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Hi everyone;
I'm putting together a gaming rig for my mum; we've pretty much planned the whole rig but would like some advice on the graphics card.
She wants a decent gaming PC, budget of £1,000 (GBP), we're in the UK and we're going down the i7 route.
We're looking at this:
http://img.techpowerup.org/100814/amumspc.jpg
(linking because I'm on 56k; checking the thread would be a bugger)
There is ~£135 left in the budget for a graphics card, and I'm going to try and get her to stretch and extra ~£100 to get a 5850. She's likely to put in the extra £100.
Could we have some advice on whether we should stick with this plan; if so which 5850; or if there is an appropriate nVidia card to consider, value-for-money-wise?
With the extra £100, then £235 will be the absolute upper limit.
We have no preference on whether we choose ATi or NVIDIA.
She doesn't want to upgrade anytime soon.
It's just a gaming rig with 1 monitor and a 42" TV, no CUDA or Eyefinity needed.
We don't really want to settle for a 5770 as she'll be most likely gaming on her 42" tv at 1920x1080.
So... £235 tops, heavy gaming, red or green?
One other thing: we don't mind getting a slightly lower performing card, in favour of a longer warranty, so please consider warranty too.
Thanks everyone.
I'm putting together a gaming rig for my mum; we've pretty much planned the whole rig but would like some advice on the graphics card.
She wants a decent gaming PC, budget of £1,000 (GBP), we're in the UK and we're going down the i7 route.
We're looking at this:
http://img.techpowerup.org/100814/amumspc.jpg
(linking because I'm on 56k; checking the thread would be a bugger)
There is ~£135 left in the budget for a graphics card, and I'm going to try and get her to stretch and extra ~£100 to get a 5850. She's likely to put in the extra £100.
Could we have some advice on whether we should stick with this plan; if so which 5850; or if there is an appropriate nVidia card to consider, value-for-money-wise?
With the extra £100, then £235 will be the absolute upper limit.
We have no preference on whether we choose ATi or NVIDIA.
She doesn't want to upgrade anytime soon.
It's just a gaming rig with 1 monitor and a 42" TV, no CUDA or Eyefinity needed.
We don't really want to settle for a 5770 as she'll be most likely gaming on her 42" tv at 1920x1080.
So... £235 tops, heavy gaming, red or green?
One other thing: we don't mind getting a slightly lower performing card, in favour of a longer warranty, so please consider warranty too.
Thanks everyone.