Upgrading Video Card.

by **[SiK]Demiveil** on Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:55 pm

Was wondering if I could get a little advice from the more in the know characters here as I find it very difficult to keep up with the latest happenings.

Basically my good old 8800GT 512MB is getting a little dated now and not quite keeping up with the latest and greatest, especially not now I'm running dual HD monitors.
As a part time gamer with a student budget I'm wondering if there is any reasonable price graphics card out there that would be a worthwhile purchase for boosting my frame rate. I'm looking at around $300 NZD which I believe translates to $217 USD or $219 AUD.

So yeah, anyone know of a good buy?

by **[SiK]Demiveil** on Fri Mar 18, 2011 11:44 pm

Possibly looking at the Radeon HD 6850....from what I can dig up its a decent card for its price, just above my $300 but hey.

by **[SiK]DemonSeed** on Sat Mar 19, 2011 5:35 am

The ones that are in your price range are the Radeon HD 6870 and the GeForce GTX 460.

The 6870 wins hands down.

by **JabbaTheSlut** on Sat Mar 19, 2011 6:13 am

This is a good site for comparing cards against each other
http://www.gpureview.com/

by **[SiK]Demiveil** on Sat Mar 19, 2011 10:27 am

Turns out buying from overseas suppliers works out significantly cheaper lol.
Will probably go for the 6870 as demon suggested.

by **[DRuG]NikT** on Sat Mar 19, 2011 5:57 pm

[DRuG]NikT approves

In unrelated news... I got a new painting.

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by **foshizzler** on Sun Mar 20, 2011 10:03 am

i got the hd 5850! not too expensive and good enough to play all the games i want to play! also its a card which is very suitable for overclocking!

by **[DRuG]NikT** on Sun Mar 20, 2011 12:51 pm

Yeh mine's a 5850 & there's nothing that's not run on full perfectly so far.

Not overclocked either... I use my oven, not my PC to cook things. :evilgrin: