Okay so I need a new Graphics card and I have no idea where in the market I'm supposed to be.
I prefer ATi/AMD and I have an 850w PSU. I'd like to be able to play the newest games and do extensive photo editing, but my budget is restricted to £100-150. Need an output of 1680x1050 for my monitor.
Cheers in advance :)
In that price range,
ASUS HD 6850 Direct CU 1GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI Display.. | Ebuyer.com
Another alternative:
XFX AMD Radeon HD 6870 - 1024MB DDR5; 4200MHz; PCI-E: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics
+1 for the 6870 , I have 2 friends with them and they perform very well.
They have come down alot in price lately and also it pays to shop around for special offers.
XFX ATI Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Call of Pripyat & Shogun 2 Games - Aria Technology
Now they give away free games ,I payed 280.00 for a brand new one and i still have my 5770 as a back up-.
Those cards are well worth the cash
Can't you unlock the extra cores on a 6850 to the same as a 6870, easily?
Not an ATI user here but i'm sure i keep reading something about this all over the place...
Well yeh there is allways that risk if one doesn't know what they are doing. But notice i put "Easily" because from what i've read it is really easy.
It was just a suggestion for the OP to save some cash but have the same as the higher card. I also understand that not everyone likes to do flashing and such but personally i've never once had a problem in the past with any flashing at all.
If the OP as the cash to pay for the higher version anyway then it's a no-brainer :)
1. It's the 6950 that can be flashed to the 6970 spec, and only the 2 GB version.....
2.What you are doing is unlocking a shader core group, and gambling that it was locked for no good reason..
3.If you do that you void your warranty....(is that why AMD hasn't tried to stop it?)
4. Stormy recommended a 6850....if you flash that to a 6970, you will have a paperweight....
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