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    Best GPU for up to ~£230

    I have a budget of up to ~£230, which GPU do you think would be the best for this sort of money?

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    Re: Best GPU for up to ~£230

    For what res, what is the rest of your system?

    It's 4.98*

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    Re: Best GPU for up to ~£230

    I have a 22" HD monitor, so 1920x1080, core i7 920, 3Gb corsair dominator 1600Mhz ram, Gigabyte UD5 mobo, nochua cooler. I havent bought a power supply yet, I would like one that could handle another of the GPU's I choose - any ideas for that too? I was thinking a PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750. I've seen posts of people running 2x280's with that so it should have enough juice

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    Re: Best GPU for up to ~£230

    XFX GTX 260 Black is looking good at your price range but obviously if you can find a reduced 280 that would be even better. Overclockers reduced their stock but they all went fast. Just waiting for the next online vendor to do the same.

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    Re: Best GPU for up to ~£230

    pick up an EVGA 55nm GTX260 SSC, or a stock/SC version if you want to save some money. (its £236)

    Excellent card. An old GTX280 on offer would likely perform better on that resolution though.

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    Re: Best GPU for up to ~£230

    dont buy an XFX card if you expect any level of customer support, there terrible.

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    Re: Best GPU for up to ~£230

    a few 280GTX's floating around near to that price new, which is worth trying to get over the 260 IMO.

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    Re: Best GPU for up to ~£230

    If we discount any absolute bargains (like a 4850X2 or GTX280 for &#163;230) then you have in my opinion 5 options they are in no particular order,

    GTX260 55nm &#163;213 http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/s...html?EVG-GTX26
    HD4870 1GB &#163;193 http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/s...html?SAP-48701
    HD4870 512MB &#163;165 http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/s....html?NOV-4870
    2x HD4850 512MB &#163;230 http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/s....html?NOV-4850
    2x HD4830 512MB &#163;180 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/151452

    Bang for buck wise the smart money is with the 4830's in crossfire then probably the 4850's in crossfire (better on average than a GTX280) then it probably doesn't really matter I probably would not go for the 512MB 4870 at your resolution the additional memory the 1GB offers will come in handy.

    You could spend a little more on the 4850's to get quieter coolers but it will raise the price well above the &#163;230, the 4830 coolers tend to be good as they are almost exclusively after market the is also a fair amount of choice of 4830's at &#163;90 (at least 3 on eBuyer alone).

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