Which Card for Q6600 System @ 1280x1024

[Chrisr1]

Hi All,

Not sure what to do?!?

Gigabyte G31M-ES2L
XFX Pro 650W PSU
C2Q Q6600 @ 2.4GHZ
4GB RAM
Acer 19" @ 1280x1024

I'm currently playing games such as Farcry, Half Life and IV: Oblivion etc on an old 8400GS and am thinking of upgrading.

I was going to get the 560ti now, but are not sure whether to get something cheaper like the GTX550ti, GTX650 or maybe a used GTX460 instead and use it for the next year or 2, and then just build a complete new system with a much higher spec card next year?

Looking to play Skyrim and Crysis @ 1280x1024 and card cannot be any longer than about 7.5-8" as the SATA ports are in the way

Any thoughts?

Cheers for your help!!

 

[Chrisr1]

Sorry, looking to pay about £100 - £150 'ish quid... can go a bit higher though.

 

[Chrisr1]

Cheers the the quick response.

I think it looked at that one mate, but it was a bit too long. I'll defintely double check though!!

 

[XXStavrosXX]

7770 is perfect, however if you just intend to keep it for a couple of years and play in this resolution, you will get covered with an HD 7750 or GTX 650 too, whichever you find cheaper. I find it more cost efficient than buying 7770, unless of course you intend to play on higher resolutions with this card in the future.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102969

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125435

 

[Chrisr1]

Thanks for the advice

Just measured the old card and it's bang on 7", so it going to have to be anything under 7".

Any Dual-Slot Graphics Card over 7" is going to be right up against/over the top SATA port.

This is the perfect size @ 6.6" and is only £98. Any good?

http://www.ebuyer.com/370438-powercolor-hd-7770-ghz-edition-1gb-gddr5-dvi-hdmi-displayport-pci-e-graphics-ax7770-1gbd5-dh

 

[Chrisr1]

Hi All,

Struggling to find a 7770 that is under 7".

The only one I could find is now out of stock and not sure when they will be getting anymore?!

Came across a Superclocked GTX 650 -

http://www.ebuyer.com/397565-evga-gtx-650-sc-edition-1024mb-ddr5-dvi-mini-hdmi-pci-e-graphics-01g-p4-2652-kr

Performance
NVIDIA GTX 650
384 CUDA Cores
1202 MHz GPU

Memory
1024 MB, 128 bit GDDR5
5000 MHz (effective)
80 GB/s Memory Bandwidth

Is there much difference between this as the 7770 and is there any other cards you can recommend or should I jsut wait for the 7770 back into stock?


Cheers for your help

Chris