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    Best Value GFX card sub £75

    Hey guys, just joined hexus and been away from the PC gaming world for 2 years now! Went to the dark side of console gaming (apologies i let myself down i know lol) getting back into things now and building a system back up . Question is which way to go as far as graphics card? I spent about 3 hours last night looking at articles on the subject and got a few ideas....wondered what the opinion would be on here? Also looked at eBay to see if i could get an 'older' but still well performing card, i don't expect the earth but hopefully a solid card, advice?

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    Re: Best Value GFX card sub £75

    what resolution will you be playing at?
    what spec will the rest of your PC be?
    which games will you be playing?

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    Re: Best Value GFX card sub £75

    Quote Originally Posted by matty-hodgson View Post
    what resolution will you be playing at?
    what spec will the rest of your PC be?
    which games will you be playing?
    All good questions

    Probs looking @ 1280*720 on my 22"....

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    Re: Best Value GFX card sub £75

    Quote Originally Posted by mojuk View Post
    All good questions

    Probs looking @ 1280*720 on my 22"....

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    Whats the make of the psu? And is there any particular game or types of games you are planning to play?

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    Re: Best Value GFX card sub £75

    well with that spec, you should be getting a decent GPU to go with it.
    i'd recommend trying to find a good deal on a 4850 or a 4870 (both ATI cards). they're still very good cards.
    is 1280x720 your native resolution on a 22" monitor?
    i'd expect 1680 x 1050 on such a monitor tbh.

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    Quote Originally Posted by shadowmaster View Post
    Whats the make of the psu? And is there any particular game or types of games you are planning to play?
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    Will look to play 'chart' titles but obviously i don't expect to play on full detail/res...

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    Re: Best Value GFX card sub £75

    Quote Originally Posted by matty-hodgson View Post
    well with that spec, you should be getting a decent GPU to go with it.
    i'd recommend trying to find a good deal on a 4850 or a 4870 (both ATI cards). they're still very good cards.
    is 1280x720 your native resolution on a 22" monitor?
    i'd expect 1680 x 1050 on such a monitor tbh.
    cool thanks dude, they still solid then, that's good news

    tbh i haven't used it yet but i believe the native res will be that kinda ball park, just thought i'd run the games at a lower res to allow better performance?

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    Re: Best Value GFX card sub £75

    On eBay you can get 8800GTs for around £50-60 which are still rather good. 9600GT would work at 1680*1050 resolutions too buy any higher and a 8800GT is better. 9600GT go for around £50 on eBay.

    If you manage to come across a 4870 for under £75 on eBay then go for it! They're worth about £90ish though. Just under the 4870 but better than the 8800GT is the 4850 which is around £60 on eBay.

    For a brand new card a 9800GT is most likely going to fit your budget well at ~£69.

    To be honest with any of these cards, at 1680*1050, most games will run quite smoothly with max settings and close to max AA. (Excluding Crysis obviously)

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    Quote Originally Posted by mojuk View Post
    cool thanks dude, they still solid then, that's good news

    tbh i haven't used it yet but i believe the native res will be that kinda ball park, just thought i'd run the games at a lower res to allow better performance?
    a 4850 will run almost everything at full res and full settings at a decent FPS atm.
    might have to give up a little bit of eye candy or AA or something, but for a £75 budget they're a very good card if you can find the right deal.

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    Re: Best Value GFX card sub £75

    Quote Originally Posted by Ulti View Post
    For a brand new card a 9800GT is most likely going to fit your budget well at ~£69.
    or, just find an 8800GT cos it's exactly the same card. (that may be confusing but they just rebranded it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by matty-hodgson View Post
    or, just find an 8800GT cos it's exactly the same card. (that may be confusing but they just rebranded it.
    A brand new 8800GT is most likely impossible to find nowadays hence I said if he wanted a brand new card from a retailer then he should go for that.

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SAPPHIRE-ATI-H...item414be2aef0

    A brand new 4770 for £50 delivered. To be honest I want to get this myself as I just ordered a DFI P45 from Scan's Today only. However I have no money so I'll pass it on This is better than a 8800GT/9800GT IMO but not as good as a 4870. I personally think it's better than a 4850 as performance is very similar but it runs A LOT cooler.

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    Re: Best Value GFX card sub £75

    Mojak, snap that up! very good deal right there

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ulti View Post
    On eBay you can get 8800GTs for around £50-60 which are still rather good. 9600GT would work at 1680*1050 resolutions too buy any higher and a 8800GT is better. 9600GT go for around £50 on eBay.

    If you manage to come across a 4870 for under £75 on eBay then go for it! They're worth about £90ish though. Just under the 4870 but better than the 8800GT is the 4850 which is around £60 on eBay.

    For a brand new card a 9800GT is most likely going to fit your budget well at ~£69.

    To be honest with any of these cards, at 1680*1050, most games will run quite smoothly with max settings and close to max AA. (Excluding Crysis obviously)
    A nice summary of cards mate ta, am fairly happy to be patient for a few days/weeks to get the best bits so may opt for eBay...will see what pop's up!

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    Re: Best Value GFX card sub £75

    There's also a 8800GT 1GB edition but is not boxed or anything for £55 inc P&P on eBay too:

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GEFORCE-8800GT...item518f85af06

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    Bought and paid for! Seem's a solid card indeed so snapped it up...thank's for the advice lads, i feel it will serve my needs nicely btw what's the deal with 1gb card's now? See so many around and can't help think 1gb is a little less important than 512 and a better gpu?

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    You won't really need 1GB unless you're gaming on really high resolutions if I understand correctly.

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