Spec a gpu for a friend.

[IceShock]

Howdy,

A friend of mines got a Q8400 (I think) processor.

And hes using a 9800GTS lol. old school, and hes looking for a upgrade. something around double the performance or more, budget of 50-60 quid, he wants to stay NVidia though

but aye, any sugguestions? not a NVidia guy my self so don't know what would be best.

Also, he does a lot of 3d rendering and stuff like that, so might be worth noting, so guessing more memory the better?

cheers

 

[Geeman1979]

Nothing embarrassing about sticking with Nvidia. Something like a 560Ti 2GB or there abouts.

 

[ALXAndy]

Second hand tbh.

 

[IceShock]

also worth noting, he doesn't know what psu hes got yet, but he has a 9800GTS in, didn't they use a two 6 pin pci-e connectors? or one 8 pin one 6 pin?

Hes gonna crack his pc open tmorro and av a look.

Cheers

 

[IceShock]

hes got a Alpine JSP-600P12N 600w psu, cant find much info on it, but from the picture he sent hes using a molex to 6pin connector as it doesn't have pci-e power connectors.

so whats the best NVidia card for a 60 quid budget?

cheers

 

[IceShock]

also, he just sent this picture, air flow looks baaaad.

so what you guys sugguest?