Buying a new GPU---

Ok I was thinking of buying a new graphics card, as currently I have a geforce 8500GT. But I was wondering whether because these new cards are coming out I should wait or not. Will these new cards coming out mean that older cards will drop in price? Also should I buy this card for 88 pounds? ( sorry i dnt know how to do the sign on this new keyboard) http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/6167087/PNY-Verto-Geforce-9800-GT-512MB-DDR3-PCI-Express-X16-Graphics-Card/Product.html

Or spend a bit more to get a better one, I think I could stretch to 140 quid, would spending this get me more for my money?

Ok I was thinking of buying a new graphics card, as currently I have a geforce 8500GT. But I was wondering whether because these new cards are coming out I should wait or not. Will these new cards coming out mean that older cards will drop in price? Also should I buy this card for 88 pounds? ( sorry i dnt know how to do the sign on this new keyboard) http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/6167087/PNY-Verto-Geforce-9800-GT-512MB-DDR3-PCI-Express-X16-Graphics-Card/Product.html

Or spend a bit more to get a better one, I think I could stretch to 140 quid, would spending this get me more for my money?

joshuahaveron

My other question is thaat will grpahics cards become much cheaper in the next few months when the new ones come out? thanks

New GPU will be released sometime in the middle of 09. I would recommend you just get 4830 or 4850. 4850 is more powerful and is the best bang for buch GPU out at the moment. They are around £110-£140 depends on what you get. I would recommend you get one with double slot cooling since they run quite hot.

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/148468/show_product_overview (It's not double slot but provides good cooling)

Also make sure your PSU is good enough. As for your other question, yes newer GPU will be better and the current ones will drop in price once the new ones get released.

get a radeon 4850, fair bit better than the 9800 GTGTR2addict

Ok I'm kind of new to building computers and stuff, so what power supply would be good enough?joshuahaveron

The newer gpus are so powerful, u gotta make sure u got the complete system to go with it, for instance a gtx 260 core 216, you atleast wanta 600 watt psu, a cpu overclocked past 3.6 ghz, and a good case for ventilation.

The newer gpus are so powerful, u gotta make sure u got the complete system to go with it, for instance a gtx 260 core 216, you atleast wanta 600 watt psu, a cpu overclocked past 3.6 ghz, and a good case for ventilation.

sted1

Is that card very good and what settings can it play crysis on? I have dual 2.7Ghz processor and 2gb ram will it run well with this?joshuahaveron

[QUOTE="joshuahaveron"]Is that card very good and what settings can it play crysis on? I have dual 2.7Ghz processor and 2gb ram will it run well with this?Daytona_178

The Radeons that the other guy said about. which one would be better out of all the cards for me? my max budget is £150 but i dnt want to go tht high, I will if neccessary. I just want the best card for my money and don't want to spend loads extra on a card if I can get one cheaper thats almost the same. So if there's a £50 difference and its only a bit better ill go for the cheaper one. ty

Is this card any good?Or is it the same? http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/5984580/-/Product.html?searchstring=Sapphire+HD+4850+512MB&searchsource=0 joshuahaveron

Yup thats a 4850, good brand and good price, seems like a good buy to me.

Also I see that this card has directx10 support and I read some where that if a card is designed for a different direct x than you have it can affect performance, as I have XP profesional, so have DX9. Is this true and will the graphics card work fine on DX9? Also is this a good card for its price or are there better alternatives? tyjoshuahaveron

[QUOTE="joshuahaveron"]Also I see that this card has directx10 support and I read some where that if a card is designed for a different direct x than you have it can affect performance, as I have XP profesional, so have DX9. Is this true and will the graphics card work fine on DX9? Also is this a good card for its price or are there better alternatives? tyDaytona_178

So should I go with the ATI 4670, 4830, 4850 or ATI 670. Which is the best value for money and best performance? Also which settigns can they play crysis on? tyvm

The newer gpus are so powerful, u gotta make sure u got the complete system to go with it, for instance a gtx 260 core 216, you atleast wanta 600 watt psu, a cpu overclocked past 3.6 ghz, and a good case for ventilation.

sted1

Past 3.6ghz? That's not needed at all, it won't hurt performance ofc, but most games are GPU limited and pushing your cpu won't really affect the fps much.

A good duo or quad won't bottleneck even a 280 GTX at stock speed.

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Ok I was thinking of buying a new graphics card, as currently I have a geforce 8500GT. But I was wondering whether because these new cards are coming out I should wait or not. Will these new cards coming out mean that older cards will drop in price? Also should I buy this card for 88 pounds? ( sorry i dnt know how to do the sign on this new keyboard) http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/6167087/PNY-Verto-Geforce-9800-GT-512MB-DDR3-PCI-Express-X16-Graphics-Card/Product.html

Or spend a bit more to get a better one, I think I could stretch to 140 quid, would spending this get me more for my money?

XBebop

haha, nice sig.

You don't happen to have the link to the original thread? :P

A little off topic, look what I found http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/-/668/875/-/7200040/Fujitsu-Siemens-GeForce-7300LE-256MB-PCI-Express-Graphics-Card/Product.html?searchtype=genre

They can't be serious, 115 pounds for 7300 LE. What a bargin! Just look at it, it looks like a standard network card.

Ofc people buying this, if there are any, are most likely on the verge of mental retardation. And don't give me, but most people don't have any clue about computers, well that may be, but if you're going to lay down your hard earned cash on a computer you better do some research before you do so, as is with any electronic devices. Ofc you should get a computer suited for your use, but this GPU makes no sense in buying what so ever.

A little off topic, look what I found http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/-/668/875/-/7200040/Fujitsu-Siemens-GeForce-7300LE-256MB-PCI-Express-Graphics-Card/Product.html?searchtype=genre

They can't be serious, 115 pounds for 7300 LE. What a bargin! Just look at it, it looks like a standard network card.

Ofc people buying this, if there are any, are most likely on the verge of mental retardation. And don't give me, but most people don't have any clue about computers, well that may be, but if you're going to lay down your hard earned cash on a computer you better do some research before you do so, as is with any electronic devices. Ofc you should get a computer suited for your use, but this GPU makes no sense in buying what so ever.

Dark-Sithious

I know, with play.com they dont reduce the price of the older cards, they have some 7 series cards there for over £250

A little off topic, look what I found http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/-/668/875/-/7200040/Fujitsu-Siemens-GeForce-7300LE-256MB-PCI-Express-Graphics-Card/Product.html?searchtype=genre

They can't be serious, 115 pounds for 7300 LE. What a bargin! Just look at it, it looks like a standard network card.

Ofc people buying this, if there are any, are most likely on the verge of mental retardation. And don't give me, but most people don't have any clue about computers, well that may be, but if you're going to lay down your hard earned cash on a computer you better do some research before you do so, as is with any electronic devices. Ofc you should get a computer suited for your use, but this GPU makes no sense in buying what so ever.

Dark-Sithious

OMG you can just about get a 4850 for that price which like owns a 7300LE, no wonder they still got some of them things in stock, there worth like £15 tops now