Upgrade from 8800GT 512mb?

[quaid]

Hello gang,

currently have the above card, 4gb of ddr2, Q6600 and BF3 if as little shaky...

think now would be a good time for an upgrade.

What do you suggest for around £150? thinking 560ti but that is a little out of my range... anything else worth a look or wait for a bit?

running 1920x1080 by the way.

Thanks in advance,

Q

 

[Swagger187]

I would wait for a bit and do a whole system upgrade if I was you.

 

[arc@css]

AMD's 7000 series are out soon, might give you a chance to gather some more cash.


If you'd rather buy right now then take a look at these :

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-132-MS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1341


http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-252-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1866


Personally, although a 560 / 6870 would be great improvement on what you already have, ideally I'd want something a little more powerful than the above.

 

[MooMoo444]

To get good performance out of BF3 at 1080p for that budget is asking a lot really, it's a very demanding game.

If you shop around you can get a 560Ti for a little over your budget, so hold off on the beers for a little while and you're good to go

 

[quaid]

Thanks for the advice,

so, in short, 560ti would be 'decent' and a good stopgap before a complete rebuild sometime next year?

Q

 

[Devlish]

q6600 oc'd? there may be a bottleneck but youll still have an improvement. Me, im in something of the same predicament, only im going to wait until january to take advantage of the incoming cpu/gpu's.

 

[arc@css]

Thanks for the advice,

so, in short, 560ti would be 'decent' and a good stopgap before a complete rebuild sometime next year?

Q

Absolutely.

 

[GTO656]

Yeh the 560ti would be great.