HighTower Posted January 23, 2013 Member ID: 2683 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 7 Topic Count: 15 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 26 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 8 Achievement Points: 1069 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/23/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 24, 2022 Birthday: 01/27/1986 Posted January 23, 2013 I am looking at a fairly good and priced graphics card upgrade. I currently have a Asus HD5670 1GB GDDR5. Its not bad but want something a bit meatier My setup is now consisting of Haf 932 advanced case i7 2600k cpu ( OC'd to 4.6GHz ) and arctic freezer pro CPU fan Asrock p67 Extreme4 gen3 mobo 16gb Corsair dominator ddr3 1800mhz 256gb crucial m4 ssd ( OS) 120gb OCZ ssd (steam) 2tb western digital black 3x 1tb maxtor hdd ( going into raid 5 for storage) Corsair tx850w PSU going to put a bluray RW in aswell but want a better graphics card
Markoff Posted January 23, 2013 Member ID: 54 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 90 Topic Count: 497 Topics Per Day: 0.09 Content Count: 4547 Content Per Day: 0.79 Reputation: 2331 Achievement Points: 32363 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 6 hours ago Birthday: 03/17/1965 Device: iPhone Posted January 23, 2013 i'm using a shappire radeon 6950x2gb great card .................................. Twinkie 13 1 Awards
JohnnyDos Posted January 23, 2013 Member ID: 77 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 111 Topic Count: 1018 Topics Per Day: 0.18 Content Count: 7527 Content Per Day: 1.31 Reputation: 9175 Achievement Points: 69486 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 47 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 8, 2020 Posted January 23, 2013 If you got the money I'd get a 2 or 3 gig card.Don't care what brand.
HighTower Posted January 23, 2013 Member ID: 2683 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 7 Topic Count: 15 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 26 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 8 Achievement Points: 1069 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/23/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 24, 2022 Birthday: 01/27/1986 Author Posted January 23, 2013 gt loads of computers stuff im selling , a couple of power macs etc and the moneys going on a graphics card possibly couple new monitors. got dual 22" at the mo but would like a set of 24" led
eidolonFIRE Posted January 23, 2013 Member ID: 2759 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 17 Topic Count: 199 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3496 Content Per Day: 0.70 Reputation: 3021 Achievement Points: 26464 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 08/22/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 16, 2017 Birthday: 07/27/1990 Posted January 23, 2013 If you like AMD... I have the AMD 6870 and it's great. It's very affordable and it's performance is satisfactory. (thinking of bf3) DEEJAYKEG and Twinkie 13 2
Twinkie 13 Posted January 23, 2013 Member ID: 3003 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 26 Topic Count: 36 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 437 Content Per Day: 0.09 Reputation: 370 Achievement Points: 3716 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/21/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: Wednesday at 11:23 PM Birthday: 03/17/1979 Device: Windows Posted January 23, 2013 Hey man go to this site http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html and look around at the number before you make a decision. I would say spend as much as you can afford on your new video card because that part is the biggest bottleneck in games today. Most cpus are good enough to feed any gpu these days. Just don't go for a card that is over 400.00 for just a few frame rates. Pick your happy medium on price and performance. Also you need to take into consideration your screen size and resolution that you will use. I currently run these specs... AMD 8120 8core (I know the Intel fans will jump all over this but for the price and performance this is what I wanted so please don't hate) Coolermaster 430 case Coolermaster 212 evo Gigabyte 990x mobo (2) 2 tetrabyte hard drives. 1 main 1 backup 16 gig ram crucial ballistix pro 750 xfx powersupply still running old soundblaster fatality pro sound card xfx 6950 2 gig video card. dvd burner the radeon 6870 is a good card at under 200 the nvidia 660 is good for a card less than 300 the nvidia 660 TI for a little over 300 ( its overclocked) or if you just have money to burn the new asus gtx 690 fore 999.99 WOW eidolonFIRE 1 Awards
djMot Posted January 23, 2013 Member ID: 3189 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 98 Topic Count: 357 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 5257 Content Per Day: 1.09 Reputation: 11146 Achievement Points: 48948 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 114 Joined: 02/11/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: Wednesday at 01:57 PM Birthday: 12/24/1957 Device: Windows Posted January 23, 2013 I am looking at a fairly good and priced graphics card upgrade. I currently have a Asus HD5670 1GB GDDR5. Its not bad but want something a bit meatier My setup is now consisting of Haf 932 advanced case i7 2600k cpu ( OC'd to 4.6GHz ) and arctic freezer pro CPU fan Asrock p67 Extreme4 gen3 mobo 16gb Corsair dominator ddr3 1800mhz 256gb crucial m4 ssd ( OS) 120gb OCZ ssd (steam) 2tb western digital black 3x 1tb maxtor hdd ( going into raid 5 for storage) Corsair tx850w PSU going to put a bluray RW in aswell but want a better graphics card What's your budget. Let's start there. No sense trying to recommend something you can't afford. Heck, we all want a dual 3GB SLI configuration, but that doesn't mean we get it. That said, your config will certainly handle this nicely and be one kick-ass system: MSI N680GTX Twin Frozr 4GD5/OC or for a little less, but still kick-ass: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 OC 2GB GDDR5 As you can see, I'm a little partial to MSI and to NVIDIA. EVGA is a good company, too, where NVIDIA cards are concerned. Awards
Morris Posted January 23, 2013 Member ID: 1942 Group: +++ COD5 Head Admin Followers: 21 Topic Count: 144 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 1437 Content Per Day: 0.27 Reputation: 910 Achievement Points: 10945 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 10/31/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: Monday at 11:27 AM Birthday: 09/21/1965 Device: Windows Posted January 23, 2013 Has to be geeforce its the future.....lol I have the GTX560TI awesome card and only costs around £140 Awards
Morris Posted January 23, 2013 Member ID: 1942 Group: +++ COD5 Head Admin Followers: 21 Topic Count: 144 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 1437 Content Per Day: 0.27 Reputation: 910 Achievement Points: 10945 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 10/31/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: Monday at 11:27 AM Birthday: 09/21/1965 Device: Windows Posted January 23, 2013 Has to be geeforce its the future.....lol I have the GTX560TI awesome card and only costs around £140 Awards
Bama Posted January 23, 2013 Member ID: 19 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 101 Topic Count: 318 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4445 Content Per Day: 0.78 Reputation: 2769 Achievement Points: 29415 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 3, 2024 Birthday: 02/29/1968 Device: Windows Posted January 23, 2013 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-7.html I always check this list. If you can't upgrade three levels from your current card, don't bother.. you will see no improvement. BUDMAN, Twinkie 13 and JohnnyDos 3 Awards
X-RayXI Posted January 23, 2013 Member ID: 133 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 77 Topic Count: 602 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 6896 Content Per Day: 1.20 Reputation: 1376 Achievement Points: 44161 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Tuesday at 10:59 AM Birthday: 12/12/1971 Device: Windows Posted January 23, 2013 I am using a HD7850 and runs great plus easy to overclock. Nice bang for bucks. Awards
HighTower Posted January 23, 2013 Member ID: 2683 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 7 Topic Count: 15 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 26 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 8 Achievement Points: 1069 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/23/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 24, 2022 Birthday: 01/27/1986 Author Posted January 23, 2013 i reckon about £250 is my budget
X-RayXI Posted January 23, 2013 Member ID: 133 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 77 Topic Count: 602 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 6896 Content Per Day: 1.20 Reputation: 1376 Achievement Points: 44161 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Tuesday at 10:59 AM Birthday: 12/12/1971 Device: Windows Posted January 23, 2013 i reckon about £250 is my budget Abuse this page http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=678&card2=664 Change what ever you like to see left and right. JohnnyDos 1 Awards
djMot Posted January 23, 2013 Member ID: 3189 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 98 Topic Count: 357 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 5257 Content Per Day: 1.09 Reputation: 11146 Achievement Points: 48948 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 114 Joined: 02/11/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: Wednesday at 01:57 PM Birthday: 12/24/1957 Device: Windows Posted January 23, 2013 i reckon about £250 is my budget I'm an Idiot. A pound is a unit measure of weight where I come from. Sometimes it's cake. Awards
BoomSlang Posted January 23, 2013 Member ID: 94 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 7 Topic Count: 61 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 565 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 375 Achievement Points: 3842 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Wednesday at 03:57 PM Birthday: 12/03/1955 Device: Windows Posted January 23, 2013 http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/graphics-cards,1.html This is where you go to look up what you want. All the specs of all the cards. JohnnyDos 1 Awards
JohnnyDos Posted January 23, 2013 Member ID: 77 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 111 Topic Count: 1018 Topics Per Day: 0.18 Content Count: 7527 Content Per Day: 1.31 Reputation: 9175 Achievement Points: 69486 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 47 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 8, 2020 Posted January 23, 2013 (edited) i reckon about £250 is my budget I'm an Idiot. A pound is a unit measure of weight where I come from. Sometimes it's cake. YOU JOKER.ha ha ha.I get it.Plus all above links are great.I added them to my Fav. for future reference.Thanks . Edited January 23, 2013 by JohnnyDos djMot 1
DEEJAYKEG Posted January 23, 2013 Member ID: 1238 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.10 Reputation: 4985 Achievement Points: 50728 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11, 2024 Posted January 23, 2013 Has to be geeforce its the future.....lol I have the GTX560TI awesome card and only costs around £140 Yeah, you said that already... Yeah, you said that already... Awards
DEEJAYKEG Posted January 23, 2013 Member ID: 1238 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.10 Reputation: 4985 Achievement Points: 50728 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11, 2024 Posted January 23, 2013 i reckon about £250 is my budget Warminster? Choose a card that helps design good crop circles! Awards
Astronomer Posted January 24, 2013 Member ID: 2069 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 24 Topic Count: 214 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 2411 Content Per Day: 0.46 Reputation: 2409 Achievement Points: 18298 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 12/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 08/08/1966 Posted January 24, 2013 I'm running 2x EVGA GTX 680's, 2Gb. Sweet frame-rates at high graphic levels, though one would be more than enough. I'm an over-clocker and I hack the crap out of my hardware (custom firmware on the video cards to unlock voltages and other goodies to boost overclocks) . These are top-notch cards, though you can get 95% of the performance at a better price with the 670's. Awards
Astronomer Posted January 24, 2013 Member ID: 2069 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 24 Topic Count: 214 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 2411 Content Per Day: 0.46 Reputation: 2409 Achievement Points: 18298 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 12/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 08/08/1966 Posted January 24, 2013 i reckon about £250 is my budget Just saw this...Good deals on the nVidia 660's and 670's. You can add another one later on to give yourself a serious performance boost if you need it. Awards
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