What's your Recommendation ?

[hooman79108]

Hi
I'm looking for a new VGA card but it's very confusing to choose the best one according to my budget (150$).
what do you recommend between GTS 450 and Radeon 5770 ?
does it worth to pay much more money for GTX 460 or GTX 550TI or Radeon 6850 ?
I'm looking for sth. to support gaming also in the future...

 

[xeenrecoil]

Hi Hooman
Could you give us a full hardware list so we can give you a better recommendation -Thx

 

[jyjjy]

It would be a very good idea to at least pay slightly more for an HD6850 or GTX 460. As Xeen says though we really need to know more about the rest of your system to give an appropriate recommendation. Include PSU brand/model and screen resolution.

 

[hooman79108]

Hi Hooman
Could you give us a full hardware list so we can give you a better recommendation -Thx

CPU: core i5 2500
RAM: 4 G
M.B. : Gigabyte PA65-UD3-B3
Monitor : LG LCD W2086T

 

[jyjjy]

We still need to know the power supply before making a recommendation. If you don't know then the brand/model should be listed on a chart on the side of the PSU when you open your computer's case.

 

[hooman79108]

We still need to know the power supply before making a recommendation. If you don't know then the brand/model should be listed on a chart on the side of the PSU when you open your computer's case.

I've not selected the PSU yet. i want to choose one after finalizing VGA.

 

[jyjjy]

I would probably get this;
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102908
If you are going to OC, don't care about the game and don't mind paying slightly more I'd get this;
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121391

 

[RetiredChief]

Compare cards: http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/
Or
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-performance-radeon-geforce,2997.html

Note above does not consider that a given card is on sale

 

[hooman79108]

I would probably get this;
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102908
If you are going to OC, don't care about the game and don't mind paying slightly more I'd get this;
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121391

tnx jyjjy
i think SAPPHIRE 100315L Radeon HD 6850 is better than second one because of higher core clock.

 

[jyjjy]

You would think wrong then. They are an entirely different architecture and you cannot compare the core speeds directly because of such. At your resolution the GTX 460 is (very) slightly faster at reference speeds(both of the cards I linked are at reference.) The GTX 460 also has more overclocking headroom and performance tends to scale better with an OC on those cards compared to the HD6850. The cooling on the particular model I linked is also quite quiet and effective.
Basically if you aren't going to overclock then go for the HD6850 for $10 and free game. If you will overclock then the GTX 460 is probably the better choice.