Card upgrade to play BF3

[StuntMonkeh]

Been a while since my last card a Nvidia 7800 GTX.

Need to upgrade to play BF3.

Any suggestions, looking for a midrange card?

 

[ThePengu1n]

What's your budget?

 

[bsheep9]

it also depends on your processor, I tried to upgrade a friends pc with a core2duo e6300 from a nvidia GT430 to a GTX460. It made no difference in most games: DX:HR high 25-30fps, BF3 beta 18-25fps (lowest) on 1440x900.

In the end i took the same gtx460 and paired it with a sandybridge, now i get 60+fps on high

 

[kissenger]

Yeah, you will be best off with at least a Core2Quad for BF3.

 

[StuntMonkeh]

Currently have an AMD Phenom II X4 840 3.2Ghz and 4GB RAM running Windows 7.

Budget is about £150 ish...

 

[mdixson]

Currently have an AMD Phenom II X4 840 3.2Ghz and 4GB RAM running Windows 7.

Budget is about £150 ish...

I would give a 560ti a go - just got one myself and has made a massive difference

 

[Purgatory]

**B Grade** Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560Ti OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
£149.00 inc VAT
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BG-226-GI&groupid=595&catid=683&subcat=

Features:-
- Core Clock: 900MHz
- Memory: 1024MB GDDR5
- Memory Clock: 4000MHz (Effective)
- Memory Interface: 256-Bit
- Processing Cores: 384
- Shader Clock: 1800MHz
- Bus Type: PCI-Express 2.0
- Display Connectors: 2x Dual-Link DVI-I & 1x HDMI 1.4a (Includes HDMI & VGA Adapters)
- SLI Ready
- HDCP Capable
- DirectX 11 Support
- OpenGL 4.0 Support
- PhysX Enabled
- CUDA Enabled
- 3D Vision Enabled
- NVIDIA Surround Enabled
- Warranty: 3 years

 

[Marine-RX179]

**B Grade** Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560Ti OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
£149.00 inc VAT
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BG-226-GI&groupid=595&catid=683&subcat=

Features:-
- Core Clock: 900MHz
- Memory: 1024MB GDDR5
- Memory Clock: 4000MHz (Effective)
- Memory Interface: 256-Bit
- Processing Cores: 384
- Shader Clock: 1800MHz
- Bus Type: PCI-Express 2.0
- Display Connectors: 2x Dual-Link DVI-I & 1x HDMI 1.4a (Includes HDMI & VGA Adapters)
- SLI Ready
- HDCP Capable
- DirectX 11 Support
- OpenGL 4.0 Support
- PhysX Enabled
- CUDA Enabled
- 3D Vision Enabled
- NVIDIA Surround Enabled
- Warranty: 3 years

To clarify for the OP, just want to point out that B-grade products only has 3 months warranty and could just come as a bare card with no accessory or not in original box. Ignore what the description says about 3 years warranty.

 

[Purgatory]

Good point yes they do come with OCUK 90 day warranty, but reason I added this is it is a Gigabyte Card and they have UK RMA and the full 3 years warranty is still with them from date of purchase. To find out what "maybe" missing I would call OCUK, normally it's a driver disk or some power cable missing if anything is missing (things that normally stay in the box anyway for most users). So really it is a good deal still.

 

[StuntMonkeh]

Sounded good until I clicked the link. Its sold!

Edit: They are the same price for a brand spanking new one.

 

[joem1983]

Thats the the non Ti version youre thinking of?

The ti is £179.

 

[theforce]

How about this 6870?

It saves you a tenner and comes with Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

 

[vanp]

+1 on that 6870.

Looks like it has a half decent cooler setup on it too!

I have an HIS HD6870 with the Iceq cooler, it's the nuts for the money you pay.

 

[ThePengu1n]

What resolution do you play at, if you're at 1080p+ then you need 2gb of vram to play with the high/ultra settings:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18344284