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hannoja
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Hi :wave:
I've been quite content with onboard graphics for well over a year now, but I'd like to add a graphics card, and hope someone can suggest a good one that doesn't cost too much (maybe one that's been recently superceeded so I can get one off ebay for £50 or something..)
System:
Asus M4A78T-E Motherboard AM3 AMD 790GX
AMD Phenom II X3 (720) 2.8GHz 3x512KB
OCZ OCZ3G13332GK - OCZ DDR3 Gold 1333Mhz 2 GB
Antec EA-500 GB - Antec EarthWatts EA 500 -GB 500 Watt PSU
Was thinking something like a Radeon HD4870. Might get another one day (crossfire?) but just 1 for now. I've read ATI seems to have conflicts sometimes (e.g. games), but don't know enough to prefer Nvidia/ATI. Want something worth getting: if it's not much better than the onboard graphics, not much point...
Thanks for any advice
I've been quite content with onboard graphics for well over a year now, but I'd like to add a graphics card, and hope someone can suggest a good one that doesn't cost too much (maybe one that's been recently superceeded so I can get one off ebay for £50 or something..)
System:
Asus M4A78T-E Motherboard AM3 AMD 790GX
AMD Phenom II X3 (720) 2.8GHz 3x512KB
OCZ OCZ3G13332GK - OCZ DDR3 Gold 1333Mhz 2 GB
Antec EA-500 GB - Antec EarthWatts EA 500 -GB 500 Watt PSU
Was thinking something like a Radeon HD4870. Might get another one day (crossfire?) but just 1 for now. I've read ATI seems to have conflicts sometimes (e.g. games), but don't know enough to prefer Nvidia/ATI. Want something worth getting: if it's not much better than the onboard graphics, not much point...
Thanks for any advice
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Hi :wave:
I've been quite content with onboard graphics for well over a year now, but I'd like to add a graphics card, and hope someone can suggest a good one that doesn't cost too much (maybe one that's been recently superceeded so I can get one off ebay for £50 or something..)
System:
Asus M4A78T-E Motherboard AM3 AMD 790GX
AMD Phenom II X3 (720) 2.8GHz 3x512KB
OCZ OCZ3G13332GK - OCZ DDR3 Gold 1333Mhz 2 GB
Antec EA-500 GB - Antec EarthWatts EA 500 -GB 500 Watt PSU
Was thinking something like a Radeon HD4870. Might get another one day (crossfire?) but just 1 for now. I've read ATI seems to have conflicts sometimes (e.g. games), but don't know enough to prefer Nvidia/ATI. Want something worth getting: if it's not much better than the onboard graphics, not much point...
Thanks for any advice
A HD5770 is basically a 4870 with DX11,can be picked up on ebay or gumtree for about £60 (",)Norn Iron Club Member 4560 -
Your onboard graphics is radeon hd3300 - http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/chipsets/7-series-integrated/Pages/amd-790gx-chipset.aspx
This scores 177 here - http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu_list.php
This article is a bit old now - http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-radeon-hd-6870-radeon-hd-6850,2782-2.html
Best to watch out on somewhere like hukd as the comments can be valuable
eg. http://www.hotukdeals.com/search?action=search&keywords=graphics+card
If a card is on offer the cost/performance is clearly better .
If you don't game you are wasting money.0 -
What are you wanting to do that is different? People are bandying around all kinds of cards but until we know what for it is just a stab in the dark.0
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Thanks for the responses
Good point Hammyman. I wanted to keep it short and sweet and see if I got any replies before waffling on
Gaming really I guess. Current setup has no problem with most games I've tried/played (GW, LOTR, etc..), but recently played a bit of 'Thang', which has areas with player shops: can get crowded, as you can just park yourself there and go off out shopping/whatever and was VERY laggy. I assumed a better graphics card would help..? Don't think we're gonna keep playing that, but made me think it might be time to get a GPU... GW2 is on the horizon too, so I'd like to have a go at that when it comes out
Thanks for the links Spakkker. I've read stuff on tomshardware before: they give good advice. I've looked at the GPU benchmark thing before too, but had forgotten where it was. I'll have a browse of those links.
HD5770 looks good. Will check it out.
Just wanted to save myself some time really. Spent a lot of time researching when I put this 'rig' together, but sadly I don't remember a lot of it once I've got the thing running nicely
Got good info. to get my teeth into now though, so should save me some time.
Thank you :beer:0 -
OK, with all that in mind...a Radeon 6790 should give you 40+ FPS even in Crysis 2 at full HD with detail to high. You may need a PSU upgrade though.0
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