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Alex90   01-07-2012 at 11:26:34 PM
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Hey there :hello:

I put my pc together about 4 years ago now, so it's getting on and is in need of an update. For Christmas I got a new monitor, so I'm now running at 1920*1080 rather than 1280*1024. I'm noticing my games arent running as well now so I'm thinking of throwing a decent, but cheap, new graphics card in to help.

Current pc is:

E7400 @2.4ghz

4gb Ram

GeForce 9800GTX+

500W PSU

Ideally I dont want to spend too much over £100, which I know isnt much. I've been looking into the ATI 6850's. I've also seen speculation that prices might drop soon with ati releasing new cards, so I'm happy to wait a little.

Anyone got any tips for a good cheap new card? Something I can play things like Skyrim, cod, TW games etc on. I know I cant expect highest settings from a cheapy card and an outdated cpu, but high-ish would be good.
I'm planning on buying Battlefield 3 in the future too, so something that can play that at 1920*1080 would be good (though I realise my cpu will be bottlenecking)

Thanks :)

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DM186   01-08-2012 at 12:02:55 AM
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Here is a link that will help show you the different prices of the different cards. They are laied out over a few pages to read and the hierarchy of GPU's. I hope these help.

http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] 085-2.html

http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] 067-7.html

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JackNaylorPE   01-08-2012 at 01:14:37 AM
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Id grab a 6870 if ya can find one within budget.....

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kajabla   01-08-2012 at 01:27:20 AM
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What brand is your PSU?

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Alex90   01-08-2012 at 02:10:28 PM
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Thanks for the help.
Not sure on the brand of my PSU, its a 500w one that came with my Cooler Master case though (I've had no problems with it so far)

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kajabla   01-08-2012 at 04:43:18 PM
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That should deal with a 6870, but I wouldn't trust it with anything more.

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