bobbyans Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Im looking to buy a new graphics card but i really have no clue about these things and was looking some advice. cards im looking at are http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/asus-amd-radeon-hd-7770-ghz-edition-pci-e-graphics-card-2-gb-15694901-pdt.html or http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/evga-nvidia-geforce-650ti-ssc-pci-e-graphics-card-1-gb-19338688-pdt.html I would like to play the game on high settings would any of these cards be capable of this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNCommand Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 (edited) I would go with the AMD Radeon one, more memory is something that has become very crucial these days, also if everything else in your rig as good you should be fine, I got a AMD Radeon 6870 and together with the rest of my rig I never dip below 60fps It's important to remember that the graphics card is only one part of the machine, you also need good processors, a good OS, good memory etc etc, a lot of people just upgrade their graphics card and wonder why their machine still stutter Edited December 1, 2012 by SNCommand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloppyRabbit Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Firstly PC world prices are not very good Personally if you can stretch £20 more go for this 7850 http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards+-+GPUs/Graphics+Cards+-+AMD/Radeon+HD+7850/ARIANET+Radeon+HD+7850+2048MB+GDDR5+PCI-Express+Graphics+Card+%2B+FREE+Games%21+?productId=51340 The picture isnt what you get, I myself got a powercolor 7850 and my friend got a msi twin frozr 2 7850. 7850 is a beast of on overclocker , it uses little power and runs very cool. A single card can max this game and pretty much all games that came this year depending on your resolution. My first 7850 i over clocked to 1200mhz core without voltage tweak an it ran stable. 35c idle 60c load. Im now running 2 of these in crossfire an i smash games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacen_Starsolo Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/536?vs=680 Posting without looking at results. I will comment once I do because I think you'd be better with the nVidia. But now those model numbers the important digit is the second digit. So probably would be nicer getting the nVidia 660 instead of the 650. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlacke Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 +1 for Radeon, as one of the previous posters mentioned 7850 would be ideal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcadamsl Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 First check your computers power supply, seen a lot of people mess up there, and buy a card that their current power supply cann't handle, unless you have a high end custom built rig odds are your power supply is 35 to 400 watts, The AMD Radeon you have listed takes a min 500 watt to run it, so you need to keep that in mind of adding the cost of a high power supply into your plans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbyans Posted December 1, 2012 Author Share Posted December 1, 2012 Sorry i prolly should have posted my system stats in first post. i built this pc a few years ago {not with any knowledge i just bought and stuck bits in} Windows 7 64 bit Pentium Dualcore E5700 3.00ghz processor 4 gig ram cooler master 600w power supply my current card is geforce 8800GTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RepentantDread Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Go with the nVidia. Much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malastare Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 If you actually want to compare the abilities of those two cards, rather than the loudess of the fans for the two companies that make them, the nVidia 650 is the more capable card for single-monitor systems. Yeah, the 7850 is better. But if we're going to be fair, then we should bump up the nVidia to the next higher level, too, and the nVidia 660 Ti still beats the 7850 at most things for single display systems. I don't care about companies and I doubt you do either. For the cards you mentioned, the 650 Ti is slightly better, but to be honest, you probably won't notice the difference. If you want to listen to the AMD fans, then the nVidia 660 Ti is still slightly better, and again you won't notice the difference between them. And they'll cost more than the 7770 and 650.... and I don't know that you'll notice the difference between any of the four of them. ....now, back to our GPU flag waving and boasting about our favorite teams.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehneu Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 My suggestion, do your homework on the products before making a purchase. You will be getting a lot of subjective opinions when it comes to responses. Look at the benchmarks for all of them to help you decide. Then, read up on the pro's and con's of each one you are considering. Next, see what you can get as far as the most bang for your buck. Here is a link to the benchmarks so you can get a good idea to where each one stands. Just a side note, look at warranties as well. EVGA has a long standing history of having some of the best warranty policies for any of their products. Hope it helps and good luck with the purchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbyans Posted December 1, 2012 Author Share Posted December 1, 2012 does the 7770 extra 1gb of ram make any real diference? i noticed you can get the 7770 in 1gb and 2 gb version and theres like £50 of diference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloppyRabbit Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 lower res no , higher res yes. Is £130 your limit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyrison Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 nvidia rocks. The cards are great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EpicBloood Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 I have a Radeon 6870 and i can run the game on very high and still get a solid 60 fps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloppyRabbit Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 i have both nvidia an amd pcs i like them both I prefer AMD this year due to overclocking and guy who said said 650 better then 7850? Maybe completey stock ref cards it does OC a 7850 an it will beat a 680gtx ref so ya Back to 1gb vs 2gb I would personally get 2gb as its more "future" proof as more n more games are using more memory. Just look at BF3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorldSecurities Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Im looking to buy a new graphics card but i really have no clue about these things and was looking some advice. Check out reviews, some with card vs card performance comparisons, from Tom's Hardware (http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/Components,1/Graphics-Cards,4). And/or their summary of graphic cards by price (U.S. Dollars): Best Graphics Cards For The Money: November 2012 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107.html Good hunting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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