Best GPU for around £50

crazyboy11 · 17 Oct 2009 at 19:53

Hi,
I have a budget of around £50, It can stretch a little but the more I spend on graphics the less I eat over the next month.

I was looking at some cards around that price range, the 9500GT, GT220 and a HD 4670. All sporting 1gb memory.

Which of those cards is best, and are there any alternatives that I've overlooked?

Other system information:
core 2 quad 8200
4gb ddr2 ram.
Res: 1440 x 900
Windows 7 (going to be)

Anyone think i should be spending more on graphics?

kylew · 17 Oct 2009 at 19:55

GTX295!

In all seriousness, the 4670 is the best out of that lot.

Whether you should spend more though? Depends on what you're doing with your PC.

Rroff · 17 Oct 2009 at 19:57

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-114-GW&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=356

A little over... its suprising how little you can eat for tho if you try...

crazyboy11 · 17 Oct 2009 at 19:58

Oh, really should have mentioned that

I play mainly source games, I would like to have some gaming capabilities, but as long as I can max graphics settings in source I'm happy.

Magnum_Force · 17 Oct 2009 at 20:26

Too be honest I would gor for either :

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-194-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=708

or :

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-108-PC&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1434

As both are faster than the others listed. You MUST have a PSU good enough to power either of these though.

chaparral · 17 Oct 2009 at 21:05

crazyboy11 said:
and are there any alternatives that I've overlooked?

How about going for something like a secondhand 8800gtx (they normally go for about £40 to £50)

crazyboy11 · 17 Oct 2009 at 22:35

What do you mean by good PSU?
High power output? (wattage?)

a review somewhere said the 4730 requires 2 6pin connectors from the PSU?

gurusan · 17 Oct 2009 at 22:47

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BG-055-XF&groupid=595&catid=683&subcat=

Lightnix · 17 Oct 2009 at 22:54

crazyboy11 said:
What do you mean by good PSU?
High power output? (wattage?)

a review somewhere said the 4730 requires 2 6pin connectors from the PSU?

Yeah it does, as far as I remember a 4730 is basically a 4870, even down to the PCB level - but a lot of stuff is disabled (640 shaders, 8 ROPs, 128-bit bus), and there are physically only half the memory chips.

Stuff · 17 Oct 2009 at 22:55

Rroff said:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-114-GW&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=356

A little over... its suprising how little you can eat for tho if you try...

This made me laugh. At least you have your priorities in order

crazyboy11 · 17 Oct 2009 at 23:50

I've been looking at prices of the Asus 3850 x2 on other sites, and on ****** the same card is selling for £92

how come the card on OCUK is so much cheaper?

Tute · 18 Oct 2009 at 00:19

gurusan wins the thread tbh.

gurusan · 18 Oct 2009 at 00:27

i am the winnaarr!

Shakeel · 18 Oct 2009 at 01:39

get the 4670

JMRoe · 23 Oct 2009 at 13:16

I have the HIS hd 4670 which in my opinion is the nicest looking of the 4670, and there has not been a game yet that i have not been able to play maxed out. And with its cooler it runs very cool 33'c idle and about 44'c after 1hr of Crysis warhead. so if you can find overclocking software thats compatible with the card you could archive a good cool overclock. And i only payed £53.00 from ******, bargain!

Sindri · 23 Oct 2009 at 13:19

JMRoe said:
I have the HIS hd 4670 which in my opinion is the nicest looking of the 4670, and there has not been a game yet that i have not been able to play maxed out. And with its cooler it runs very cool 33'c idle and about 44'c after 1hr of Crysis warhead. so if you can find overclocking software thats compatible with the card you could archive a good cool overclock. And i only payed £53.00 from ******, bargain!

What res are you playing at though?

EpicCarnage · 23 Oct 2009 at 13:28

get a second hand 8800gt or 4850 now if you want cheaper go 7900gtx all those own your games with ease tbh

OldComputerGuy7 · 23 Oct 2009 at 13:52

I would pick the 4670, a great card and im thinking of getting one at some point or maybe saving up some more to get the next model up.

JMRoe · 23 Oct 2009 at 14:03

Sindri said:
What res are you playing at though?

Most of my games i play at 1440x900 that the max my monitor can handle, but games like SR2, hawk when i set it to that res only half the pic is displayed! only two games that do that thou, i play far cry 2, NFS shift, Dirt maxed out setting on res 1440x900 no problem. on 3dmark06 my system scored 9.214 and thats only with E5200 O'C to 3.2 gonna O'C to 3.6 should be over 10.000 then not bad 4 budget system hey!