Finally getting a new GFX card on monday.

[Ctuchik]

Unfortunately it would seem that my trusty old 9400 GT won't quite cut it anymore

Downloaded just cause 2 from steam yesterday and my card is just howling of pain even on lowest possible settings...

Thinking about a Asus GTS 450 1GB PCI-E TOP DirectCU (nVidia i might add)

It seems to be quite decent and is pretty cheap but my knowledge of this stuff is pretty much nonexistent.

I have a budget of around £150 and this card would cost ~£120, so if someone knows of a better card around that price i'm all ears.

nVidia or ATI doesn't matter at this point, despite my luck with ATI i'd be willing to try one again.

 

[ECA]

The 6850 is in that price range and crushes the GTS 450.

( the 6850 and 6870 actually give slightly worse performance than equivalent 58xx models by like <5%, but cost like 60-80% less they are awesome price/performance cards ).

 

[Ctuchik]

so this would be the one to get then?

http://www.club-3d.com/products/products_ending_page_7_with_id.cfm?product_id=344

there are other brands but the only difference i could see were that they either had an inbuilt TV receiver or not, and this one was the cheapest.

 

[ECA]

That's the correct card model yes.

They will all be minimum spec, but different cooling/factory overclocks/brand change the price.

 

[Roo Stercogburn]

The 6850 is in that price range and crushes the GTS 450.

( the 6850 and 6870 actually give slightly worse performance than equivalent 58xx models by like <5%, but cost like 60-80% less they are awesome price/performance cards ).

I've got 2 x 6870's in my machine that I've just finished building. The cost/performance thing was the deciding factor. Two of them give much better bang for my buck than one huge mega card. Allegedly.

 

[caLLous]

I bought a 5870 in June, it always happens to me. I will never learn.

 

[Embattle]

I've got 2 x 6870's in my machine that I've just finished building. The cost/performance thing was the deciding factor. Two of them give much better bang for my buck than one huge mega card. Allegedly.

Providing they do the profile properly, ordered me a 580 this weekend.

 

[Yaka]

gtx 580 under watercooled here, much better than my sli 480gtxs which woulda been great for keeping my feet warm this month


tho id say go for the 6870 not bnad for the price

 

[Ctuchik]

tho id say go for the 6870 not bnad for the price

that's slightly over my budget

the 6850 is just about at the breaking point for what i can afford..

how big is the difference between that and the 6870?

its ~£50 more expensive where i live so if the difference is minimal i'm not even gonna consider it...

 

[ECA]

About a 10-15% performance difference between them, not staggering and you won't notice it unless you're trying to play crysis on a 30" monitor.

 

[Yaka]

About a 10-15% performance difference between them, not staggering and you won't notice it unless you're trying to play crysis on a 30" monitor.

then he would need to crossfire, game still brings cards to its knees

 

[Nate]

I read a review about the PNY GTS 450 being a good card for not breaking the bank but also beating all rivals at the similar level PNY GeForce GTS 450 1GB

 

[Jupitus]

I'm after a 2nd gen card that supports DX10 - my lad is going to buy it out of his xmas money as he has got Just Cause 2 to play... other games played include COD Blops, MW2 CSS and the like.... what's the decent budget model these days?

 

[Yaka]

the ones mentioned in these thread will do the job jup.