xJamesG Posted January 30, 2011 Author Share Posted January 30, 2011 Before spending on a new Graphics card be sure your power supply can handle the increased load. Most off the shelf name brand computers have weak power supplies that can barely run the included components. And a good vid card will need a lot more power and cooling than the low end 210 you have. I have a 960W power supply, so I think that is enough? Do I need extra cooling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xJamesG Posted January 30, 2011 Author Share Posted January 30, 2011 I'd personally go with the MSI Hawk 5770.The cooler on it will allow you to greatly overclock at low temps. Worth the extra $15. I won't be doing any overclocking ... But if I am paying the £20 extra, would it be worth just getting the NVIDIA GTX 460? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bben46 Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 A 960 Watt power supply should be able to handle just about anything you throw at it. :thumbsup: As for extra cooling, most high end cards have built in fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xJamesG Posted January 30, 2011 Author Share Posted January 30, 2011 A 960 Watt power supply should be able to handle just about anything you throw at it. :thumbsup: As for extra cooling, most high end cards have built in fans. Ah okay (: At least I shouldn't have to pay out for anything else on top of the card!The two cards I have been looking at are the ATI HD5770 and the NVIDIA GTX 460 ... Don't suppose you know anything about it?From what I can tell the GTX 460 is better, but I am not sure if it is worth the extra £60 or so ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbex Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Just make sure the card you are getting is silent and has some range upwards for overclocking. Dont overclock it tho. Do it only when you are really ready to get a new one. And i would take one from the newest range. And i would google about it, read reviews. That about sums it up. How much do you want to spend anyways?Don't overclock? That makes no sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xJamesG Posted February 2, 2011 Author Share Posted February 2, 2011 So what would you guys say I go for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommanderCrazy Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 If you want a pro card, get an EVGA GTX495FTW.That can run anything and everything at the best quality. But as you said, you dont want such a pro, so I'd say to go with the 460. Its a nice, rounded one. Got a lot of grunt in it but isnt overly loud or power hungry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vecna6667 Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 The best graphics card to my knowledge is the EVGA GTX 580 as this single gpu card has beaten the Radeon HD 5970 in most benchmarks. But since you're looking into a budget card check out the 6870 and 6850 graphics cards as well. They're priced around the $200 GTX 460 cards and are newer and energy efficient. One warning, if you intend to play Metro 2033, get the nVidia card. For some reason, all ATI/AMD gpu cards struggle with that particular game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xJamesG Posted February 5, 2011 Author Share Posted February 5, 2011 They are way out of my budget ...The only two cards I have found within my budget are the Radeon HD5770 and the NVIDIA GTX 460the 460 is right at the top of my budget though.Does anyone have any suggestions as to which one of them I should get?I have been looking at the EVGA SuperClocked 460 and not really sure about the 5770 - But that is right at the top of my budget ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vecna6667 Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 (edited) They are way out of my budget ...The only two cards I have found within my budget are the Radeon HD5770 and the NVIDIA GTX 460the 460 is right at the top of my budget though.Does anyone have any suggestions as to which one of them I should get?I have been looking at the EVGA SuperClocked 460 and not really sure about the 5770 - But that is right at the top of my budget ... I give you a price range for each gpu. The prices are from Newegg: Geforce GTX 460 - $160 (768 MB vRAM version) to $260Geforce GTX 470 - $240 to $300 and most seem to be at $260Geforce GTX 570 is around at least $340 while the 580s are around $500 to $550 so those are out of budget for you.Radeon HD 5770 - $140 to $220Radeon HD 5850 - $185 to $275 The 5870 is over $300.Radeon HD 6850 - $175 to $210Radeon HD 6870 - $220 to $275 The Radeon HD 6800 series is not meant to compare with the 5800 series performance wise. In all Radeon HD cards up until the 6000 series, the x8xx were the high end cards but the 68xx are budget/mid-range cards. You can't go wrong with any of the gpus listed above. Just pick one and go for it. Edited February 5, 2011 by Vecna6667 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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