Best Graphics Card for £100

[snikez18]

so far ive been looking at 7770 and 650 ti (which is slightly over my budget) it will be paired with a i3 3225 and 8Gb RAM
Any suggestions will be Appreciated

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I would get an FX6300 over a Core i3 3220.

Also,there is some noise that an HD7790 might be launched in the next few weeks at around £100.

[snikez18]

could you recommend a a good motherboard for the FX 6300 because the only reason i was going with the i3 is because it has a good motherboard options

thanks for the quick reply

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

could you recommend a a good motherboard for the FX 6300 because the only reason i was going with the i3 is because it has a good motherboard options

thanks for the quick reply

Motherboard budget?

For around £50 this one:

http://www.ebuyer.com/436858-biostar...herboard-ta970

Its out of stock ATM.

If you are looking to overclock the CPU a decent amount I would get this motherboard:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asus-M5A97-E...2852652&sr=8-1

[snikez18]

i don't want to spend more than £200 on motherboard and cpu

[dacads]

Intel will be better when it comes to gaming but I believe the FX-6300 can be OCed to match it.

If you go AMD then here are some motherboard choices you have around £90, with the CPU should keep cost under £200
http://www.ebuyer.com/398369-asrock-...990fx-extreme3
http://www.ebuyer.com/348963-gigabyt...v-ga-990fxa-d3
http://www.ebuyer.com/275728-msi-990...rd-990fxa-gd65

For graphics card you can look at a used Radeon 6850/6870 which will be better than the cards you have mentioned, I'm selling my previous card the 6870 soon if you're interested

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

The FX6300 is actually faster in a number of modern games when compared to a Core i3 3220.

What games are the OP playing?? What PSU do they have??

The thing is though,the OP actually has a £300 combined budget for the CPU,motherboard and graphics card.

If they don't overclock they could get the FX6300,Biostar 970 motherboard and an HD7850 2GB:

http://www.ebuyer.com/409191-amd-fx-...-fd6300wmhkbox

http://www.ebuyer.com/436858-biostar...herboard-ta970

http://www.ebuyer.com/394762-powerco...50-2gbd5-2dhpp

The HD7850 PCS+ is probably the best HD7850 2GB and is pre-overclocked to 1GHZ,meaning it probably is very close to a GTX660 or HD7870.

The OP wants to overclock the CPU at a later date,that Asus motherboard would do the job,and they should still get an HD7850 1GB into the budget,or perhaps the HD7790 1GB if actually exists.

[Dottorrent]

and they should still get an HD7850 1GB into the budget,or perhaps the HD7790 1GB if actually exists.

Well rumors suggest that AMD is working on a HD 7790 code named "Boniare XT." Maybe released by Q3 of this year.

[snikez18]

The FX6300 is actually faster in a number of modern games when compared to a Core i3 3220.

What games are the OP playing?? What PSU do they have??

The thing is though,the OP actually has a £300 combined budget for the CPU,motherboard and graphics card.

If they don't overclock they could get the FX6300,Biostar 970 motherboard and an HD7850 2GB:

http://www.ebuyer.com/409191-amd-fx-...-fd6300wmhkbox

http://www.ebuyer.com/436858-biostar...herboard-ta970

http://www.ebuyer.com/394762-powerco...50-2gbd5-2dhpp

The HD7850 PCS+ is probably the best HD7850 2GB and is pre-overclocked to 1GHZ,meaning it probably is very close to a GTX660 or HD7870.

The OP wants to overclock the CPU at a later date,that Asus motherboard would do the job,and they should still get an HD7850 1GB into the budget,or perhaps the HD7790 1GB if actually exists.

i havea tx 550M psu would like play games like the new tomb raider, blackops2 planetside 2 etc / when does that board become instock ?

[snikez18]

Also ive been meaning to ask why don't all the amd boards have vga or hdmi because i won't be getting the graphics card until a later date

[kompukare]

Also ive been meaning to ask why don't all the amd boards have vga or hdmi because i won't be getting the graphics card until a later date

That's an easy one: AMD FX processors like the FX6300 do not have onchip graphics. Only AMD's FM1/FM2 CPUs have built in graphics. Although there may some AM3+ boards where the motherboard's chipset has graphics but that's not the same thing.

[kompukare]

Oh and here are some Tomb Raider CPU benches




The i3 performs very poorly here (and in Crysis3 and a few other recent titles), plus the FX6300 can overclock a bit whereas the i3 cannot.