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    Best Card for £100'ish to do 1680x1050

    After a card for around £100 or so that will cope with most games, obviously not crysis at max res, was thinking about a 9800gt possibly, would it be worth spending a bit more and getting a 4850?

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    Re: Best Card for £100'ish to do 1680x1050

    What games are you going to be playing.

    For this price range a 4850 seems your best bet for around £110 - they also have the advantage at being awesome for hooking up to a HD TV - via HDMI with sound!
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    Re: Best Card for £100'ish to do 1680x1050

    Another vote here for the 4850, I have the 4870 myself and its amazing for the price, Read a lot of reviews / spoken to a lot of 4850 users and for the money it cant be beaten.
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    Re: Best Card for £100'ish to do 1680x1050

    Get a 4850, but if you want to stick to the £100 budget, check out the 4830.
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    Re: Best Card for £100'ish to do 1680x1050

    Cheers guys it was just a rough budget so can up it a little, i actually had a 4870 at release in another system and it was great but the drivers did cause me a few problems so hopefully theyve improved them a bit since

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    Re: Best Card for £100'ish to do 1680x1050

    Quote Originally Posted by muddyfox470 View Post
    What games are you going to be playing.

    For this price range a 4850 seems your best bet for around £110 - they also have the advantage at being awesome for hooking up to a HD TV - via HDMI with sound!
    Sorry should have said, one of the games i play quite a bit is BF2 and also TF2 so neither should be too taxing, i also just received a copy of Farcry 2 in the post

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