What Graphics card to buy for up to £200

[gazum123]

Hello all,

I am looking to buy a new GPU with a budget of upto about £200, I want it to be able to play most games without issues and have the ability to try some of the more GPU Heavy games such as Battlefield.

My specs are :
Bulldozer FX 6100 4.3Ghz
4GB Ram ( Forgot the make)
Alpine 700W Power Supplie ( Not sure if this will cut it with the 12v rail so new power supply suggestion please)
Gigabyte 970a-UD3
I currently have a Nvidia Geforce 9600 GT


Cheers all
Gareth

 

[GreenDutchAlien]

Hi.

Does the 200 stand for gpu + psu, or 200 for gpu and the psu separate ?

 

[gazum123]

Hello Just for the GPU ill buy the PSU Separate

 

[GreenDutchAlien]

200 gpu ; http://www.amazon.co.uk/XFX-Nvidia-8800GTS-Express-graphics/dp/B00113BCXO/ref=sr_1_232?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1347263009&sr=1-232 used, for only 200 pound. ( that guy is an idiot, who's gonna pay that for a used 8800gts :lol: )

Serious, below 200 gpu ; http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/Other+products/XFX+Core+Edition+Radeon+HD+7870+2048MB+GDDR5+PCI-Express+Graphics+Card+?productId=52021 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sapphire-11199-00-20G-HD7870-GDDR5-Graphics/dp/B007MUJL2E/ref=sr_1_215?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1347263209&sr=1-215

psu ; http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Power+Supplies+-+PSUs/Non-Modular+650W+or+less/500W+OCZ+CoreXStream+80PLUS+Power+Supply+?productId=50221 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Antec-EA-500-Earthwatts-Green-Supply/dp/B0073VXPIS/ref=sr_1_50?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1347263733&sr=1-50

 

[gazum123]

200 gpu ; http://www.amazon.co.uk/XFX-Nvidia-8800GTS-Express-graphics/dp/B00113BCXO/ref=sr_1_232?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1347263009&sr=1-232 used, for only 200 pound. ( that guy is an idiot, who's gonna pay that for a used 8800gts :lol: )

Serious, below 200 gpu ; http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/Other+products/XFX+Core+Edition+Radeon+HD+7870+2048MB+GDDR5+PCI-Express+Graphics+Card+?productId=52021 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sapphire-11199-00-20G-HD7870-GDDR5-Graphics/dp/B007MUJL2E/ref=sr_1_215?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1347263209&sr=1-215

psu ; http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Power+Supplies+-+PSUs/Non-Modular+650W+or+less/500W+OCZ+CoreXStream+80PLUS+Power+Supply+?productId=50221 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Antec-EA-500-Earthwatts-Green-Supply/dp/B0073VXPIS/ref=sr_1_50?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1347263733&sr=1-50

Hello,

How good are both these cards for gaming ?

 

[GreenDutchAlien]

Pretty good. Compared to your old gpu it looks like this ; http://www.hwcompare.com/12308/geforce-9800-gt-1gb-vs-radeon-hd-7870/

You can have high/ultra settings on most games. ( not sure about the real demanding ones, maybe only high )

 

[gazum123]

Any Other suggestions they aint too bad

 

[GreenDutchAlien]

And put 2G more ram in your system.