Looking for a mid range range graphics card £100 spend

[logie84]

Hi All,

I am making a new pc for my brother and the last component I need to get is the graphics card have fallen behind with the current cards available. Looking to spend less than £100, any suggestions would prefer a nvidia card.

Thanks Andy

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

An HD6850:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-m...2x-dvi-hdmi-dp

Get 20 posts on Hexus and you can get free Scan postage.

[logie84]

Thanks, would this manage to play some recent games.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Thanks, would this manage to play some recent games.

It is slightly slower than an HD5850 1GB and is around the same speed as a GTX460 1GB.

[go0rath]

Yep. It would be able to play some recent games. See here for some benchmarks:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/291

[mbkuk1]

Hi this is a little bit more then £100 But a gtx 460 will play bf3 on High settings with good frame rates maybe worth checking out
scan.co.uk/products/1gb-evga-gtx-460-fpb-4008mhz-gddr5-gpu-823mhz-shader-clock-1646mhz-336-cores-2x-dual-link-dvi-i-mini

[Greecean]

the 6850 has been on special offer at a few places and is a very nice budget card

[teppic]

Removed.

[HalloweenJack]

£95 is GTX 470 money for a second hand card and more than 5870`s go for second hand... and no your not allowed to advertise here

[c12038]

For an extra £20 or so you can get this XFX HD 6870 DD cooling from scan

[5teviewonders]

If you look on eBay you should be able to get a used GTX 560 Ti for around that price range. If you get a gigabyte card and know when it was originally purchased you could also have a warranty on it as Gigabyte RMA based on the serial code.

[RobBerry23]

6850 is probably the best new, 560ti second hand possibly. However they aren't the best cards, they do tend to have driver issues :/

[royalpasion]

if you look right i would go for a 560 ti, but check for compatibility with games you are playing at.

[sonico11]

I agree with the people just above me - if you can swoop a second hand 560Ti off of somewhere (possibly new on eBay - I have seen new, unboxed models listed and go for ~£100) then that is a great deal. Other than that, again, I agree with the above people that a 6850 is probably your best bet - I own 2 of these cards and they are extremely good at running games - they represent great value for money (y)

[deejayburnout]

As above. The 6850 is a good card. Plays games like Skyrim and NFS the run on high settings.

Well worth it.

[ZaO]

Does it have to be a new card or is secondhand ok? For new if you can push an extra 20 quid a 6870 would be good. Maybe you could find a new one for a 100 though I dunno. If you're open to something secondhand then we obviously have more options going...