4850 Died :(

[watforddude]

Looking for a replacement but don't know which one to go for, in all honesty looking for the same preformance or better, have a max budget of 80 pounds but maybe go a fiver over if it's worth it and please don't say ebay because I've never manged to set it up with paypal etc etc.. I've got a 400W silverpower PSU and the rest of my system is very low power.

Thanks

[kurosagi01]

I would reconmend looking into 5750 for good low power consumption gaming graphics,the 5750 is better than 4850 by like 20% or so and uses much less power.

[watforddude]

The 5750 does look like the best option, the online website i've used is scan, any other trusted websites that I can buy it for cheaper?

[lego batman]

I trust novatech and ebuyer as well but I think scan have it cheapest.

[kurosagi01]

although in all fairness i think you should upgrade your mobo,cpu and ram aswell

[lego batman]

If you are quick, don't mind the green team and are ok with second hand from classifieds, check this out GTX 260. It should perform better than a 4850.

[kurosagi01]

his 400w silverpower won't be able to run the gtx260.

[lego batman]

Techspot's test system with an OCed Q6600 drew a maximum of 303watts when stressed with Crysis: http://www.techspot.com/review/109-g...70/page10.html. I agree it's not ideal but couldn't it just about handle it?

[Biscuit]

I woudl ahve thought it would be fine to be honest

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I would stick with a graphics card which has a single PCI-E power connector such as a HD5750,HD5770 or GTS450.

[watforddude]

Down to three options

buy a 5750 brand new
buy the GTX 260 from here and hope my 400W power supple can handle it
or buy Pobs 9800GTX off of him..

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Both the GTX260 and 9800GTX+ require a pair of PCI-E power connectors and are long cards. The HD5750 1GB should be around 10% faster than an HD4850 with lower power consumption and DX11. Also,the HD5750 is meant to be a decent overclocker IIRC.

You can also get an HD5770 1GB for around £104:

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/189741

[watforddude]

Would you not advise going for the two needing a pair of power connectors? how long they are is not a problem, my case is massive.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I would rather not stress the PSU too much IMHO.

Both the 9800GTX+ and GTX260 consume more power than your HD4850:

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/P...50_PCS/28.html

The HD5750 once overclocked will still probably consume less power at load AFAIK unless you do volt modding.

[watforddude]

Would it be worth saving up a little bit extra for a 5770?/ any time soon of the the prices dropping a little?

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Supposedly,the HD6000 series is being released in the next few weeks. However,the HD5770 1GB price drops are more in line with the release of the GTX460 768MB.