help to buy a Graphics Card for under Â£100.00

daz300 · 10-11-2010, 19:37

hello ,

i am looking to get a new Graphics Card i have a geforce 8800 gt now and would like to update it to a nice new power full one i have around Â£100 to spend and would like to stay with nVIDIA i just need help to pick what one ..

thanks for any help

daz300

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i was thinking about this one : http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...-142-OK&tool=3

or

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/237671

daz300

djmagnifique · 10-11-2010, 19:37

For your budget you can get a GTS250 which isn't much of a jump from what you have at the moment (it's comparable to a 8800/980 gtx+) or a GTS 450 but i've not had any experiance with them so you would need to do a little research into its performance.

It doesn't really matter which manufacturer you go for as the cards are basically the same, usually just different coolers on them. go for whichever gives the best warenty for your price range.

Taf · 10-11-2010, 20:15

Remember that adding a more powerful new graphics card may also require a more powerful power supply... and may even require a more powerful power supply which has the extra lead to directly power the card.

I fell foul of those little problems....

But there is another solution: http://compreviews.about.com/od/case...ementalPSU.htm

DocDutch · 10-11-2010, 20:34

okay you got the 8800 so psu shouldn't be an issue. Now i'm not that full of knowledge on nvidia but the 450 series should do pretty well

Tightscot · 10-11-2010, 21:18

If you can stretch a bit (or get someone you know to stick it through the business, saving the VAT) then i'd recommend a GTX460 like this one: Linkage

damien c · 10-11-2010, 21:25

If you want a new graphic's card, then really you should be looking atleast at a GTX 460 1gb version they, are around Â£150 but they offer massive improvement's over the GTS 450 and lower.

Tightscot · 10-11-2010, 21:29

the card i linked to 'only' has 768mb ram, rather than 1GB, but imo the extra Â£ simply isn't worth the extra couple of fps you get with the bigger card.

damien c · 10-11-2010, 22:16

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Originally Posted by Tightscot

the card i linked to 'only' has 768mb ram, rather than 1GB, but imo the extra Â£ simply isn't worth the extra couple of fps you get with the bigger card.

The 1gb version is not only more powerfull but uses less power and runs cooler aswell, as it is a slighlty different version of the Fermi chip.

Also I expect the price's of the 480's and 470's to drop when the rest of the 5 series come along, as you can get a GTX 580 now for Â£400 which is cheaper than some of the GTX 480's.

Also as for performance if they ever wanted to and had a sli board then 2 GTX 460's 1gb in sli perform far better than a single GTX 480 aswell, and cost around the same price.

Tightscot · 10-11-2010, 22:20

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Originally Posted by damien c

The 1gb version is not only more powerfull but uses less power ......

All true, but the budget is Â£100

AntiSilence · 10-11-2010, 23:57

I bought a Gigabyte GTX460 1Gb OC the other week and it's excellent for the money (about Â£150 now). And I plan to SLI it next year when I've saved some more money.

daz300 · 11-11-2010, 00:48

i do can will over time can SLI the card . i was hopeing to get one now then save up to get the next one . thank for the help so far buy i do only have Â£100. to spend .

thanks daz300