Good £100 Graphics Card

Best Graphics Cards For The Money: May '09

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you didn't say the powersupply.....

I would go for something like this
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/show [...] subcat=938

Good point on charts AMG, problem being that those are dollars and whilst it is true that 100 dollars generally transfers to UK residents being shafted by a 100 pound comparison it isn't always true.
I would say that you'd want the GTS 250 or 4850 for those prices, you could perhaps get a very basic 4870 (better but minus games or stuff). I'd be tempted by the 4850 as the 250 is just more rebadging of older technology. Plus side to that is it's been well tested by now but downside is that you're unlikely to be able to overclock it any and it may not scale to well in the future vs the newer 4850.

Sorry for double post wouldnt let me edit.

Nevermind about the 9800 then the GTS 250 is significantly better than the 9800 GT apparently.
Btw is Inno3D a reputable manufacturer, any issues?

Can I get some sort of confirmation that the HD4850 is better than the GTS 250? :-)
Do many games utilise PhysX?

wow,wow,wow, guys what about his system specs first eh? (including his psu ofc) be4 making him buy a 4850/gts250 dont get me wrong these are fine cards but no use running these with a pentium 4.

You have a Dell, do n't you?
Even if you do not, we need to know the full specs.
And 305W is not enough to run more than a 9600GT/HD4670/4770.

How do you work out what you need for PSU?

och P4 for a current gen GPU och I m sure they would like that

sorry I got a little too carried a way to quick

''dont get me wrong these are fine cards but no use running these with a pentium 4'' lol gotta love p4s

it, was.....

but its a petuim D? yes

I know someone with a fiarly good graphics card on one of those overclocked through

@ Chipmunkzors: As ct1615 says, you can run the faster 9800GT on your system, so add that to those I listed in my speculative post, although you may have difficulty finding one.
I would drop the HD4670 from the list, it's so much slower than the others.

I would not worry too much about the CPU limiting graphics performance. For a gaming machine I always bias it towards GPU speed anyway when building, that way I can apply higher levals of AA/AF without dropping the framerate too much.

Yes, more modern designs are more efficient and can do more work in the same time. Clockspeeds should only really be used to compare the same generation of chip from the same company and even then performance can be effected by other factors.

Get a 4670, you cant really run anything else unless a new PSU.
Save another 20 quid after buying a 500W Psu and buy a 260GTX

thats just silly.. yes there is such a thing. i dont mind if you like pissing away money but most people tend not to. so go with the 4670 since its low on power consumption/price and still gives a nice bang

@ Chipmunkzors: I think the GTS250 is going to be a bit too much for the powersupply, newer manufacturing tech or not it still draws more than a 9800GT which is the most I would recommend.
I would look to either the 9600GT, HD4770 or 9800GT (in order low to high).