Is this deal any good?

It looks like its a Nvidia branded card.

It's pretty cheap, and definitely would kill your 3870 x2, but at only 769MB for Vram, I would be cautious. I would go for at least 1GB. What resolution are you looking at?
 
claptonman said:
It looks like its a Nvidia branded card.

It's pretty cheap, and definitely would kill your 3870 x2, but at only 769MB for Vram, I would be cautious. I would go for at least 1GB. What resolution are you looking at?
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1366x768 lol, nothing hardcore, maximum would be 1650x1200 when i play on my tv (there or abouts)

theres this gtx 460 iv seen or a hd 5830 for a bit cheaper, are they any good?
 
Ye i was thinking as i can get the 5830 brand new, 36 month warranty and a decent make, asus cu or something (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Asus-Rade...V_Cards_TW&hash=item3f0dfcaf71#ht_2132wt_1209) this one, i think its a good make, for cheaper than the gtx 460

Would i get good settings with it? At my resolution.

I am upgrading the cpu etc in a few weeks

EDIT: my absolute max as of now that i can spend is £90, no more what so ever.

Would it be wiser to go for the gtx 460 off overclockers that is refurbished etc with only a year warranty, or the 5830 which is brand new, cheaper and has 36 month warranty?
 
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i'm not sure which is bette of the 2, but at those reses those 2 should max or come very close to it almost every time.
 
jonnyp11 said:
i'm not sure which is bette of the 2, but at those reses those 2 should max or come very close to it almost every time.
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Cool cool, well im going to go for the hd 5830 as its cheaper, and i like the whole asus over ocuk brand :P

Am i safe in assuming its a decent upgrade from a 3870 x2?
 
i'll just leave that at yes ;), 2 gens newer, dx11, prob way higher clocks and core and shader speeds, along with more total cores too and all the newer tech to boot, you won't be dissatisfied.

EDIT: actually, although i know they got you in this mess to begin with, hwcompare has fps benches for both showing them almost equal.

http://www.hwcompare.com/4774/radeon-hd-3870-x2-512mb-vs-radeon-hd-5830/

but also the newer drivers of the 5830 should help you alot in gaming.
 
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jonnyp11 said:
i'll just leave that at yes ;), 2 gens newer, dx11, prob way higher clocks and core and shader speeds, along with more total cores too and all the newer tech to boot, you won't be dissatisfied.

EDIT: actually, although i know they got you in this mess to begin with, hwcompare has fps benches for both showing them almost equal.

http://www.hwcompare.com/4774/radeon-hd-3870-x2-512mb-vs-radeon-hd-5830/

but also the newer drivers of the 5830 should help you alot in gaming.
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Tbh benches annoy me because they dont tell you how skitty the 3870x2 is in some games, for example modern warfare 2 and fallout3, some games it is excellent.

I think thats due to the inherint micro stuttering on dual gpu configurations so i reckon ill be happy with the 5830.

Iv ordered it anyway haha so i will try and convince myself lol
 
New gpu arrived today and.....it was broke :p

Got to send it back next week :(, was extremely gutted :/

this is the first out 4 GPU's iv had in the last 2 month that was bought brand new and the only one that was broke :p go figure
 
wow, you got some pretty dong bad luck man. just think that you are at least getting something, unlike some *caugh*caugh*me* people.
 
Lol, i have rubbish luck something usually goes right (i actually get the money for the gpu) then something goes horribly wrong (the fan is snapped clean off :P)

It happens a lot im starting to think im like a bad charm or something :P
 
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