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Replacing a 8800GT card

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I'm after some recommendations on what card to buy to replace a Gigabyte
GV-NX88T512HP that has just died in a mate's PC. It was built a few years ago and is a C2D E4600. It's more of a general purpose computer, but does get used for some gaming.

I think the card has had problems running hot, so I'd be more after a balance on performance and cool running and reliability this time round.

Was the 8800GT a mid to high end card in it's day?
 
Is was a decent card at the time yes.. and very much in the high end range :)

What is your budget?

The problem you might have is that what ever card you do buy may be hampered by the CPU you have.

I would certainly look at an AMD 7870 assuming your budget in under £200

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-099-GI&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=411

Free games too :)

under £100 then you are looking at the 7770
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-101-GI&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1699
 
What resolution are we talking about? 7870 seems a bit overpowered for an E4600, I'd have thought a GTX 650 or R7770 would be a much better match.
 
Any chance you know more specs?

RAM they have, what games they play or would like to play, what screen resolution they use would all be very useful, as well as a budget.
 
woody_294 said:
What resolution are we talking about? 7870 seems a bit overpowered for an E4600, I'd have thought a GTX 650 or R7770 would be a much better match.
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Good question, he's got it running dual LG widescreen monitors that look about 23", suppose they could be 1920x1080 but I've a feeling they're lower. Just checking.

Not sure on budget. What sort of money would get equivalent performance these days? £100?

Thanks
 
As long as he has a PCI-E slot, it'll work (i.e. a PCI-E 3 card will go into a PCI-E 1 slot just fine, and I think at 7770 level will not be hugely held back, if at all)
 
Just good value for money and decent performers at the moment. I would certainly look at may be investing elsewhere in your rig, particularly should choose a higher end card than 7770. If you don't want to for the time being, then the 7770 is the place to go.
 
Only issue is the E4600 would totally bottleneck the 7770 (in fact even the 8800GT would had been bottleneck in some game instances).

If his budget and the motherboard allows, he should look into dropping a 2nd hand Q6600 onto the board as well (think they only cost around £30-£40 now). But he should check if his PSU is up for it first.
 
It's not about holding anything back though is it, it's about replacing it with something just as capable but more reliable.

Leave him the option to upgrade CPU/Motherboard in the future for another performance bump.
 
PiKe said:
It's not about holding anything back though is it, it's about replacing it with something just as capable but more reliable.

Leave him the option to upgrade CPU/Motherboard in the future for another performance bump.
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If his friends don't plan on upgrading CPU at all, then a 6670 GDDR5 1GB at around £50 would more than suffice, and not need to pay extra £30-£40 for the 7770.
 
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