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What Graphics Card???

Tomrhawk

Tomrhawk

Tomrhawk

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I don't know what Graphics Card to get I am going to be Gaming most of the time on games like Crysis 2 and Skyrim GTA 5 (when it comes out!) I'll also be playing minecraft a lot + browsing the web and maybe uploading some Xbox vids up on youtube + (editing). I'll be using this PC quite a lot so I need one that won't die on me! My budget is £150 that is really the highest I am willing to go for this. I'm sure i can get a decent graphics card for this amount or less. Please can you guys help me! Thanks. :)
 
What is the rest of your system like? No need to advise on a card only for it to be bottlenecked by your CPU, or for your PSU to be underpowered.
 
If you can stretch by £10 then this GTX 560 Ti for £160 is a really good deal. It is a definite step up froma HD 6870 or GTX 560.

As for the difference between the GTX 560 and GTX 560 Ti - the "standard" 560 has 336 cores, while the "Ti" has 384.
 
As a 560ti user I am realy pleased with the performance. I can throw anything at it and it copes admirably @ 1080P. I understand we have budgets but I would go the extra tenner and do what cmndr andi suggests.
 
If GTAIV was anything to go by you will need one of these.

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And have to turn all the sliders down.
 
Tomrhawk said:
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68
E2250SWDA 22" Widescreen LED Monitor
Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache
Cooler Master GX 450W '80 Plus' Power Supply(I could change the power supply I haven't bought this yet waiting till i find the right card.
Thanks.:)
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This is a decent system. If I were you, I would not get a PSU with less than 600+W. Psu will last you a long time, and good one will allow you maximum flexibility for the future.

GPU- if you are on strict budget, the absolutely best performance your 150£ can buy is second hand 5870 (approx £100) or second hand 560ti/6950 (about £140). The latter are only slightly more powerful, but are newer which may mean they could last longer. If you like bargains, go for 5870, or for 2gb 6950 if it pops up at £140.
 
gregster said:
this realy made me lol but man it is true....the console port was horrendous.
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I tried it on my 470, couldn't max it. Tried it on my quad SLI 295s, couldn't max it.

It was so broken it was beyond a patch. I've installed it every time I got a new GPU and still the same. Biggest waste of £35 ever.
 
ALXAndy said:
I tried it on my 470, couldn't max it. Tried it on my quad SLI 295s, couldn't max it.

It was so broken it was beyond a patch. I've installed it every time I got a new GPU and still the same. Biggest waste of £35 ever.
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I tried it with a 6990 and it was a joke yet on a 580 it was decent maxed out but struggled with enbseries mods. The fact that it's such a bad port is a shame as I love GTAIV and the game looks so good with supersampling mods.
 
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