Upgrading Graphics Card

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  1. Posts : 26
    Windows7 Ultimate 64bit
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    Upgrading Graphics Card


    I am concidering upgrading my graphics card but its confusing trying to pick a card. (Some are £30 with 2GB of memory and others are £150 with 1GB... huh?) I'm looking for a good card, preferably AMD just to have it matching the CPU (that probably sounds silly) but it doesn't matter all that much, that would go well with my system so as not to create a bottle neck;

    AMD FX-8320 Vishera FD8320FRW8KHK
    MSI 760GA-P43 (FX)
    Samsung DDR3 4GB PC3-10600U 1333MHz x2
    Seagate Desktop HDD ST1000DM003
    Corsair CX600M


    My top budget is ~£100

    Or is my current card (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE) ok?
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  2. Posts : 2,409
    Windows 7 Professional 32-bit/Windows 8 64-bit/Win7 Pro64-bit
       #2

    Clock speed and Memory does not always matter. The actual performance matters. PassMark Software - Video Card Benchmarks - High End Video Cards Look at this list and look for the GTX and Radeon GPUs. You may be surprised at the performance with the amount of clock speed and memory. EVGA - Products - EVGA GeForce GTX 760 w/ EVGA ACX Cooling - 02G-P4-2763-KR This or something similar from a brand that is available in UK.
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  3. Posts : 3,118
    Win7 Home Premium x64 SP1
       #3

    Hi BlastHardCheese
    Here are a couple of AMD Gpu's that are in your budget, both card's are slightly over your budget in most stores but I found them cheaper at AriaPc. I did look at Nvidia too but none of the card's in your budget would be as good as the ones I listed. If it was me I would choose the first of the 2 because it has a better cooler and a slightly higher core clock.

    Gigabyte Radeon R7 260X OC WindForce £97.99 inc. VAT Gigabyte Radeon R7 260X OC WindForce Graphics Card - Aria PC

    MSI Radeon R7 260X OC 2048MB £96.78 inc. VAT MSI Radeon R7 260X OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - Aria PC

    If you could raise another £40 then this would be a nice improvement over the first 2.
    MSI Radeon R9 270 Gaming 2G AMD Graphics Card - 2GB £137.99 inc. VAT MSI Radeon R9 270 Gaming 2G AMD Graphics Card - 2GB - Aria Technology

    Edit: The prices don't include shipping but Aria are pretty reasonable with the cost of shipping.
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  4. Posts : 6,075
    Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
       #4

    Computer0304 said:
    Clock speed and Memory does not always matter. The actual performance matters. PassMark Software - Video Card Benchmarks - High End Video Cards Look at this list and look for the GTX and Radeon GPUs. You may be surprised at the performance with the amount of clock speed and memory. EVGA - Products - EVGA GeForce GTX 760 w/ EVGA ACX Cooling - 02G-P4-2763-KR This or something similar from a brand that is available in UK.
    That card would be pretty much double his budget in the UK sadly.

    ganjiry said:
    Hi BlastHardCheese
    Here are a couple of AMD Gpu's that are in your budget, both card's are slightly over your budget in most stores but I found them cheaper at AriaPc. I did look at Nvidia too but none of the card's in your budget would be as good as the ones I listed. If it was me I would choose the first of the 2 because it has a better cooler and a slightly higher core clock.

    Gigabyte Radeon R7 260X OC WindForce £97.99 inc. VAT Gigabyte Radeon R7 260X OC WindForce Graphics Card - Aria PC

    MSI Radeon R7 260X OC 2048MB £96.78 inc. VAT MSI Radeon R7 260X OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - Aria PC

    If you could raise another £40 then this would be a nice improvement over the first 2.
    MSI Radeon R9 270 Gaming 2G AMD Graphics Card - 2GB £137.99 inc. VAT MSI Radeon R9 270 Gaming 2G AMD Graphics Card - 2GB - Aria Technology

    Edit: The prices don't include shipping but Aria are pretty reasonable with the cost of shipping.
    Good suggestions.
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  5. Posts : 1,413
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64Bit
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  6. Posts : 6,075
    Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
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    Devlin1888 said:
    I was referring to the EVGA 760 he linked to Devlin, I had a look for it on Scan and it was just under £200 before delivery costs.
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  7. Posts : 1,413
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64Bit
       #7

    aaah my bad buddy!
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  8. Posts : 1,846
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64, & Mac OS X 10.9.2
       #8

    if you can stretch a little more (£20!) then grab one of these MSI GTX 750Ti Gaming OC Twin Frozr IV 2GB Nvidia PCI Express Graphics Card - N750Ti TF 2GD5/OC - Scan.co.uk

    They seem to be spot on for value for money and youll benefit later on down the line with driver updates once the new chips become mainstream.
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  9. Posts : 2,409
    Windows 7 Professional 32-bit/Windows 8 64-bit/Win7 Pro64-bit
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  10. Posts : 3,118
    Win7 Home Premium x64 SP1
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    I've seen a review of that card today and it's supposed to be a very loud card.
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