Wtb: Graphix card

[fettoken]

Poor as a church rat just at the moment - so i am looking to buy a graphic card if anyone here is selling theirs. Got a 480 gtx at the moment; too much sound and powerconsumption.

 

[BloodOmen]

I do have a 7970 sat there gathering dust but I've got no idea if it still works or not. It gets hot as hell I know that much but after digging around the net I found out that was an ongoing problem with almost all 7970's... problem is I don't fancy mailing it half way around the world lol are you in the UK per chance?

 

[Moriath]

i got a 460 gtx you can have for free but i guess you dont want to down grade

 

[fettoken]

I do have a 7970 sat there gathering dust but I've got no idea if it still works or not. It gets hot as hell I know that much but after digging around the net I found out that was an ongoing problem with almost all 7970's... problem is I don't fancy mailing it half way around the world lol are you in the UK per chance?

Sweden mate. That'd be peachy. Where do you live?

i got a 460 gtx you can have for free but i guess you dont want to down grade

It is the thought that counts. I´ll pass though!

 

[BloodOmen]

Sweden mate. That'd be peachy. Where do you live?



It is the thought that counts. I´ll pass though!

the uk ><

 

[fettoken]

I´ll pay for any shipping fee and added fee's. It's not far away. How much do you recon you want for it?

 

[Ctuchik]

I've got a 6870 i've hardly used and most likely never will i can part with.

It's better then my 650 gtx but it needs way more power and i can't be arsed to get a new PSU for it.

 

[fettoken]

I've got a 6870 i've hardly used and most likely never will i can part with.

It's better then my 650 gtx but it needs way more power and i can't be arsed to get a new PSU for it.

Think it is on par with the 480 gtx, not completely sure. A new PSU doesn't cost alot these days. You should definately get one if you have an old and weak model.

 

[Ctuchik]

No i have a fairly "new" pc, it's just not all that powerful. But i was being cheap so only picked the PSU that could handle the gfx card i picked.

And yeah after looking it up the 6870 it's hardly an improvement. It has slightly better core speed and needs less power, but that's pretty much all it has going for it.

 

[Gwadien]

Ima bump this, my graphics card is on it's last legs I think Nvidia 9800 Gtx ;(

 

[Aada]

IMO if you don't want to buy brand new go eBay you can pick some nice cards there for cheap, GTX 670s go for around £150-£200.

 

[Gwadien]

IMO if you don't want to buy brand new go eBay you can pick some nice cards there for cheap, GTX 670s go for around £150-£200.

Isn't that a bit like buying a second hand condom though? - it's bound to be a bit battered?

I mean, £200 is pretty expensive for something that could be wrecked.

 

[Aada]

Isn't that a bit like buying a second hand condom though? - it's bound to be a bit battered?

I mean, £200 is pretty expensive for something that could be wrecked.

Depends I guess I sold my 670 for £175 barely had it a year and I cleaned it up so someone got a bargin.

 

[Raven]

They didn't really, there is no way you need to spend that for top end graphics these days...maybe in a year or so when graphics make some improvements with the new consoles but as it stands spending any more than £150 on a new graphics card would be like buying a Aston Martin to do the school run. Complete waste of time.

 

[Aada]

They didn't really, there is no way you need to spend that for top end graphics these days...maybe in a year or so when graphics make some improvements with the new consoles but as it stands spending any more than £150 on a new graphics card would be like buying a Aston Martin to do the school run. Complete waste of time.

A 660 is between £150-£200 which is considered to be a mid range card. So yes they got a bargin for a 670.

 

[Moriath]

Isn't the 660 being phased out for the 760

 

[Gwadien]

Isn't there a 'new' generation card that is equivalent to the 9800, and if so, what is it? - I don't want to be considering a upgrade to the same card more or less.

 

[Aada]

Isn't there a 'new' generation card that is equivalent to the 9800, and if so, what is it? - I don't want to be considering a upgrade to the same card more or less.

What do you mean? Equivalent I don't think exists between old and new cards these days.

 

[Litmus]

whats your budget??

 

[Gwadien]

whats your budget??

I need a new processor as-well though, I think that's where the true problem lay.. but I also am aware I need a new graphics card, I'd like something decent, but not top of the range, yano, something like 2 years old or something that goes for like £100, as Moriath said, Isn't the 660 being phased out for the 760, I'd assume that'd imply the 660 goes down massively in price?

Best buck for my buck!

 

[Litmus]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2GB-Power...raphics_Video_TV_Cards_TW&hash=item4d0f4893c9

something like that

 

[ECA]

I need a new processor as-well though, I think that's where the true problem lay.. but I also am aware I need a new graphics card, I'd like something decent, but not top of the range, yano, something like 2 years old or something that goes for like £100, as Moriath said, Isn't the 660 being phased out for the 760, I'd assume that'd imply the 660 goes down massively in price?

Best buck for my buck!

The truth is... not really.
PC Gamers tend not to be idiots, the price/performance is the most important thing and the 700 series is really the 600 series with higher clock speeds on the ram.
The performance gains over the previous gen are not that big and as such the old cards retain a lot of value.

 

[Jupitus]

You can get an HD 7770 for about 100 - that's what I am running and it seems to cope well with big fights in GW2...

Edit: *New

 

[Aada]

Dear lord don't go for an ATI card yes they offer a nice price but they will never shake that title of "bad drivers" and for the most part its true.

If you can't afford a 700 series go for a 660/670 as I said before you can grab a bargain off eBay.

If you need a new processor though do you potentially need a new motherboard? Don't forget a lot of new graphics cards take up 2 slots.

 

[Gwadien]

Aye, I just spoke to a geek and he said I only trust Nvidia..

 

[Aada]

With good reason. Even a 500 series card would offer you great value GTX 560 still a fine card

 

[Jupitus]

'Bad ATI drivers' are a historical myth, I think...

 

[Aada]

'Bad ATI drivers' are a historical myth, I think...

They are slow at updating their drivers, also games that use physX sometimes ATI cards don't take to them well.

I've owned ATI cards up to the 5000 series and switching to Nvidia was one of the best things I did, I wouldn't go back to ATI after going to Nvidia.

Unless you are going 7970 there isn't really a reason to go ATI.

 

[Litmus]

bad ati drivers is a load of bollocks, maybe 10 years ago.... shame shit sticks

 

[Raven]

Aada in not having a clue what he is talking about shocker.

Never had a problem with ATI drivers.