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[JJohnson]

Hey guys, I'm stuck and I would love for you guys to help me. I'm currently running a water cooled Nvidia Geforce 8800 GTX. I've had this card for a while now and its a good card but it doesn't seem to run games as smooth as it did before. The reason being is because I just got my brand new monitor which has a resolution of 1920 x 1080.

I can run swtor (Star Wars: The Old Republic) at low with 20-40 fps on low with no shadows. In warzones i'll reach 15 at max, and this is an issue since im a regular swtor gamer.

So, this is why I need your guys help. I'm looking to upgrade but I only have £100 to spend. I've looked around and I've narrowed it down to 2 GPU's.

ATI Radeon 6850 HD or Nvidia Geforce 550TI/560 possibly the 570 if I can get it cheap.

So I was wondering would any of these cards make my gaming much better, or should I get a different card which would make it much better.

Also, considering this I have an AMD Opteron as a processor, so I MIGHT possibly upgrade that instead depending on your guys excellent advice

Thank you so much if you can reply to this, cheers!

 

[easyrider]

Used 5850/5870

Or 460 GTX 1gb

 

[JJohnson]

5850/5870 is better than a 6850?

And the 460 is better than a 560?

If so, then thank you I'll take these into consideration.

EDIT: Thank you, I've looked at a couple of reviews and both of them upgraded from 8800 GTX to the 460 GTX and they said they was amazed so I'll buy this card superclocked, thank you!

 

[chaotic_uk]

5850/5870 is better than a 6850?

And the 460 is better than a 560?

If so, then thank you I'll take these into consideration.

EDIT: Thank you, I've looked at a couple of reviews and both of them upgraded from 8800 GTX to the 460 GTX and they said they was amazed so I'll buy this card superclocked, thank you!

5870 is on par with the 6870 and faster than the 6850
560 is better than the 460

 

[titaniumx3]

5870 > 6870 > 5850 > 6850

560 > 460

460 is roughly 6870/6850 performance.

560 is roughly 5870/6870 performance.

 

[dave_beast]

5870 > 6870 > 5850 > 6850

560 > 460

460 is roughly 6870/6850 performance.

560 is roughly 5870/6870 performance.

6870>5870, less voltage and is at least equal http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/294?vs=290

Also compares slightly better than the 470 http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/311?vs=290

 

[easyrider]

The 560 is not worth it unless you get the Ti version

A used 460 for 80 would do....The 560 @ 150 is not worth it

 

[dave_beast]

OP, what PSU have you got? The older 4** NV cards consume more power than the 6*** AMD's.