Upgrading my GPU

[elfoxy]

How much of a difference would it make if I replaced my radeon 6450 with a 7770? say I wanted to play Team Fortress 2 at max graphics what sort of FPS would I get when I am getting about 20FPS with all settings at max on the 6450?

 

[Doomedspeed]

Quite a lot id expect, thats a fairly good upgrade, though the 7850 would be MUCH better.

These numbers don't lie: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/536?vs=549

Theres even a 1GB one for £132.: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-179-MS

 

[elfoxy]

thanks the 7850 is just about within my budget.

 

[Doomedspeed]

Just found *B grade* 2GB cards for £130, if you don't mind *B grade*..

They are either customer returns (obviously not broken or damaged) or Ex-display models..

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BG-307-GI

 

[OvEr_KiLL]

i would ask overclockers in the customer service section on here whats wrong with it...if nothing then i would go for that for sure

 

[honosuseri]

2GB 7850 would be nice, sadly you have missed the AMD never settle games bundle which helped justify the price. If buying new don't get a 1GB GPU it's false economy in my eyes.

If you don't mind 2nd hand, a 1GB Nvidia 460 would be MUCH better than the 7770, I've seen the 460 and AMDs 6850 go for ~£50 on our MM here not too long ago.

1GB 460 vs 7770

460 wins and adds CUDA and Physx support. It's also winning at a low clock speed, most 1GB versions came factory overclocked. My EVGA came a 763Mhz, I now run it at 875mhz. With the new drivers I still find it very capable for use in my HTPC/Console killer.