V0LC0M All American 21263 Posts user info edit post |
I'm building a new gaming PC on somewhat of a budget.
I've been looking at the GeForce 460 or the Radeon 5770. I'm trying to stay around $150.
Thoughts? Suggestions? 5/24/2011 10:52:12 AM |
darkone (\/) (;,,,;) (\/) 11611 Posts user info edit post |
With that budget the 460 is your best bet.
Check around for sales. You can probably get a better card for $150 if you find a good sale. e.g. Newegg has a 6850 for $140 after rebate.
[Edited on May 24, 2011 at 11:17 AM. Reason : sales] 5/24/2011 11:10:43 AM |
ncstatepimp All American 1781 Posts user info edit post |
If you are building a gaming PC, I'd highly recommend not skimping on the video card (Those aren't bad cards you listed by any means). I just recently purchased a GTX570 -- I had been using a GTX275 which I thought ran games "Smoothly at max settings". Now I realize that there was nothing "smooth" about the experience I had before. Save up an extra month and drop around $300 -- it will be well worth it. 5/24/2011 12:34:14 PM |
JK All American 6839 Posts user info edit post |
I'll sell you my GTX 295 for 200 5/24/2011 12:48:31 PM |
V0LC0M All American 21263 Posts user info edit post |
I don't want to buy anything used.
I really don't want to spend over $250 on a graphics card. What do you recommend in that price range?
I'm not trying to play Crysis or anything. These are the games I'm looking at.
Warcraft Diablo 3 Starcraft 2 Mass Effect 3 Star Wars - The Old Republic 5/24/2011 1:48:53 PM |
darkone (\/) (;,,,;) (\/) 11611 Posts user info edit post |
for $250 you could probably get a 6950, the videocard with the best performance/dollar stat currently available
The GPU bench at anandtech lets you look at performance per dollar metrics
[Edited on May 24, 2011 at 1:57 PM. Reason : more info] 5/24/2011 1:57:12 PM |
V0LC0M All American 21263 Posts user info edit post |
Thanks for that site. That will be a big help.
[Edited on May 24, 2011 at 2:17 PM. Reason : Were you referring to the 6950 CF or 6950] 5/24/2011 2:11:45 PM |
V0LC0M All American 21263 Posts user info edit post |
I was originally going to go with an AMD Phenom X6 processor but from the looks of it, the Intel i7 series has come down in price and outperforms AMD quite a bit. That saddens me. 5/24/2011 2:45:29 PM |
ncstatepimp All American 1781 Posts user info edit post |
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-graphics-card-game-performance-radeon-hd-6670,2935.html
The advice/recommendations @ tomshardware.com are usually spot on. They also post a monthly article entitled, "Best Graphics Cards for the Money: Month/year". The link above is to the article for May. 5/24/2011 3:23:13 PM |
V0LC0M All American 21263 Posts user info edit post |
So based on that article, $200 should be more than enough to do what I want. 5/24/2011 3:42:51 PM |
Shaggy All American 17820 Posts user info edit post |
the hassle of amd and their rotten chipsets is never worth the lower price. always buy intel. 5/24/2011 4:46:46 PM |
V0LC0M All American 21263 Posts user info edit post |
I've used AMD for years and NEVER had any problems 5/25/2011 9:27:52 AM |
smoothcrim Universal Magnetic! 18968 Posts user info edit post |
amd used to have suspect chipsets. it got better when nvidia made the best amd chipsets and now it's rock solid since ati/amd makes them all. tighter standards on windows drivers helped as well. 5/25/2011 9:31:03 AM |
V0LC0M All American 21263 Posts user info edit post |
and when i say years, i mean the last 3 5/25/2011 9:50:40 AM |
Shaggy All American 17820 Posts user info edit post |
i bought an amd and gigabyte board for my htpc and i regretted it instantly. their drivers suck. the chipset sucks. it was such a stupid buy when i could have gotten an i3 for like $50 more.
[Edited on May 25, 2011 at 9:52 AM. Reason : n] 5/25/2011 9:52:21 AM |
Wyloch All American 4245 Posts user info edit post |
Love my GTX460. It's the Gigabyte (brand name, although it does also have 1GB VRAM) version which comes with two onboard fans. 5/25/2011 10:27:07 AM |