Adding a GPU to a simple Core 2 Duo build to enable it to play some games, with a budget of about £70. Currently looking at the ATi 5670, are there any better options than this for the price range?
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Adding a GPU to a simple Core 2 Duo build to enable it to play some games, with a budget of about £70. Currently looking at the ATi 5670, are there any better options than this for the price range?
If you can stretch to £80 ebuyer have a 5750 1GB which is considerably better than a 5670. Otherwise just get the cheapest 5670 you can source: should be able to pick one up for < £60 if you shop around a bit (e.g. here's a 512MB model from scan @ £58. It's got better gaming performance than pretty much any other card in the price range.
Be aware though; realistically it'll struggle at resolutions above 1280 x 1024 with moderate image quality. Keep the res and IQ settings sensible and it'll be just fine, though :)
I would probably get the HD5750 suggested by scaryjim too.
If £70 is the maximum you can spend I would get a 9800GT GDDR3 Green Edition:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/169143
The 9800GT Green Edition is also bus powered.
Surely if you could stretch to £80, you'd get this 5770? Free delivery, extra grunt must be more important than an extra 512Mb RAM at this price point...Quote:
Originally Posted by scaryjim
http://www.cclonline.com/product-inf...1cnva-j0uay0bz