el-cheapo pc

[wikk3d88]

n00b to the forums, but ive been browsing for a while and would appreciate your advice

ive bought a cheapo pc, Q8300 2.5Quad on an intel G31 m/b, 2GB RAM and 500GB HD with a no-name brand 19" wide LCD

what decent graphics card should i purchase? i would like to play some of the newer games on it
i prefer nvidia, but the last card i bought was a Geforce 5200....

TIA

 

[killadoob]

What you got to spend?

 

[dudleygb]

n00b to the forums, but ive been browsing for a while and would appreciate your advice

ive bought a cheapo pc, Q8300 2.5Quad on an intel G31 m/b, 2GB RAM and 500GB HD with a no-name brand 19" wide LCD

what decent graphics card should i purchase? i would like to play some of the newer games on it
i prefer nvidia, but the last card i bought was a Geforce 5200....

TIA

thats not such a el cheapo...lol
ok, the mobo is bottom range but the processor is good

 

[chickenbeef]

Get a GTX295 or if you don't mind ATi HD5970

 

[wikk3d88]

budget is 1.5k for the graphics card
i see that the 9800GT 1TB is on special, is it worth it or should i take a GT series card?

@dudleygp, i paid just less than 3k for that setup

 

[chickenbeef]

9800GT is old and that one on special sucks

You could get a 4850 for 1.2k or so and that would be wayyy better than that 9800GT, 4870s are going around 1.5k

 

[hoegh]

ATI FTW!

 

[wikk3d88]

ATI FTW!

im very hesitant with ATI's... mostly because the Nvidia's i have had in the past were bulletproof. is there no Nvidia that competes with the 4850/70 in the same price bracket?

 

[Flashgear]

wikk3d88. Don't worry about the past, ATI is currently the king of graphics. I'm not a fan boy of either, I go for what is best for the money. A GTS250 is slower than a 4850 and a GTX 260 is slower than a 4870 and those are really the only that are near par with each other

An ATI 4850/4870/5770 is your best bet for that money and it smashes Nvidia's cards in that price range.

 

[wikk3d88]

wikk3d88. Don't worry about the past, ATI is currently the king of graphics. I'm not a fan boy of either, I go for what is best for the money. A GTS250 is slower than a 4850 and a GTX 260 is slower than a 4870 and those are really the only that are near par with each other

An ATI 4850/4870/5770 is your best bet for that money and it smashes Nvidia's cards in that price range.

ATI it is then

 

[Flashgear]

Good choice You won't regret it. You can find Force3D 4850's for around R1200, I think Ikonic IT had them, awesome cards, will play anything you throw at it, majority on max(except Crysis).

Let me see if I can find a link. http://ikonicit.co.za/index.php?target=products&product_id=1706

 

[Chevron]

For 1.5k get the 5750.

 

[Flashgear]

A 5750 is also a good choice, it's on par with a 4850, sometimes one is better than the other in games. 5750's overclock nicely I hear.

 

[wikk3d88]

For 1.5k get the 5750.

thanks guys

im just busy checking prices

 

[Flashgear]

Not many places are still open so you better hurry, most close on the 23rd.

http://www.prophecy.co.za/-c-37_52_58_1073.html?page=2&sort=2a

 

[wikk3d88]

im not in a rush, the pc will be delivered after xmas

 

[Chevron]

The 5750 on average performs about 10%better than the 4850.

 

[Flashgear]

And with the new 9.12 drivers performing so well with the 5000 series I'm sure it's going to get a lot better. My 5870 saw over 20fps increase with most games with these new drivers.

 

[wikk3d88]

im leaning towards the 5750... have asked my local mom n pop IT store to give me a quote, failing that one of the online stores will have an order in the new year

 

[wikk3d88]

http://titan-ice.co.za/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=51_53&products_id=2046

club3d ati 5750

very cheap, is it worth it?