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Upgrade from a Nvidia 8800 GTX?

Burtoner

Burtoner

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I had my Graphics Card Since March 2007.

Only lately in some games i notice the graphics going very weird, like patterns across the screen in games like Iracing and Call of Duty.

This only happens now and again, but it has happened more lately.

I have reinstalled my pc, updated graphics drivers using the nvidia ones and the omega ones.

I have reseated my cpu, ram and memory, and its still happening.

Only conclusion is my card is on its way out.
I did find my old radeon 9800 pro but after trying it i remember it was faulty as thats why i brought this one to replace it back then.

I did pay £257 quid back then, Im wondering what would be a nice upgrade to now, from a budget of £100 or maybe up to £200. Was looking at 9800 if they still do those?
 
For £125, get a 5770, should play most things on max settings, as long as you're resolution isn't too high. Will be a good improvement on the 8800GTX.
 
My suggestion would be to sit tight with your card for now, and wait until:
A) The 5850 comes down to sanity (~£200)
B) The 25th when the 5830 is released
 
Think the ATI HD5830 would be your best bet.

The 9800GT is a pretty mediocre card, and it was even on day of release.

The new budget HD5670 performs almost to its speeds, and in the benchmarks both were outperformed by the HD4770 though.

Really if you wanted a cheap upgrade a HD4850, or HD 4870 would be a reasonable step up from your card now.

but if you wish to make a justified step up the HD5850 would be it, but its out of your price range.

But the upcoming HD5830 should perfectly fit your needs and price range.
 
Ritsugamesh said:
+1 to the 5830, or if dx11 isn't a must have, then perhaps a 4890, both pretty good choices. I do think they'll perform on similar plinths.
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Well I'm working on the assumption that the 5830 stays true to it's promises; cheaper than the 4890 and quieter/cooler. If that's the case then there's really no reason what so ever to get the 4890 ;)
 
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