James Posted November 16, 2011 Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 Hey Guys,I'm looking to upgrade my graphics card from my ATI HD 5750 512MB as my brother is buying it off me...I'm looking for a new card Nvidia or ATI (I prefer ATI but if I can find a Nvidia one that better and cheaper than an ATI I will go for it).My price range is £0-160ish max would be £180 but hopefully lower...Is going to be going in with my 650W PSU, Intel i3 @ 4ghz, 8gb ddr3 ram. and has to fit in the Antec 1200 case...If you need any more details just ask... Also hoping to buy this by the end of November start of December Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattz Posted November 16, 2011 Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 (edited) http://www.airetechit.co.uk/e-shop/products.php?29308&livemode=1 this one is better tho, http://www.advancetec.co.uk/acatalog/Sapphire-ATi-Radeon-HD6950-1GB-GDDR5-Mem-5000MHz-GPU-800MHz-11188-01-40G.html#a150767 Edited November 17, 2011 by wattz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexagon Posted November 16, 2011 Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 http://www.airetechit.co.uk/e-shop/products.php?29308&livemode=1 this one is better tho True story! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted November 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 that one looks good and its the cheapest ive seen it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazz Posted November 16, 2011 Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 (edited) Personally I would go with the gtx560 ti.Only ever had one ati card and had nothing but trouble.Nvidia all the way for me, but each to their own or try a gtx 550ti and overclock it Edited November 16, 2011 by Gazz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted November 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 i like the look of the gtx560... im going to wait till december as there is rumors that the ATI H7000 series will be released which my mean some price drops on the current cards... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wash Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 ATI cards always have dodgey drivers, I don't know why they can't make proper drivers o-o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somerset Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 Just to say that if you're playing games which use PhysX then you should absolutely go for nVidia, that's what swung my decision after being a lifelong ATI fanboy I'm a little out of date with graphics but i think that if you use an ATI card (which don't support PhysX) then your CPU has to do the physics calculations which obviously causes a slowdown even with multicore CPU's. I have been told (but i'm not sure) that there are some patched ATI drivers which allow your GPU to do the work, a GPU has more cores that operate differently from your CPU so they can do physics modelling faster. But even that is going to cause a performance drop on games with heavy physics like BF3. Having said all of that, unless you're running a multi monitor display, at maximum resolution with all effects turned on and with a big monitor then using an ATI card should be fine. The only thing you will probably notice is increased GPU and CPU temperature. But save yourself the hassle and go with nVidia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted November 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 Yeh i will prob go with an Nvidia card but im gonna wait till the ATIHD7000 Series is out as that might drop the price of some of the nice nvidia cards... and there has been rumors that in december nvidia card are gonna drop by price to clear old stock... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted November 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 I amd going to get either the ATI HD5970/HD5950 or Nvidia GTX560TI not sure just now still looking at prices and stuff would quite like the 2gb version... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted November 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 After looking for a long time i have decided between these two: http://uk.msi.com/product/vga/R6950-Twin-Frozr-III-Power-Edition-OC.html http://uk.msi.com/product/vga/N560GTX-Ti-Twin-Frozr-II-2GD5-OC.html I will probably buy the cheapest one when im buying.... As both seem like similar cards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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