Nvidia under £120??...?

Question

Hello, still need help choosing!! My pcs done but im left with the graphics card, im on nvidias website and looking at their " gamer and extreme gamer " choices, http://www.nvidia.com/object/graphics_cards_buy_now.html
My build,
4gb ram
120gb ide drive ( only for hackintosh and work related )
Main 300gb sata
Dvd rom drive
Dual core e5300 @ 2.6ghz , trying to overclock,
650W corsair gaming psu
Gma x4500 graphics

I know people say, stay away frkm intels intergrated graphics, but is the x4500 capable lf SOME games? ( low, med detail ? ) My tv is 1366x800 and my main 42in tv is 1024x768
Games like, fifa, nfs underground, cod series?
Out of nvidias list of cards above, what are decent cards for reasonable price?Thanks

Answer 1

Don't bother overclocking- it doesn't matter when your bottleneck is the graphics card.



For a gaming PC, your graphics card is THE single most important component inside the box, it does 75% of the work in games, not your CPU! In a serious gaming rig, your graphics card is the single component you spend the most on!



$40 cards like the GeForce 210 and Radeon HD 4350 are just HALF the speed of $50 cards like the Radeon HD 4650 and GeForce GT220. And those are 50% slower than $60 cards like the Radeon HD 5570. meanwhile $75-$90 cards like the Radeon HD 5670 and 6670 are another major step up. And for $99 after rebate, the Radeon HD 5770 blows those cards away.

http://www.techspot.com/review/240-ati-radeon-hd-5670/page4.html



No, you won't play much of anything on Intel's integrated GMA X4500. Intel's older GMA options are among the slowest integrated options available, with performance equal to graphics card designs from 8-10 years ago.





http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-graphics-card-radeon-hd-6990-geforce-gtx-590,2912-7.html



You could play Minecraft, Runescape, original Starcraft etc but for any driving or shooter games you'd need some kind of real card. Even the best integrated graphics chipsets are weaker than $35 standalone cards like the Radeon HD 5450. That might make a good temporary card- sell it a month from now, when you upgrade to a gaming card.





Given the relatively low resolution of your TV, the Radeon HD 5670 is a great low-cost choice for your games and it's well below your budget.



http://www.ebuyer.com/product/190138



The best Nvidia card in your price range is the GeForce GTX 550Ti, although it's overkill for a 1366x800 monitor. Even a GTS 450 would run games maxed at that resolution.



http://www.ebuyer.com/product/262659

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/240110



Most games are not heavily multi-threaded, so they run better on fast dual-cores like the E8400 than slower quad-cores like the Q6600 and Q8200.



You've got a Corsair 650W power supply which is sufficient to handle any cards up to the $300 level. Note that for high-end gaming (Crysis, Metro 2033 etc), cards around $120 like the Radeon 5750 and GeForce GTS 450 represent the bottom floor:



http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-6790-barts-gpu-geforce-gtx-460,2917-16.html

http://www.techspot.com/review/359-nvidia-geforce-gtx-560ti/page4.html

Answer 2

With a budget and system spec like that I would recommend the GTX 550Ti, more specifically this one



http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-evga-gtx-550-ti-fpb-40nm-4356mhz-gddr5-gpu-951mhz-shader-1903mhz-192-cores-dvi-mini-hdmi



This is by a company called EVGA and they are a very good reliable company.



However, if you choose to buy anything higher-end then I would definatly recommend upgrading the CPU because your e5300 cannot cope with anything higher end, also remember that if you do upgrade the CPU that a quad core is not necessarily going to give you better performance in games, a dual core can easily run games just as fast as a quad core but will fall behind when it come to video editing.



Here is a video describing bottleneck which you may find informative

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGdo75gasaQ



Hope I helped you out :)

Answer 3

The 550ti is a great gaming card that is around that price, or you could by 2 9800gt's from last generation and put them into SLI mode.



You will get good performance at high/med-high settings at those resolutions using both those setups.



(I recommend the single 550ti so you can SLI later when you upgrade in a couple years).



Upgrade graphics cards before CPU's ALWAYS!

Answer 4

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It's the best game of its category.

Answer 5

maybe try ebay for them to save some