What New Card

[Staffy]

My ati 1950 pro has finally died (well the fan on the cooler) and I was due an upgrade anyway. Been looking around for something but struggling to find something.

I have at most £75 would prefer new unless the seller is reliable.

There was some gtx 260 in clearance but they have now gone.

I have seen on the big auction site a 5770 with DDR2 memory would this be better than a 5750 with ddr5? Or is there another card that is better?

Mainly desktop (text editing, photo editing, video) used driving two Dell 2007WFP although I do want to play Anno 1404, civ4 & 5 and the older C&C games along with Quake.

Rest of the rig: corsair 520, Gigabyte DS4, (Will be) q6600, 4gb geil ddr2.

Any help much appreciated

 

[Scon]

I think your best bet would be picking up a 4870 from a particular auction site for around £60.

 

[Cleeecooo]

Maybe a gtx 260?
I might even risk a BFG card as you might get a good one really cheap

 

[MoodyB]

Check if your photo & video apps can take advantage of CUDA acceleration.

If they can then what Cleeecooo suggested would be your best choice.

See if you can get a 216sp model as they are slightly quicker.

 

[Cleeecooo]

AFAIK gtx280s go for 60 on the bay (BFG without warranty)

 

[Staffy]

Thanks for that..

I've been looking on there for a while watching and there are some really stupid prices on there. I'll keep my eyes open for those hadn't really looked at the nvidia cards will take a look in a bit. I think the last nvidia card I had was a Gainward Gefore 2 Golden sample still have that in my server.

Would I see much benefit from getting a 1gb card over a 512mb?

 

[MoodyB]

Definately stretch to a 1gb card if you can.

This will give you an idea of performance of cards around your budget in Anno 1404 :

http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-5770-review-test/15

 

[Cleeecooo]

+1 for 1gb