NobCat wants a new GFX card.

CaNsA · Super Spammer Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Karma :

What should I get for around £150ish ?
Needs to have dual DVI outputs.

NobCat specs.
CPU - i7 CPU 930
Ram - 12GB T/C
GFX card - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti (-2GB)

notbike · World Chat Champion Joined: 02 Apr 2014 Karma :

Used you can get a GTX 780 for around £150

Dunno how good Palit are with their factory OC or aftermarket cooling but they seem to be the cheaper 780s available atm

https://www.gumtree.com/p/video-cards-sound-cards/palit-jetstream-gtx-780-less-than-12-months-use-/1146242905

Or you got other 780s on teh eBay etc

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gigabyte-GeForce-GTX-780-Windforce-X3-OC-Version-3072MB-384-bit-Rev-2-0-/161909729211?hash=item25b29267bb:g:qvsAAOSwNphWZBXe

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EVGA-Superclocked-GTX-780-3GB-DDR5-Brand-NEW-plays-all-demanding-games-/141849641973?hash=item2106e5c3f5:g:h0YAAOSwnH1WZbFK

but yeah 780 is good

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chris-red · Have you considered a TDM? Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Karma :

I just bought a(nother) 780 for £163 delivered SH, you can probably let it cheaper if you shop around I had less choice as I wanted the same manufacturer as my other card.

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/12391031_10153756142413476_1823212721236142715_n.jpg?oh=2f4dd3f8a2869d941dee0a73e7bd36b1&oe=56E3E8D4

SLI FTW
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Jayy · Mr. Ponzi Joined: 08 Jun 2009 Karma :

Sell you one of my GTX 680 4GB cards for £150

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Jayy · Mr. Ponzi Joined: 08 Jun 2009 Karma :

Fair enough, haven't actually looked at what the new cards cost. Will keep it then, it's sat in another system as a backup machine in case mine dies.

notbike · World Chat Champion Joined: 02 Apr 2014 Karma :

A 960 wouldn't be as good as the 780 though for gaming, if you can get a 780 first I'd get that over the 960.

What about AMD cards?

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Jayy · Mr. Ponzi Joined: 08 Jun 2009 Karma :

I had the most problems I've ever had with AMD cards, soon as I went back to Nvidia, pretty much non-existent.

I had a 5870 and a 6990 by AMD when they came out, nothing but driver issues every time they updated them.

CaNsA · Super Spammer Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Karma :

Considering this

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00ULQDPDC/?tag=pcp0f-21

Opinions?

Jayy · Mr. Ponzi Joined: 08 Jun 2009 Karma :

Thought I'd do a compare... it's pretty much the same performance but then I did pay £550 for it new as it was pretty much top tog at the time.

https://gpuboss.com/gpus/GIGABYTE-GeForce-GTX-960-G1-Gaming-4-GB-vs-GIGABYTE-GeForce-GTX-680-WindForce-3X-4-GB

Based on the above, it will perform max / ultra settings on pretty much any game you throw at it, based on a 1080p resolution @ 60hz.

I've run the other 2 in SLi on BF3 (last time I benched them) and was getting 144 fps @ 144hz 1080p, which is pretty much why I bought them so I could max out the hz / fps.

Don't know what the FPS is but been playing Battlefront @ 2560x1440 @ 60hz with one card the other day, settings on ultra and no noticeable dropped frames, ran smoothly.

trevoriv · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Jun 2005 Karma :

In terms of willy waving 3dmark scores etc I noticed a fair jump from my twin 1gb NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti Frozr in SLi to a MSI GTX 970 GAMING Twin Frozr V 4gb but in real terms GTA 5 etc doesnt look ~£300 better.

At the moment I wouldn't go for less than a 970 though - I've got the 2 x 1gb 560's in a drawer - you're welcome to try and flog them and add the proceeds to your budget because I cba.
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notbike · World Chat Champion Joined: 02 Apr 2014 Karma :

Yeah 960's solid I say go for it. Yeah I'm never going back to AMD after my old 7950 died for no reason at all.

You can always just run MSI Afterburner and boost clocks anyway if its not enough (it will be though).

mudcow007 · World Chat Champion Joined: 01 Feb 2012 Karma :

can i wave my willy with a Radeon HD 5450??

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CaNsA · Super Spammer Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Karma :

So... It's kinda pointless buying a gtx960 and chucking it in a pc thats rocking a 1st gen i7.

The upside is I can spend less money and still get something better than the gtx560

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-NVIDIA-WindForce2-Graphics-Card/dp/B015CM1YVE

Seb · World Chat Champion Joined: 19 Jul 2007 Karma :

I'm running a 780ti with my i7 950 and no issues whatsoever Thumbs Up

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Jayy · Mr. Ponzi Joined: 08 Jun 2009 Karma :

My secondary machine which has the single 680 4GB in has an i7 960 in it with 8gb RAM and an SSD and it can play pretty much anything without an issue.

CaNsA · Super Spammer Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Karma :

Coughed for this
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0146YLBTO

Jayy · Mr. Ponzi Joined: 08 Jun 2009 Karma :

Much graphics, such fans, wow.