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    Updated around £150 graphics card??

    Pondering a new graphics card, have started getting into PlanetSide 2 and my rig seems ot be suffering a bit. My current card is a Radeon 4870, its hooked upto a monitor running 1600x1200.
    So any thoughts? Can I get a viable upgrade for under £100?

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    Re: £100 or lower graphics card

    The modern day AMD equivilent of this is probably a 7770 which is around £90 for one of these
    http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-g...dmi-2x-mini-dp

    or a Nvidia 650 for around £97

    http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-g...s-384-dvi-hdmi

    using GPU Review to compare them the 65o might be slighty better

    http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards....=675&card2=681

    will it be an improvement of your HD 4870, ever so slightly. Not worth the hastle. Save up a little more and get something better.
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    Re: £100 or lower graphics card

    The GTX650 is slower than an HD7770,but the GTX650TI is faster. This user review of the HD7770 compares it with an HD4870:

    http://forums.hexus.net/hexus-reader...70-review.html

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    Re: £100 or lower graphics card

    Thanks for the info, might just drop the res a bit on the CRT, and increase my OC a bit. Think I did reasonably well getting my current card for £50 six months ago, looks like I will stick with a it a bit longer.

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    Re: £100 or lower graphics card

    Just received a bit of extra cash, what about a 7850 or 7870 for around £160?

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    Re: Updated around £150 graphics card??

    If you can get an HD7870 for £160 that is a good deal,or a GTX660.

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    Re: Updated around £150 graphics card??

    Scan have them on ebay
    2GB XFX Radeon HD 7870 Core Edition, 4800MHz GDDR5, 28nm, GPU 1000MHz, 1280 Core
    comes in at £168

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    Re: Updated around £150 graphics card??

    a 7870 is the best choice but if you can, stay away from XFX, quality and warranty are poor. pay that bit extra for some other brand.
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    Re: Updated around £150 graphics card??

    The HD7870 Myst is £180:

    http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphi...-myst/?page=11

    It is basically HD7950 or GTX660TI level performance at 1920X1080.

    However,it does need a decent PSU(around 500W to 550W).

    I suspect the OP should consider upgrading their CPU and adding some more system RAM too.

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    Re: Updated around £150 graphics card??

    At around £150 I would have thought the GTX 660 was a good choice. See http://www.techspot.com/review/603-best-graphics-cards/

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    Re: Updated around £150 graphics card??

    Quote Originally Posted by deejayburnout View Post
    a 7870 is the best choice but if you can, stay away from XFX, quality and warranty are poor. pay that bit extra for some other brand.
    Quallity not sure, warranty no. The problem most people have with the xfx warranty is is not bothering to read or understand it.
    XFX give the consumer NO warranty, their agreement is with the retailer only, they offer no manufacture warranty to the end consumer, so all warranty claims have to go via the retailer/e-tailer you got the card from, how much of the xfx-retailer warranty and what level of service is passed on to you is up the the retailer/e-tailer.
    So only buy XFX cards from a retailer/e-tailer you trust to handle a warranty claim.
    XFX is not the only company to do this, many have followed them, other card warranties have been cut down, eg EVGA, it's now far harder to get hold of their cards with 10year warranties now.

    Please note this doesn't apply to xfx psu's, which are made by seasonic, warranty claims are handled by xfx and will often involve you sending the psu to seasonic for repair.

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    Re: Updated around £150 graphics card??

    Ermm...that's exactly the point though Pob. Others do deal with end users and replace for a longer time frame. If XFX don't do that at all, then it's a poor warranty compared to others.
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    Re: Updated around £150 graphics card??

    The GTX660 is the clear choice here, it is cheaper than the 7870, offers better performance and you don't have to settle for XFX.

    http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-m...098mhz-cores-9

    Radeons seems to suffer quite badly in Planetside 2, even the 7970 doesn't beat the 660 at 1080p and below.

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    Re: Updated around £150 graphics card??

    The problem is Planetside 2 really suffers on older CPUs. Whatever GFX card you do buy you'll probably end up still with low FPS becaause you will be CPU limited. Ideally you need to upgrade both! Not the news you wanted to hear but PSIDE2 is a very intensive game.

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    Re: Updated around £150 graphics card??

    Hmm interesting. Suppose the next question is whats the fastest CPU I can fit?

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    Re: Updated around £150 graphics card??

    whats the rest of the pc like?

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