Best PCIe Card For ~£90:
Radeon HD 7770
Good 1920x1200 performance in most games, some with lowered detail
| Radeon HD 7770 | |
|---|---|
| Codename: | Cape Verde |
| Process: | 28 nm |
| Universal Shaders: | 640 |
| Texture Units: | 40 |
| ROPs: | 16 |
| Memory Bus: | 128-bit |
| Core Speed MHz: | 1000 |
| Memory Speed MHz: | 1125 (4500 effective) |
| DirectX/Shader Model: | DX 11.1/SM 5.0 |
| Max TDP: | 80 W |
The Radeon HD 7770 can now be found for £90, which is significantly less than the over-ambitious price AMD wanted for the card when it launched.
Almost as powerful as the end-of-lifed Radeon HD 6850, this newer board uses only half the power to get its job done. Now that we see a price we like, the Radeon HD 7770 receives a full recommendation.
Read our full review of AMD's Radeon HD 7770 for more information on the card and its accompanying architecture.
Best PCIe Card For £120:
GeForce GTX 650 Ti
Good 1920x1200 performance in most games, some with lowered detail
| GeForce GTX 650 Ti | |
|---|---|
| Codename: | GK106 |
| Process: | 28 nm |
| Universal Shaders: | 768 |
| Texture Units: | 64 |
| ROPs: | 16 |
| Memory Bus: | 128-bit |
| Core Speed MHz: | 925 |
| Memory Speed MHz: | 1350 (5400 effective) |
| DirectX/Shader Model: | DX 11/SM 5 |
| Max TDP: | 110 W |
Nvidia's GeForce GTX 650 Ti is the best £120 card out there. It performs in the same league as the Radeon HD 6870 and GeForce GTX 560 at medium detail settings, but gives up some of its advantage when moderate anti-aliasing is applied due to a memory bandwidth bottleneck. Nevertheless, there is no competition in the price range able to touch it.
The GTX 650 Ti is slower than AMD's Radeon HD 7850 1 GB. However, we've seen that solution's price hit £150, giving Nvidia's more affordable option some space to make its value proposition.
Read our full review of Nvidia's GeForce GTX 650 Ti for more information on the card and its accompanying architecture.
Best PCIe Card For ~£150:
Radeon HD 7850 1 GB
Excellent 1920x1200 performance, Good 2560x1600 performance in most games with lowered detail
| Radeon HD 7850 | |
|---|---|
| Codename: | Pitcairn |
| Process: | 28 nm |
| Universal Shaders: | 1024 |
| Texture Units: | 64 |
| ROPs: | 32 |
| Memory Bus: | 256-bit |
| Core Speed MHz: | 860 |
| Memory Speed MHz: | 1200 (4800 effective) |
| DirectX/Shader Model: | DX 11.1/SM 5 |
| Max TDP: | 130 W |
The Radeon HD 7850 1 GB is one of our price/performance favorites, so long as it's more than a few dollars cheaper than the 2 GB version. It's significantly more powerful than Nvidia's GeForce GTX 650 Ti, and you don't run into a problem with just 1 GB of graphics memory unless you push aggressive levels of anti-aliasing at high resolutions (usually above 1080p).
Read our full review of AMD's Radeon HD 7800 series for more information on the card and its accompanying architecture.
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For an extra £, you get 10-20% better performance.
Easy decision.
You mean 384 bits.
Saying that, You can get a 650ti 1GB from scan.co.uk for £105 now.