Graphics Cards Debate

[Glordit]

PC Gaming is cheaper than ever these days All you need for a PC that can play most games is about R3000, even if it means buying second-hand. Why don't you start saving up? I give roughly this exact list to anyone who was looking for something on the cheap:

Intel Celeron G1610 @ R477
MSI H61M-P20 (G3) @ R465
Corsair Value Select 4GB DDR3-1333 @ R385
Sapphire Radeon HD6670 1GB GDDR3 @ R866
Seagate Barracuda 500GB @ R656
LG GH24NS90 DVD-RW @ R170
Thermaltake V2 w/ 350W PSU @ R381
Total: R3400

That would play most things nicely enough at 720p and medium settings.

Celeron? 2 core's and 2 threads.... I smell a pentium G rebrand.

[B1nary]

So the gtx 760 is out, what i dont get is whats going on with pricing from what i have read its a bit faster and supposed to be cheaper than the 660ti but the SA prices i have seen are like R1000 more than the 660ti.

[Wesley]

So the gtx 760 is out, what i dont get is whats going on with pricing from what i have read its a bit faster and supposed to be cheaper than the 660ti but the SA prices i have seen are like R1000 more than the 660ti.

Local stock is sometimes based on the Dollar exchange rate and sometimes based on the British Pound, it depends where we're importing the product from. Some retailers also like to keep the prices artificially higher to clear out older stock first.

[Ike_009]

The 660ti cards would have been imported at $1=R8 and the 760 when it was R10, that should show why we aren't getting the cheaper price.

Also as said above, clearance of old stock also counts

[B1nary]

Local stock is sometimes based on the Dollar exchange rate and sometimes based on the British Pound, it depends where we're importing the product from. Some retailers also like to keep the prices artificially higher to clear out older stock first.

Im going to go with the keep artificially high, i wonder how long before the price drops. Im itching to upgrade my 560ti

[Wesley]

Im itching to upgrade my 560ti

Epic cards, those. They've clawed onto their performance amazingly well.

[Glordit]

Im going to go with the keep artificially high, i wonder how long before the price drops. Im itching to upgrade my 560ti

Would rather keep it around a little longer, I am only leaving my GTX 560 next year in June/July.

[B1nary]

Would rather keep it around a little longer, I am only leaving my GTX 560 next year in June/July.

I'm torn about whether or not i should, I'm wondering what dragon age 3 is going to do to it amongst other up and coming titles.

mm i just noticed they have changed the release date to next year http://www.examiner.com/article/drag...alia-explained

in which case i suppose its not needed right away , wait and see what happens in the gpu market

[Tydmors]

Does anybody have any remarks about GeForce GT630 1GB.
Matrix Warehouse has it on special for R579 - http://www.matrixonlineshop.co.za/august/August.pdf

Is it worth getting?

[chan0o]

Does anybody have any remarks about GeForce GT630 1GB.
Matrix Warehouse has it on special for R579 - http://www.matrixonlineshop.co.za/august/August.pdf

Is it worth getting?

My lappy runs the brother of that, 630M 2Gb version. It's great for displaying multiple screens and playing HD movies.
However, if you want to play games, you'll have to settle for 1280x720 res.