Cheapish GFX card advice (again) please.

[budfox]

This has been asked a few times of course, but things move fast in the world of graphics cards.

I've enjoyed playing Need for Speed World, and would like slightly better graphics than the onboard facilities that my motherboard offers:

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/H61MU3S3/?cat=Speci... - Not great I know, but I didn't build my PC for gaming. It does however have an i5 CPU, 8 Gigs of RAM and a 256 Gig SSD.

Now I don't really want to spend loads, and I have a feeling that something used for around £50.00 will see quite a leap in resolution/framerates.

Perhaps one or two of you could suggest what to buy at that price point. Alternatively, an argument as to why I should spend about £110.00 on something like this would be welcome:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prod...

I do need 2xDVI outputs though, and I'm really only interested in a reasonable improvement. I'm not after being able to run the very latest games at high resolutions.

Thanks.

[ManOpener]

Are you averse to going second-hand? An HD7770 or GTX460 should be obtainable for £50 and will play most modern games on low-moderate settings without issue. They both come in dual-DVI variants and both will be more than enough for NFS World.

In fact, the R7 250, which is a newer cards (but in essence just a re-badged and slightly re-engineered 7750 underneath) can be had new for around £55-60. 1GB should be sufficient for casual gaming (and will net you faster RAM) but 2GB cards might be better suited to multiple monitors.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sapphire-Radeon-GDDR5-Grap...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sapphire-Radeon-DDR3-Graph...


You might be able to get a 250X (a re-badged 7770) for very little more:

http://www.dabs.com/products/xfx-amd-radeon-r7-250...

Edited by ManOpener on Monday 24th November 16:57

[budfox]

ManOpener said:

Are you averse to going second-hand? An HD7770 or GTX460 should be obtainable for £50 and will play most modern games on low-moderate settings without issue. They both come in dual-DVI variants and both will be more than enough for NFS World.

In fact, the R7 250, which is a newer cards (but in essence just a re-badged and slightly re-engineered 7750 underneath) can be had new for around £55-60. 1GB should be sufficient for casual gaming (and will net you faster RAM) but 2GB cards might be better suited to multiple monitors.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sapphire-Radeon-GDDR5-Grap...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sapphire-Radeon-DDR3-Graph...


You might be able to get a 250X (a re-badged 7770) for very little more:

http://www.dabs.com/products/xfx-amd-radeon-r7-250...

Edited by ManOpener on Monday 24th November 16:57

Thanks for that. Not averse to buying a used car at all. In fact, if anyone here is upgrading then please do get in touch,

[JB8]

I've been meaning to sell my old card on eBay but keep forgetting!

It's a XFX HD6950 1GB version.

I'd happily post it to you for £50 if you're interested.

[budfox]

JB8 said:

I've been meaning to sell my old card on eBay but keep forgetting!

It's a XFX HD6950 1GB version.

I'd happily post it to you for £50 if you're interested.

Thanks for that. I'll look at a few of the options suggested and may well decide to buy your card. Could you confirm that it has dual DVI outputs please?

[ManOpener]

I'm fairly sure they're dual-DVI and the 6950 is a very good card for that money!

[JB8]

budfox said:

Thanks for that. I'll look at a few of the options suggested and may well decide to buy your card. Could you confirm that it has dual DVI outputs please?

Aye it's got dual DVI ports, and one HDMI also.

[grenpayne]

I'd second that JB8's offer of the 6950 is really good too. I have the 2GB version powering triple screens and I've only just started to think about upgrading it (I'll be waiting to the New Year sales though!). It's a great card and could well last a fair while.