Spec me a GPU

[dirtychinchilla]

Hey guys,

I need a GPU for under £100. I don't play a huge number of games but I'd like the capability to run most games at fairly high spec. Primarily The Witcher 2 right now at max would be wonderful.

I was looking at the preorder for theXFX AMD Radeon HD 6770 1024MB GDDR5 PCIe. At £85 this seems like a bit of a steal,do yu think thiswill be suitable?

I'm running an i5 @4.5GHz, 4GB ram. ANything else you need to know please ask.

Cheers,
Jono

 

[stulid]

Arrgghhh - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-140-OK&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1830

What PSU do you have?

 

[dirtychinchilla]

Haha! Is that card substantially better? Why the annoyance?

 

[stulid]

Cant express strongly enough how much better it is

 

[Moothead2]

I need a GPU for under £100. Primarily The Witcher 2 right now at max would be wonderful.

Tell me how you get on

 

[dirtychinchilla]

Haha fantastic, thanks man. I'll try and squeeze some funds out of somewhere then!

I feel a bit silly going for the first suggested gpu. Could you recommend any others? And as this is an OCUK card, do you know what the outside equivalent is so that I can read up on it?

 

[dirtychinchilla]

Tell me how you get on

Do you expect it to go badly then?

 

[Moothead2]

Do you expect it to go badly then?

The Witcher 2 on max brings the 200+ pound cards to their knees. With th 460 you'll probably be able to get away with high settings and no AA. Also make sure Ubersampling is switched off. What res do you use?

 

[dirtychinchilla]

Ok cool. 1440x900

 

[stulid]

Its this - http://www.msi.com/product/vga/N460GTX-M2D1GD5-OC.html

 

[dirtychinchilla]

Its this - http://www.msi.com/product/vga/N460GTX-M2D1GD5-OC.html

Thanks. There aren't any existing reviews that I can find sadly

 

[Moothead2]

At 1440x900 you should be fine on high settings with no AA and no Ubersampling .

 

[dirtychinchilla]

Awesome so is that really the best card for the money then?

 

[stulid]

Thanks. There aren't any existing reviews that I can find sadly

Its clocked between the GTX460 highlighted in Blue and the Hawk in Green
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_460_HAWK/28.html

 

[dirtychinchilla]

And is it possible to put better cooling on that? Sorry, I'm quite ignorant about this subject!

 

[Moothead2]

For the money, yeah . Just been looking around and you could probably even get away with AA and higher settings in The Witcher 2 at your res . Just make sure you disable Ubersampling, that hits the FPS very, very hard.

 

[dirtychinchilla]

Its clocked between the GTX460 highlighted in Blue and the Hawk in Green
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_460_HAWK/28.html

Cool, that helps me put it into perspective a bit. Thanks!

 

[dirtychinchilla]

For the money, yeah . Just been looking around and you could probably even get away with AA and higher settings in The Witcher 2 at your res . Just make sure you disable Ubersampling, that hits the FPS very, very hard.

Alright, that's excellent! Now to find £110...

Edit: Going up the price range a bit to maybe £130, would I be able to get a lot more for my money?

 

[stulid]

Edit: Going up the price range a bit to maybe £130, would I be able to get a lot more for my money?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-190-XF&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1866

Two free games worth £££

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/290?vs=313

 

[dirtychinchilla]

I saw that in the deals thread. It looks pretty good, tho I'm uninterested in the games. Is it worth the extra £20?