what graphics card would you suggest for my new rig ?

[chulainn]

The monitor is LG 22 INCH WIDE LED FULL HD DVI-D HDMI BLACK MONITOR

The speaker system was bought from Play for

The keyboard was bought as a Christmas present for
The mouse is a standard Technika USB mouse

Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3 motherboard
AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition 3.3 GHz CPU
Radeon HD 5700 1GB DDR5
8GB DDR3 1333 RAM
1TB SATA 7,200 RPM HDD
300GB Sata 5,400 HDD)
both Hard Drives have been formatted and have the software installed ready for use:

Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
Microsoft Office 2010 Professional

now the graphics card with it seems pretty bad ? but for 500£ i had to buy it and was wondering what you would advise as a replacment grapics card ? with a £100 budget ?
thanks

 

[Snaggle]

Only 1 real option Ati 6850 ^-^

 

[chulainn]

Only 1 real option Ati 6850 ^-^

is that good ? and also does anyone know if i could use dual cards ?

 

[arc@css]

My personal preference :

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

...the 6850 is a great card for the money though.

 

[shadow_boxer]

Your motherboard doesn't support dual graphics cards unfortunately.

What power supply do you have? A 6850 has similar power consumption to the 5770 so you should be fine with your current PSU actually.

Also what is your current graphics card, will be either a 5750 or a 5770? If your don't know, download and install a programme called GPU-Z.

Here's a comparison between a 5770 and a 6850.

This is a bargain for £89.99 exc delivery.

OcUK ATI Radeon HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **PRE-ORDER ONLY PRICE**

 

[Borsch]

A 6850 or 460gtx - these are your only option if buying new. If second hand- have a look at 5870.

 

[chulainn]

yeah i dont mind buying second hand

 

[Borsch]

5870 is a good option then - its comparable to 6950/560ti 1gb, but much cheaper- highly recommended!

 

[paradisiac]

i have had both a HD6850 and a GTX460 (albeit the 2GB model) and found the GXT460 seemed to be better for games, i found AMD cards had stuttering, but i think thats hit and miss with what games you play. perfomance wise though, in the games i had no problems with the HD6850 there was little in it, so its down to personal preference there. have just got my GTX560 today as replacment for my faulty GTX460, and its better, so if you can find the GTX560Ti second hand in your budget that will be better still.