Hey guys,
My old graphics card is getting really quite old now, and since the fan is now attached by tape (this actually 'fixed' the fan which occasionally spun down, stopped, refused to restart, overheated the card and crashed my system... moving it an eighth of an inch further away from the heatsink seems to have stopped that).
In any case, my old HD4770 is certainly spluttering and coughing and not really able to give me much beyond lowest settings on almost everything modern and its time to retire it. I've been sitting on doing this because I've been broke, but I think the time really has come.
My problem is that while I'm pretty tech savvy, I'm none too sure of any of the mid-range graphics cards, and particularly I don't know what is going to give me the best bang for my buck. That's what I'm looking for, the best improvement without going over budget.
I am a pretty heavy gamer, but I'm not max settings mad. I certainly want to get modern shooters running at a decent fps (currently I get some noticeable stuttering even at ultra-low). Higher settings is of course great, but since I don't really know whats possible on my budget I kinda don't want to speculate. A good gaming card is in order though.
My ideal budget is around £100, although that can stretch to £150 if that extra money is actually going to be visible. I'm not too picky about ATi or Nvidia, although I do a fair amount of CUDA compatible work and so I am leaning more towards Nvidia, but don't let that hold you back. Oh and I'm in the UK, and shopping in the next couple of weeks btw.
Hopefully that covers everything.
Cheers guys!
My old graphics card is getting really quite old now, and since the fan is now attached by tape (this actually 'fixed' the fan which occasionally spun down, stopped, refused to restart, overheated the card and crashed my system... moving it an eighth of an inch further away from the heatsink seems to have stopped that).
In any case, my old HD4770 is certainly spluttering and coughing and not really able to give me much beyond lowest settings on almost everything modern and its time to retire it. I've been sitting on doing this because I've been broke, but I think the time really has come.
My problem is that while I'm pretty tech savvy, I'm none too sure of any of the mid-range graphics cards, and particularly I don't know what is going to give me the best bang for my buck. That's what I'm looking for, the best improvement without going over budget.
I am a pretty heavy gamer, but I'm not max settings mad. I certainly want to get modern shooters running at a decent fps (currently I get some noticeable stuttering even at ultra-low). Higher settings is of course great, but since I don't really know whats possible on my budget I kinda don't want to speculate. A good gaming card is in order though.
My ideal budget is around £100, although that can stretch to £150 if that extra money is actually going to be visible. I'm not too picky about ATi or Nvidia, although I do a fair amount of CUDA compatible work and so I am leaning more towards Nvidia, but don't let that hold you back. Oh and I'm in the UK, and shopping in the next couple of weeks btw.
Hopefully that covers everything.
Cheers guys!
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