i would say cheapish and very powerfull and is still up there

 

[Natima]

For that money probably HIS IceQ Turbo 4670.

It's excellent card i can say as i was using it and then changed to 4870 1gb

I agree with this wise man.
Good value for money! My brother has been using it at that res and its awesome for the price.