Budget gaming card €150 ish ?

jonski

It's two years since I bought my 5770 and it most charts it was the budget Best Buy at the time . I have a few euros now and was thinking of upgrading again if there was a " best bang for buck " card out there at the moment that would show some significant difference . This card still plays my BF3 grand but Company of Heroes II is on the way and the young lads pc could do with getting this one .

Currently Running Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit on an AMD Phenom II x 4 955 3.20GHz with 8 Gigs Ram .

marco_polo

jonski wrote: »

It's two years since I bought my 5770 and it most charts it was the budget Best Buy at the time . I have a few euros now and was thinking of upgrading again if there was a " best bang for buck " card out there at the moment that would show some significant difference . This card still plays my BF3 grand but Company of Heroes II is on the way and the young lads pc could do with getting this one .

Currently Running Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit on an AMD Phenom II x 4 955 3.20GHz with 8 Gigs Ram .

The HD 7850 would probably be your best bet you'd be just about doubling your performance over a HD5770.

The 2GB version is out of budget but you should be able to get a 1GB version delivered for a bit over 150 euros. The 1GB performs about the same as the 2GB at all resolutions up to and including 1080p.

The cheapest one I can find quickly (bit late for a more thorough search) is the VTX on amazon which should come in a shade under 160 after Irish VAT, not a brand I had come across before but apparently they are a sister brand of Powercolor who definately make pretty solid cards so I wouldn't have any worries on the quality front.

jonski

Thanks for the info ....any point holding off until after xmas ?

TerrorFirmer

1Gb 7850 for 152 delivered.

2GB 7850 for 169 delivered.

Use code IEXMAS7 at checkout for those prices, it takes 7 quid off.

TerrorFirmer

I'm actually upgrading solely for Company of Heroes 2, but I figured I might as well wait till closer to the games release date, no telling what prices will be like then, even though I'm hugely impatient in these matters!

_Puma_

Pixmania seem to be doing some great deals with Radeon cards there, the 7870 for €190. Good 40 euro off normal prices. Wonder will they be discounted for long?

jonski

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

1 I'm actually upgrading solely for Company of Heroes 2
,2 but I figured I might as well wait till closer to the games release date, no telling what prices will be like then,
3 even though I'm hugely impatient in these matters!

1 Same ,
2 thinking the same now ,
3 same

_Puma_

I went for the 7870 OEM on Pixmania. Turns out they sent me the VTX 7870 edition instead of the OEM. Far better cooler on the VTX version. Happy days!

jonski

I ended up buying the VTX3D Radeon HD 7870 X-Edition - 2 GB , which was more than I intended to spend but I was getting a monitor and hard drive as well so the delivery was split between them and I used the xmas code so that was another bit off . I got some extra cash for xmas and I blew it all in one go but I am happy with gear and it should keep me gaming for another while .

_Puma_

Looks like I was sent the same card but a different product listed with 9c in the difference.

TerrorFirmer

_Puma_ wrote: »

Looks like I was sent the same card but a different product listed with 9c in the difference.

Yeah, that's a funny one, people have gotten several different cards when they bought the 'OEM' one; yet to see anyone actually get an OEM card though!

smileyj1987

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Yeah, that's a funny one, people have gotten several different cards when they bought the 'OEM' one; yet to see anyone actually get an OEM card though!

I wonder could it be a case of sending out any card that has too many in stock .