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Hey all!
I am looking to upgrade my PC, but money is a bit tight right now. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for me in regards to purchasing a new Graphics card. Which one would you recommend if I am looking for good value for money, while not sacrificing too much performance?
Thanks in advance!:)
What is your budget for the GPU? If you looking for something decent in a good price range i suggest the following they cost between R1050 - R1300,
AMD HD 6670; AMD HD 5750; AMD HD 5770
Nvidia Gefore GTS450; Nvidia Gefore GT450
The AMD/ATi HD6950 is very good value for money. It does fall into the "enthusiast" category, but the boon on it is that most of the reference cards can have their BIOS flashed to be a 6970.
Anyway - if you actually tell us what your budget is, it would also help a ton...
Tech speaking you can't flash it to a 6970...It gets close to a 6970 but then again you can just oc the 6970 and it pawns the 6950 unlocked 6970..Anyway I know I own 2x 6950's that are unlocked and a 6970...Moving along.
Best bang for buck below 2k is a MSI R6870 Hawk, I think they go for R1900 from Take2.
If that's still to much try looking at a Nvidia GTX 550TI, they sell for between R1300 and R1500.
Or I'll sell you my Asus 6870 DirectCU for R1600 :D Its laying in its box waiting for a new owner :)
Well, I'm looking at about R1000-R1500, depending on what I am willing to sacrifice on say, the CPU/Motherboard.Quote:
Originally Posted by wheunis
Around R1600 for a MSI/CLUB 3D HD6850. About R200 more for a HD6870. Asus and Gigabyte doesn't fall in the budget category.
Look at the below link , The Tom's Hardware Graphics Card Hierarchy.
This will show you whats better / worse.
all these model numbers can get confusing.
ATI next to Nvidia so you can see what compares to what:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...70,2834-7.html
Great link, thank you very much!Quote:
Originally Posted by kerbyross
Try see if you can get the Geforce 460, You should be able to get that card for under the R1500 mark now and it is better then the 5770, if your budget is maxed at R1500
Updated link for September:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...ce,3018-7.html
What is your current mobo and gfx card?
On rare occasions you can go multi gpu and get better performance while still saving.
That's the thing, I'm probably going to have to buy an entire new box. I bought my current one when I was a student, back in 2008. So I'm still running an old GeForce 9600 GT (which is still fine, I must say). But I am starting to play a bit more lately than when I started working, so I feel the need for better performance in the graphics department. My RAM is still fine, a good 4 GB, but I'm having to but a new motherboard and CPU as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Prometheus
So I'm struggling to juggle my budget on all the component I want/need.
The GTX460 is good value for cash.
Go for a 550Ti rather
I'll be sure to take a look at it, thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by Kuga
Whatever you do at that budget, don't listen to crossfire/SLI enthusiasts, just stick to one card.
I disagree. SLI has the 2 card limit but Crossfire you can stick in 3 or 4 cheap cards for R1500 and get better prformance than a high end card of the same price or just add another of the same that you already have. It's probably more for enthusiasts though and you need a big enough PSU to handle it.Quote:
Originally Posted by firebunny
A high end card/s setup will mostly go to waste though unless he also upgrades the motherboard and processor as well. By that time it might be due for another graphics upgrade again. R1,500 is more than I would spend on an old rig if I'm not going to upgrade which is why I suggested the second card option that could cost as little as R500.
2-card limit?
You can run tri-sli. And looking at the flagship products the tri-sli system performs better than the tri-cf
And be aware that a quadfire motherboard is more expensive, requires more case room, power and produces a lot more heat
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I've had a 570 SLI setup and a 6990+6970 Trifire setup.
Nvidia cards produce a LOT more heat than AMD cards. So if you are going to go for a multi gpu setup, make sure you have sufficient cooling if you going Nvidia route, otherwise stick to AMD.
I flogged the 6970 and saving up for a second 6990 for quad fire. Hopefully it'll be soon ;)
Last I heard 3-way and 4-way SLI is only available for the high end cards, unless that changed. Twin GTX 460s gives nearly the same performance as a single GTX 580 for about two thirds of the price. Throw in another and it would totally own the 580.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarthSWNT
This doesn't leave much for comparing apples to apples if only the flagship products can be compared.
You all make interesting points. I'll read up on all the options a bit more. Thanks you very much guys!