Graphics card help

minimad1970

Hi, My son needs a new graphics card. He plays games like Magicka, Minecraft etc. I need to get it from Amazon as I have gift cards for there. I don't really want to spend more than £60. Can anyone recommend a good NVIDIA one? Many thanks.

macman

Make and model of your PC would help...and what card is currently installed?

Cisco001

For £60, AMD offer better value for money.
What PSU have you got?

minimad1970

Sorry:o Well it's a new computer as the old one has died, it needed a new motherboard, the graphics card had overheated and the fan and power supply is on its way out. I don't know what the graphics card was but it wasn't very expensive. On the recommendation of the computer repairman I'm getting this
http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/motherboardbundles/mbb-32204a.html as the casing is ok so its a graphics card to be installed in this computer. NVIDIA was a brand that was recommended to me. I'm a bit of a technophobe so thanks for the help.

Cisco001

minimad1970 wrote: »

Sorry:o Well it's a new computer as the old one has died, it needed a new motherboard, the graphics card had overheated and the fan and power supply is on its way out. I don't know what the graphics card was but it wasn't very expensive. On the recommendation of the computer repairman I'm getting this
http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/motherboardbundles/mbb-32204a.html as the casing is ok so its a graphics card to be installed in this computer. NVIDIA was a brand that was recommended to me. I'm a bit of a technophobe so thanks for the help.

I don't think £175 is good value. And I would suggest you get B75 chipset instead

http://www.ebuyer.com/393554-intel-core-i3-3220-3-10ghz-skt1155-3mb-cache-boxed-bx80637i33220
http://www.ebuyer.com/247676-corsair-4gb-ddr3-1600mhz-xms3-memory-cmx4gx3m1a1600c9
http://www.ebuyer.com/363618-msi-b75ma-p45-socket-1155-vga-dvi-8-channel-audio-atx-motherboard-b75ma-p45

PSU - I suggest you go for quality 400W.
http://www.ebuyer.com/271798-corsair-430w-v2-cx-series-psu-cp-9020046-uk

Graphic card- for £60, Best value will be AMD 6670
http://www.ebuyer.com/452786-gigabyte-hd-6670-2gb-gddr3-1600mhz-hdmi-dvi-d-sub-pci-e-graphics-card-gv-r667d3-2gi

review here
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/gaming-graphics-card-review,review-32654-2.html

If you want Nvida. This GTS 450 would suit your budget. But it is a older card, less energy efficiency.

minimad1970

Thanks Cisco. I've already bought the Novatech motherboard bundle so it's just a graphics card I'm after. Do you know any reason why someone would buy the NVIDIA card over others, or is it just personal preference? Thanks again.

Elliott_Fox

I would pay an extra £10 and get a 7750 graphics card like this one:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-183-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1699

minimad1970

Thanks Elliott. Unfortunately due to the unexpected expense of having to buy a new computer £60 is the most I can afford for a graphics card, and that's only possible due to the fact I have that amount in Amazon vouchers

jaydeeuk1

If you must get it from amazon for under £60, then this is your best choice

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asus-Radeon-Graphics-PCI-Express-Dust-proof/dp/B004XANO24/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1364914688&sr=8-1

New Asus Radeon 6670 for £49 inc delivery

Cisco001

minimad1970 wrote: »

Thanks Cisco. I've already bought the Novatech motherboard bundle so it's just a graphics card I'm after. Do you know any reason why someone would buy the NVIDIA card over others, or is it just personal preference? Thanks again.

Nvidia support CUDA, PhysX