£250 to spend on graphics

[ben BOys]

what should i get for £250 it can be SLI or Crossfire or a single card i have E8400 set up with it and will be overclocking it. 4 GB of RAM. 64bit OS and 1920 x1200 screen it will be primarily used for gaming. i also want DX10 doesn't have to be max setting on the likes of Crysis because my machine I'm using at the moment is VERY crap and want to plat Empire TW and likes of fallout 3 and Starcraft 2 when they come out (i know fallout's out)





PS whats the DEAl with the GTX2** are they bringing out more of them like 279 or summet or is it just like GTX280X2 like 4870X2

 

[coozie7]

Either the Nvidia GTX260 (216 core) or ATI HD4870 1Gb. Both are superb cards and you`ll need a sharp knife to seperate them with reguards to performance, although I`d lean very slightly in favour of the GTX260.
Between those two your choice really will boil down to best price/bundle and warranty.
How I wish I had your problem

 

[ben BOys]

lol yer i've been looking at the http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/radeon-geforce-graphics,review-31451-5.html thing

strangely enough the offer am getting for the bundle is that i get 4850 crossfire for the same price as a 260 the only catch is DDR3 for the 260

4GB CORSAIR XMS3 DDR3 1333MHz vs 4GB CORSAIR DOMINATOR 1066MHz

what should i go for now

 

[ben BOys]

Oh case closed i'm getting The DDR 2 Route because the MB i was getting DDR 3 on 790i is meant to have issues whilst the more reliable Rampage is all good lol but anything is good compared to mine because ive got P4 2.66GHz, 1Gb of DDR RAM not DDR2 and HD 2400 pro cannot wait to destroy the thing its probably only worth a worthers original

 

[kelfen]

If your going to get diablo get ATI has havok phyisics engine which diablo choose. not quite sure about starcraft.

 

[srgess]

go for 4870 512mb or 1gb, i know you can get the 4870 512mb for 190us at some place. This card beat the gtx280 in some games, when it doesnt beat it , its just by few dps. For the price range between 4870 and gtx280 4870 win for performance for the money.

 

[aevm]

I'm voting for this HD 4870 1GB:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/152466

LOL, it's exactly £250

 

[srgess]

250 euro ? that is very expensive, just get the 512mb :http://www.ncixus.com/products/31175/21133-00-20R/SAPPHIRE/ for 220 us

 

[aevm]

It's 250 British pounds, not euros.

If he gives us a budget in pounds, he cannot buy from a US retailer like ncixus.

250 pounds is normal for a card like that in the UK. Prices there are ginormous compared to the US. They include 15% VAT for example.

There's a $220 HD 4870 1GB at newegg which is in fact a better deal than yours Unfortunately, newegg USA won't ship to the UK.

 

[GSD]

I'd definitely get the new 55nm GTX260-216 for that price. It's on pre-order right now with Scan.

http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=934325

 

[aevm]

That's a good one too.

For example Anandtech got 31.5 fps in Crysis at your resolution with it (the HD 4870 1GB got 33.3).

In Quake Wars it's 88.5 for the GTX 260 Core 216 vs 98 for the HD 4870 1GB, both very good IMO.
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3415&p=4
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3415&p=6

Still, the HD 4870 1GB is faster and will support Blizzard games better (it has Havok support) so I'm still voting for that one.

 

[robbins]

4870 1gb 198.89 pounds.

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/1GB-Asus-HD4870-PCI-E-20(x16)-3600MHz-GDDR5-GPU-750MHz-800-Cores-HDTV-2x-DL-DVI-I-HDCP

or this one for 206.
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/1GB-PowerColor-HD4870-PCI-E-20(x16)-3600MHz-GDDR5-GPU-750MHz-800-Cores-2x-DL-DVI-I-HDTV-HDCP

or this one:
http://overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-091-PC