Sub £100 Graphics card

[Egon]

Have been out of the loop on gfx cards for a while so not sure where to look these days.

Would prefer 2nd hand as I should get more for my money that way. Looking for any suggestions. PC spec in sig below - oh and a 550w Seasonic PSU !

Main aim is to play The Witcher 2 at 1650 x 1080

 

[Lemin]

5870, if your lucky, 5850 for sure.

 

[~>Dg<~]

get a new ati 5850 for 100 quid will probably play it 1920 nevermind 1680 maxxed.

 

[Egon]

Sounds good, I've only done some quick searches myself and 5850 seemed to be in the price range. Nice to have it confirmed.

Any recommendations for a quiet card on stock coolers?

 

[cmndr_andi]

get a new ati 5850 for 100 quid will probably play it 1920 nevermind 1680 maxxed.

+1 It really is a great card for a great price

Here is a link to the card, it is £15 over budget - but this does get you a brand new card with 2 years of warranty.

If you want a sub-£100 card then I would suggest this one or a second hand GTX 470 or HD 5850.

 

[Egon]

OK, looking to pick the 5850 up from the members market. Can anyone confirm that it will work fine in an old Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3P board?

Will the board hold it back at all?

Edit: from what I can dig-up it's PCIe 1.1

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I have an HD5850 1GB and it works fine in the 975X motherboard in my Shuttle SD37P2.

 

[Brumboy]

5850 definitely.

 

[Tute]

To be fair, the HD5850 is £115 new from OcUK, at that price surely it's worth the extra £15 for that "new card" feeling, and also it saves the faff of going through the original owner in the case of a warranty claim.