Looking to buy a new graphics card

sharon_22

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I'm trying to decide on a gaming computer for my brother.
Choice
1) i5,intel H55,
4gb, 500GB HDD,
DVD +RW
NVIDIA GTX 460 graphics card1gb

$849
or

i7
Intel x58
6GB Ram
60SSD
1TB
DVD+RW
ATI6850 1 GB

$1389

Confused re graphic cards etc - which one do you think is better? Cheers Sharon
 
They are basically the same card, different makers. You can not go wrong , GTX460 1gb or hd6850. I own a hd6850 and I love it. The hd6850 is a better OCer though, it can OC to the hd5850 and hd6870 class with ease. The first real OC I did I got 900Mhz core and 1100Mhz mem with 1.2V. Hope this helped, Get the first one, will save you money. You could also get the second one and put in another hd6850, just no reason to get such nice CPU with a mid range GPU.