Graphics Upgrade

[krycha010]

Hey, im looking for a new graphics card, as my old one was damaged and i only got refund for it couldnt get a replacement, so up to around 100 Pound is there any good ones out there?

Computer Specs

Power Supply - Corsair 500w CX Extreme
Motherboard - Asus M4N68T-M LE V2
CPU - AMD Athlon II x4 640
RAM - Corsair 4GB (2x2Gb) 1333Mhz
Hard Drive - Western Digital 500Gb Caviar Blue

So could you list a few graphics card that would are decent, I Have Looked at the Radeon HD 6850 and 6790 which are both around 100Pound however the 6850 seems to be faster, also looked at 7750 HD which is cheaper around 75 Pound but slower, i am not sure what kind of card will work fast with my computer so could u list a good card, or if one of these are decent please tell me which,/ thanks

[stroyal]

Welcome to TechIMO!

The 6850 is the better card, probably 15% better than the 6790.
30% better than the 7750 (edited)

GTX560 would be a close match to the HD6850, if that has a better price.
Your power supply is good for any single card made.
All your other specs, are good for gaming.


PassMark Software - Video Card Benchmarks - High End Video Cards

Give me a link, to a sight, if you want.

[SoloCamo]

Welcome to TechIMO!

The 6850 is the better card, probably 15% better than the 6790.
30% better than the 7850

GTX560 would be a close match to the HD6850, if that has a better price.
Your power supply is good for any single card made.
All your other specs, are good for gaming.


PassMark Software - Video Card Benchmarks - High End Video Cards

Give me a link, to a sight, if you want.

Just want to give you a heads up, that the passmark benchmark isn't accurate at all.

A 7850 is worlds above a 6850 as well.

You can clearly tell the passmark benchamark is WAY off when it says my over 2 year old gtx480 beats out a gtx690 which is a brand new 1,000 dollar card that is roughly equivalent to two gtx680's in SLI.

Mind you, one gtx680 is faster than two of my gtx 480's

[stroyal]

Just want to give you a heads up, that the passmark benchmark isn't accurate at all.

A 7850 is worlds above a 6850 as well.

You can clearly tell the passmark benchamark is WAY off when it says my over 2 year old gtx480 beats out a gtx690 which is a brand new 1,000 dollar card that is roughly equivalent to two gtx680's in SLI.

Mind you, one gtx680 is faster than two of my gtx 480's

That's just me not proof reading, I meant the 7750 that the OP was asking about. Good catch.

7850 is a great card, and even uses less power. My next card.

I only use passmark, for the big picture, you are right, anything close can be way off.

[ShyguyXPC]

The 6790 is just a reduced spec 6850/6870 card, so the 6850 is clearly better, as has already been said.

The 6790 isn't a 6700 series at all, AMD kind of duped consumers with that card, the prior generation 5000 series had the 5830, which was a reduced spec 5850 card, but at least maintained the 5800 series family name.

not sure why they changed things this time around though.

the Radeon 7750 is a good card, not as good as the 6850, but it does use massively less power.

the 7770 GHz Edition Cards are closer to a 6850, though the 6850's 256-bit memory bus is going to help it with higher resolutions and Anti Aliasing effects more than the 7770's 128-bit bus.

XFX AMD Radeon HD 6850 1024MB GDDR5 | HD-685X-ZCFC

MSI HD 6850 "Dual Fan Edition" 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card [R6850-PM2D1GD5]


pretty much for the 100 pound budget, the 6850 is the best card you can get for that price.

[krycha010]

The 6790 is just a reduced spec 6850/6870 card, so the 6850 is clearly better, as has already been said.

The 6790 isn't a 6700 series at all, AMD kind of duped consumers with that card, the prior generation 5000 series had the 5830, which was a reduced spec 5850 card, but at least maintained the 5800 series family name.

not sure why they changed things this time around though.

the Radeon 7750 is a good card, not as good as the 6850, but it does use massively less power.

the 7770 GHz Edition Cards are closer to a 6850, though the 6850's 256-bit memory bus is going to help it with higher resolutions and Anti Aliasing effects more than the 7770's 128-bit bus.

XFX AMD Radeon HD 6850 1024MB GDDR5 | HD-685X-ZCFC

MSI HD 6850 "Dual Fan Edition" 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card [R6850-PM2D1GD5]


pretty much for the 100 pound budget, the 6850 is the best card you can get for that price.

I have looked at the Sapphire 6850's what kind of difference is that to these two? because the sapphire is more expensive so what would the differnce be?
Also was thinking about this card : SAPPHIRE TECHNOLOGY Radeon HD 7770 - 1 GB GDDR5 - PCI-Express 3.0 (11201-00-20G) - WAE+
But i dont think it is better than the 6850. This is the Sapphire 95 which is only few pound differnce to the MSI so which one is better? Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 - 1 GB GDDR5 - PCI-Express 2.1

I have just found this card The Radeon HD 6870 even cheaper than the 6850, and im sure the 6870 is a better card, so should i purchase the 6870?
AMD Radeon HD 6870 OEM - 1 GB GDDR5 - PCI-Express 2.1 - WAE+
I have checked here for the differnchttp://www.hwcompare.com/5999/radeon-hd-6850-vs-radeon-hd-6870/#commentse in the specs Radeon HD 6850 vs Radeon HD 6870 – Performance Comparison Benchmarks @ Hardware Compare

[stroyal]

If the 6870 is cheaper than thee 6850, then it is a no brainer, isn't it?

I didn't know they (AMD/ATI) still made cards, they always made good ones when they did.

[ShyguyXPC]

They don't really, make cards, except for Desktop/Professional cards. (Check out newegg, you won't find any AMD brand Gaming cards, but you will in the Professional card category)

AMD still makes some Reference design cards, I think for System Builders, and what not, occasionally batches of these show up every now and then.

the pics could just be for display purposes, but hard to say.






if you want to know the actual hardware differences between the 6850 and 6870 look at this

Video Card Comparison - GPUReview.com

6870 has faster clock speeds, more shader cores and texture units than the 6850, it also runs with enough power needing Two 6 pin PCIe connectors for power.

if you can get a 6870 for less, then go for it.

the 7770 is sometimes almost as fast as the 6850, but like was said, if your running games with higher Anti Aliasing levels the 6850 is going to run a bit better, since its memory bus is 256-bit vs the 7770's 128-bit.


otherwise, the 6870 trumps them all.