Should I get a used HD4890 or GTX275?

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#1 muscleserge
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I am in a bit of a dilemma, my brother totaled my car, so I have to save up for a new one. I was planning on a whole new PC, but I must adjust. My current specs are: 650w OCZ PSU 3GB or ram e6400 @ 3.2 ghz 8800GT OCed 730/1780/1000 win 7 64 It runs games fine, even Crysis with everything on high and shadows to med @ 16x10 res, but in game like metro 2033 I have to lower the res to 1360x765 and stick to high in DX10. I wanna upgrade so that I could play metro at my native rez and better fps in Crysis wouldn't hurt either. I found a couple of HD4890s and gtx275s on ebay for $150. I have looked at hd5830s but the cheapest is $250, I could put that extra $100 toward more ram, or a used q6600, or q8400. What would u guys recommend, maybe there is a better alternative?
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#2 DoomZaW
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why not rather go for an ATI 5000 or GTX400 series?, in any case, out of these two, i'd take the gtx 275

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#3 FUBAR24
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why not rather go for an ATI 5000 or GTX400 series?, in any case, out of these two, i'd take the gtx 275

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didnt you read? he said he didnt want to spend that kind of money
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#4 Wildedge93
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[QUOTE="muscleserge"]I am in a bit of a dilemma, my brother totaled my car, so I have to save up for a new one. I was planning on a whole new PC, but I must adjust. My current specs are: 650w OCZ PSU 3GB or ram e6400 @ 3.2 ghz 8800GT OCed 730/1780/1000 win 7 64 It runs games fine, even Crysis with everything on high and shadows to med @ 16x10 res, but in game like metro 2033 I have to lower the res to 1360x765 and stick to high in DX10. I wanna upgrade so that I could play metro at my native rez and better fps in Crysis wouldn't hurt either. I found a couple of HD4890s and gtx275s on ebay for $150. I have looked at hd5830s but the cheapest is $250, I could put that extra $100 toward more ram, or a used q6600, or q8400. What would u guys recommend, maybe there is a better alternative?

dude ur fine, u dont need to upgrade for another year just save ur money for ur ride (and learn form your mistakes :P) but yea a 8800gt can max out every game out so far and for another year so yea *cant max obvious games*
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#5 muscleserge
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Thanks for replies.
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#6 kevy619
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4890 if you plan on hooking up to a digital receiver with hdmi audio, otherwise what other games do you plan to play?