GPU Value Comparisons

jacodebeer said:
Awesome!!


I was afraid that special will not last, cause I saved up for the hopes of buying some specials at rAge in a week!
Thank you Lord Nikon6 for the help!!:D
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cool, let us know what you think once you have it running :)
 
I need some advice here - What would be the best graphics card for around R2000, maybe a little more? It's going into a slightly older machine that is currently running an ATI HD4870

Edit* will I have any problems putting a newer card into an older machine?
 
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ave said:
I need some advice here - What would be the best graphics card for around R2000, maybe a little more? It's going into a slightly older machine that is currently running an ATI HD4870

Edit* will I have any problems putting a newer card into an older machine?
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what version is the pci-e slot? If it is 2.0 you will be fine with a new card.
 
From what I can tell the ATI 7850-7870 seems to be the best bang for buck. Esquire has an MSI 7850 for +-2500. Is MSI any good?
 
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ave said:
From what I can tell the ATI 4850-4870 seems to be the best bang for buck. Esquire has an MSI 4850 for +-2500. Is MSI any good?
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the 4000 range cards are very old? You can get a 7870 for 2500. Msi cards are good cards from what I have heard.
 
ave said:
From what I can tell the ATI 4850-4870 seems to be the best bang for buck. Esquire has an MSI 4850 for +-2500. Is MSI any good?
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Don't think they'll have stock of the 4000 series. It's more than 3 years old. Like Lord Nikon6 said, get a 7870 for that price. And yes, MSI has excellent cards! My choice of brand if there is no extremely cheaper alternatives (like PowerColor)
 
ave said:
Edit* will I have any problems putting a newer card into an older machine?
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Lord Nikon6 said:
what version is the pci-e slot? If it is 2.0 you will be fine with a new card.
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The manual says 1x pci express x 16 slot running at x4

EmileS said:
Don't think they'll have stock of the 4000 series. It's more than 3 years old. Like Lord Nikon6 said, get a 7870 for that price. And yes, MSI has excellent cards! My choice of brand if there is no extremely cheaper alternatives (like PowerColor)
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oops, oh yes, I had the 4 series on my brain because that's the card he's upgrading from. I meant the 7850 and 7870 is best bang for buck.
 
Got rid of my EVGA gtx 660ti and now got the Sapphire 7950 OC with Boost Vapour-X. Really great looking card.
 
ave said:
The manual says 1x pci express x 16 slot running at x4
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Sounds like that might be PCI-e 1. Is it an intel socket 775 motherboard? If that is the case, you will not be able to run the 7850 or 7870 in it, it needs PCI-e 2.0 at least, because of their chipsets.
 
Lord Nikon6 said:
Sounds like that might be PCI-e 1. Is it an intel socket 775 motherboard? If that is the case, you will not be able to run the 7850 or 7870 in it, it needs PCI-e 2.0 at least, because of their chipsets.
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Yeah its a socket 775 motherboard. What card would work with that?
 
ave said:
Yeah its a socket 775 motherboard. What card would work with that?
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A lot of socket 775's will work. What model is it? Some socket 775's have DDR3 capability and I think most have PCI-e 2.
 
EmileS said:
A lot of socket 775's will work. What model is it? Some socket 775's have DDR3 capability and I think most have PCI-e 2.
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This is only ddr2 and according to the manual its 1x pci express x 16 slot running at x4
 
ave said:
This is only ddr2 and according to the manual its 1x pci express x 16 slot running at x4
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That doesn't really say much. Did it not say anything about PCI-e 1 or 2.0? Just give the model and a quick google will give you the answer.
 
EmileS said:
That doesn't really say much. Did it not say anything about PCI-e 1 or 2.0? Just give the model and a quick google will give you the answer.
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Yes, best would be to do this. But usually, if it says PCI-e x 16 in the manual, it means 1.
 
EmileS said:
That doesn't really say much. Did it not say anything about PCI-e 1 or 2.0? Just give the model and a quick google will give you the answer.
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Lord Nikon6 said:
Yes, best would be to do this. But usually, if it says PCI-e x 16 in the manual, it means 1.
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I read that some PCI-e 1 motherboards don't support 2.1, where as others do. What a pain. Looks like the best thing is just going to be to bite the bullet and upgrade the whole lot. Thanks for all the input.
 
ave said:
I read that some PCI-e 1 motherboards don't support 2.1, where as others do. What a pain. Looks like the best thing is just going to be to bite the bullet and upgrade the whole lot. Thanks for all the input.
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Yeah, upgrade the whole lot... Or just post the model, and maybe you get lucky
 
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