Reccomendation for a new Graphics card

[Deadeth]

Hey guys new member here

I'm really busy at the moment but I've been looking to upgrade my graphics card from my HD4870 to something newer better

the only boundries I have are cash ones, the card should preferably be below about £330, so I dont really know what card to get, the prevalent one to me has been the GTX670, but I'm not sure if I should just save a £100 and get the GTX580 to get a better bang for buck. Also how do AMD's current offerings compare with the GTX670 for around £320?

[HalloweenJack]

whats the rest of your machine? cpu/ram/board and psu?

[Useless]

whats the rest of your machine? cpu/ram/board and psu?

I would also add what resolution are you playing at? What games do you play? Loads or a specific few? As there are some games that favour Nvidia over AMD and vice versa

[Deadeth]

I think what type of games I play is irrelevent a good PC gamer will play all games (as I do) the rest of my rig is:

Intel i7-920
ASUS P6T SE
Powercolour HD 4870
6gb DDR3 1600MHz
1tb Hard Drive Spinpoint F3
Asus Xonar D2 Soundcard
and a Corsair Obsidian 800D case

[c12038]

Anything around these would be ok

AMD HD7850 upwards

Nvidia GTX560Ti 448 upwards

But this all depends on what PSU you have in your case whats the +12v Rail amps like on your PSU

hope this helps

[Willzzz]

If you can afford a GTX670 then get a GTX670 it is quite frankly awesome value for money if you want to play max settings on a high resolution.

The 670 will also draw less power than a 560 Ti and no more than your current 4870 while still being vastly faster.

[Newblet]

If you can afford a GTX670 then get a GTX670 it is quite frankly awesome value for money if you want to play max settings on a high resolution.

The 670 will also draw less power than a 560 Ti and no more than your current 4870 while still being vastly faster.

What he said. If you can afford a 670 then you should definitely get one, stock performance is within 5% of 680s (I think) and some can OC to perform better than 680s! They also perform better than 7970s a lot of the time (not OCd), consume barely any power (for a high end graphics card), are quiet, stay quite cool and are of the new generation, so more/better features and guaranteed driver support!

Edit: Oh, I forgot to mention, if you do want to get a 670, can you not stretch your budget a little? The Gigabyte Windforce (LN44995 on Scan) is currently £328.40 on Scan and is the second best 670 IMO and the Asus DirectCU II (LN45111 on Scan) is currently £346.40 on Scan and is the best 670 IMO.

[PmanUk]

I have thev670 ftw from Eva, great cards. I came from 580's and there is a massive performance difference.

670's would be my choice

[c12038]

Isn't everyone even a little bit curious to what sort of PSU the guy has before surgesting high end cards

[Newblet]

Isn't everyone even a little bit curious to what sort of PSU the guy has before surgesting high end cards

OP said he is currently using a HD4870, which consumes more power when idle than the 670 and about the same when at load, according to AnandTech anyway.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/513?vs=598

[CCODEZ]

A 670 (esp the Asus DrirectCUII one) can easily run on a 620w thats about 4 years old with no problems on an SB i5@4.6 with multiple drives and fans. Judging by his specs on his stats he has a 1050w OCZ, so he would be able have 3 of those 670s without any problem whatsoever power wise lol

[rubensolo]

Hey guys new member here

I'm really busy at the moment but I've been looking to upgrade my graphics card from my HD4870 to something newer better

the only boundries I have are cash ones, the card should preferably be below about £330, so I dont really know what card to get, the prevalent one to me has been the GTX670, but I'm not sure if I should just save a £100 and get the GTX580 to get a better bang for buck. Also how do AMD's current offerings compare with the GTX670 for around £320?

You can get the GTX 670 from Dabs for around £290 (Palit), they are offering discounts on purchases above £199.

[andy-w-h]

I've come from an sli GTX 560 to a single Gigabyte 670 ... I'm one happy camper. SLI is too much of a PITA IME. Noisy even when running well.

Loving the price of these guys ...
http://www.oyyy.co.uk/product.php/22...mi-displayport

I even had cause to contact their support and that was good too.

Have I mentioned I'm impressed with oyyy and the gigabyte 670 !

[teppic]

Be wary that the reference 670s have noisy coolers. A lot of people have complained about them. The Gigabyte custom cooler is really quiet, and comes to £320 at Dabs (and a bit cheaper in the post above!). I'd definitely go for that over a reference model.

A side point: the 670 doesn't really compare to a 7970 in terms of hardware. The release 7970 drivers were a bit crappy, and the reference models underclocked.

[Willzzz]

AMD have updated their drivers and while it makes a big difference in some games, it makes little to no difference in others.
In BF3 for example the 670 still wins by well over 10% (53fps vs 60.9fps).

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6025/r...p-to-gtx-680/3

There are actually some pretty good deals on 7970s atm, so it pretty much comes down to which games you play, certain titles favour Nvidia,others favour AMD.

[kalniel]

I have thev670 ftw from Eva, great cards.

Aren't you the chap that just posted about having loads of problems with your EVGA 670?

http://forums.hexus.net/scan-care-he...ml#post2518849