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Bruno De Almeida

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hey guys
Im in need of an upgrade for my graphics card but im on a really tight budget , about R800 or so +-
I don't need to run everything on ultra high settings just want something decent that i can use for a while longer
any suggestions in my price range ?
 
I would suggest saving up for another 2 months at least so you can have 1000-1400 which should at least enable you to get something like 450/550 in the nvidia range. I don't know the amd range that well.
 
Pr⊕phet said:
I would suggest saving up for another 2 months at least so you can have 1000-1400 which should at least enable you to get something like 450/550 in the nvidia range. I don't know the amd range that well.
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I agree 100%. It might be worth the wait. That R200-R400 difference would make a BIG difference in the quality you can get.
 
the thing is even if i wanted to save up i cant , its a present
and that's the price range
im sure there must be something at least remotely decent

( i can maybe get it up to 1000 )
what would my options be then
 
Bruno De Almeida said:
the thing is even if i wanted to save up i cant , its a present
and that's the price range
im sure there must be something at least remotely decent
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In that case, would you maybe not consider going second hand?
There is some descent Classified Sites in SA that is very trust worthy, you could just strike a bargain and get more bang for your buck.
 
as long as its a trustworthy seller i don't really mind
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well ive found this card for sale 2nd hand
Item: MSI HD R5770
Age: about 8 months
Warranty: balance
Packaging: nope
Condition: excellent
Collection: Yes
Price: R800
 
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That's a good card and still under warranty. MSI makes good hardware so I would go for this vga card for this price.
 
the recommended selling price is way lower than that.
The card wont run new games at full rez.. just FYI . Ive got 2 of those cards crossfired so i get double the performance and even that aint that great, At low res medium graphics yes but other wise no,

There was a 6770 on sale for R1000 at zones.co.za not so long ago, But you need to get a 6850 or 6870 as a minimum at this point in time .
 
Cranky said:
the recommended selling price is way lower than that.
The card wont run new games at full rez.. just FYI . Ive got 2 of those cards crossfired so i get double the performance and even that aint that great, At low res medium graphics yes but other wise no,

There was a 6770 on sale for R1000 at zones.co.za not so long ago, But you need to get a 6850 or 6870 as a minimum at this point in time .
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Um you don't get double the performance, you get around 150%. I know I ran 2 of them in Crossfire.
They are good cards, although they are showing their age now.

Anyway for a R1000 you can maybe try getting a GTX550TI or a 6770. Both are good budget cards.
 
The Joker said:
Um you don't get double the performance, you get around 150%. I know I ran 2 of them in Crossfire.
They are good cards, although they are showing their age now.

Anyway for a R1000 you can maybe try getting a GTX550TI or a 6770. Both are good budget cards.
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So if i get 24 Fps in BC 2 on full detail and then get 52 Fps on same settings with 2 cards.. YOu do the maths please

http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-5770-review-test/17

shows close to a double performance :D
 
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Cranky said:
So if i get 24 Fps in BC 2 on full detail and then get 52 Fps on same settings with 2 cards.. YOu do the maths please
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Is that a constant 52 fps? NO its not.

When running 2 cards in SLI/Crossfire it uses one card as the main and the 2nd one as performance boost. Its called scaling, maybe do some research before claiming such crap. I have been building pc's since I was 9. You do the math.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/245454-33-crossfire-faqs
 
The Joker said:
Is that a constant 52 fps? NO its not.

When running 2 cards in SLI/Crossfire it uses one card as the main and the 2nd one as performance boost. Its called scaling, maybe do some research before claiming such crap. I have been building pc's since I was 9. You do the math.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/245454-33-crossfire-faqs
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If you want close to double performance and sometimes more, get 2x 6xxx series cards as they scale much better than the 5xxx series.
 
Actually it is my avg FPS .. I mean what area ae you come check it out at the next lan I attend. its between 185% - 200% fps boost for me in most to all games i play. and this is supported by most of the reviews as well. I didn't quote reviews when i said it I used RL experience that i see on my own rig under my conditions.

Like i said find me at a lan and ill show you. :D
 
It is quite rig-specific. If you run at high-ish resolutions dual cards can make a big difference due to the larger amount of memory. In the higher end cards the memory issue disappears as 2x 2GB is a large amount of memory and the bottleneck shifts to other components.
 
Cranky said:
the recommended selling price is way lower than that.
The card wont run new games at full rez.. just FYI . Ive got 2 of those cards crossfired so i get double the performance and even that aint that great, At low res medium graphics yes but other wise no,

There was a 6770 on sale for R1000 at zones.co.za not so long ago, But you need to get a 6850 or 6870 as a minimum at this point in time .
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Well I have a 5770 and ran Dirt 3 at fullest, 1080p and got a benchmark of about 28 - 30 fps. He also says that he isn't that interested in running on ultra settings. 5770's have apparently been discontinued and at that price it is very much worth it.
 
simon said:
Well I have a 5770 and ran Dirt 3 at fullest, 1080p and got a benchmark of about 28 - 30 fps. He also says that he isn't that interested in running on ultra settings. 5770's have apparently been discontinued and at that price it is very much worth it.
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Like i said i dont need to run everything full
I do have quite a large monitor 1920x1080 as the native resolution
I just want something that can run newish games at decent frame rates
 
The 5770 is fine, I was just saying that a second hand one can probably be negotiated downwards of R1000. You can get a brand new one from R1200 and an MSI one is probably around 1400 which is pushing 550Ti prices.
 
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