i need a new gfx card.

[Torniquet]

as title.

needs to be PCI xpress. pref 512+

anyone got any suggestions?

and please no one suggest the most expencive one u ccan find lol. i am by no means rich :p

[Jackolantern]

What is your price range? That would be the determining factor.

[Torniquet]

good point. prob atm 100 quid max lol

[Chris]

nVidia GTX 275. Cheap and really good.

[D3luxe]

nVidia GTX 275. Cheap and really good.

I agree, that's what I run, but he said his limit is 100 quid..This is going to be more than that.

You might be able to find a GTX 265 for cheaper, but for your price you're probably looking at the 9800GT range.

[Jackolantern]

Yeah, GTX 275 is nowhere near $168 (more like double that). GTX 260 would be a stretch.

This is a wonderful site that compares tons of different benchmarks of different games. You can choose what you want to benchmark with, and choose mainstream or high-end cards (you will probably be focusing on high-end, even for $170). I never buy a video card without consulting charts like these, because sometimes you are paying a hundred bucks more for a 5% performance increase.

There is not a huge performance difference between a GTX 260 and a 9800 GTX, but you can pick up the 9800 dirt cheap these days.

[hallsofvallhalla]

I doubt you can utilize all the 9800 GTX....I slightly doubt it. Its a beast of a machine and can play anything on the market. Heck the 8800 is still smoking on new games.

[Falken]

You can probably find some 4850 cards on sale now when the 5000 series is out...very nice card for the price. I run all max in CoD: MW2 without problems with it, quite good for something that I gave $100 for 1 year ago

[Torniquet]

only game i want to play is prototype lol... had it for weeks now but my peice of crap card to pants for it XD

oh and run W7 ofc lol

[Chris]

Doesn't matter what you buy. The 275 will remain the best value. Id go for the stretch and get it. If you want to be cheap the best for around 100$ I could recommend would be the Radeon HD5770. Although it may go fast, don't expect the quality you get with nVidia. I also heard that new 5000 series from radeon have really noisy fans. But they do support DX11.