Best NVIDIA Graphics card fo £150

[Guest]

Hi,

Whats the best NVIDIA Graphics card for £120. (Wanting to run Guild Wars 2 well)

Also, please recommend a good intel processor for £150?

 

[greghome]

I'd pay a bit extra and get the AMD HD7850
I know you want Nvidia, but I don't think there's a Nvidia as good a deal as the 7800 and 7700 GPUs in performance/buck value, not until AMD release the HD8k cards......which probably is before Nvidia release the lower end GT600s. :lol:


As for CPU, you can get this Ivy Bridge i5 for about that price
Core i5-3330 Quad Core

You do have a motherboard right?......

 

[Guest]

Thanks

What motherboard could you recommend? (Im starting from scratch but trying to get a graphics card sorted first as Im so unsure).

 

[refillable]

7850, the best choice for now.

If you would wait, you can also wait for the 660/650 Ti, but we are not sure how much it will be priced and will it fit your budget or not.

As for the motherboard, I would go with an Asrock Z77. You can also go for the P8Z77 ASUS motherboard too.

 

[bigcyco1]

motherboard recommendation mobo:GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UD3H LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128544#top

 

[bigcyco1]

Any of these would be a great choice mobo:ASUS P8Z77-V PRO LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131819#top

mobo:GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UD3H LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128544#top


mobo:ASUS P8Z77-V LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131820#top

mobo:GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UD5H LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128545#top

mobo:ASRock Z77 Extreme6 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157295&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-Motherboards%20-%20Intel-_-ASRock-_-13157295&AID=10440897&PID=3938566&SID=#top

 

[greghome]

Thanks

What motherboard could you recommend? (Im starting from scratch but trying to get a graphics card sorted first as Im so unsure).

Personally, from my market here in Malaysia, I'd get an Asrock Z77 Extreme 3 or MSI Z77A-G45 or GD55
but honestly, just get any z77 motherboard from reputable brands like MSI, Asus, Gigabyte, Asrock.

Don't touch ECS though
My motto: Avoid buying motherboards cheaper than it's Intel branded brothers, NEVER buy those significantly cheaper.

 

[mohit9206]

you said nvidia card so gtx560 is good choice at that price.. and good intel processor would be the i5-2500k and mobo would be msi new range of z77 mobos which are OC certified

 

[greghome]

^ Still doesn't beat a HD7850

 

[Guest]

Thanks. seems the HD7850 is sounding good. Longer i spemd surfing round the forum the more I questions which to go for

 

[Guest]

Whats this like - http://www.ebuyer.com/287105-evga-gtx-560-superclocked-1gb-gddr5-dvi-hdmi-pci-e-graphics-card-01g-p3-1463-kr

 

[bigcyco1]

Whats this like - http://www.ebuyer.com/287105-evga-gtx-560-superclocked-1gb-gddr5-dvi-hdmi-pci-e-graphics-card-01g-p3-1463-kr

that is a decent card again not as good as 7850 but it's good enough to game decently don't expect to much though i say most likely mid settings on most current games.

 

[greghome]

Whats this like - http://www.ebuyer.com/287105-evga-gtx-560-superclocked-1gb-gddr5-dvi-hdmi-pci-e-graphics-card-01g-p3-1463-kr

Forget about that GTX560 and get this XFX HD7850 for only 143 quids, only 9 bucks more....more than 15% more performance
(I think, assuming the 6950 is 10% faster than the 560 non Ti and the 7850 is roughly 2-10% faster than the 6950 )

as for motherboard try this Asrock Z77Extreme 4 only 100 pounds