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Which card to upgrade to for <£100?

manveruppd

manveruppd

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Want to move up from my HD3850, but not quite sure what to. Is it possible to get a significant upgrade for under £100, or would I need to spend more in order to really feel a difference? It's to be teamed up with an E2180 oc'ed to 3GHz, so don't suggest a card so fast that it would be held back by my CPU. My PSU is an oldish Antec NeoHD 500W, so that's a consideration too. Basically, if I can get a decent boost out of just changing the graphics card, I will, but if I'd need a new CPU or PSU as well then I'd rather wait and upgrade my entire system. Willing to go used as well. Any suggestions?
 
It's a pretty new card, reckon my 500W Antec will be up for the job? Not that I've got massive amounts of other stuff hooked up, but I do have Vcore bumped up a tad.
 
manveruppd said:
It's a pretty new card, reckon my 500W Antec will be up for the job? Not that I've got massive amounts of other stuff hooked up, but I do have Vcore bumped up a tad.
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Yeah will be fine, I've got a Corsair 520W running a 5850 and Intel i5.
 
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