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1214908 2011-07-04 23:25:00 Budget = $200

Current card is Nvidia GT9600 512MB (2 years old) - currently playing Battlefield Bad Company 2, Left 4 Dead 2

Looking at either

EVGA Geforce GTX550 Ti (www.pbtech.co.nz)
or
Sapphire HD6770 (www.pbtech.co.nz)

Current PC Specs
i5 2400 Quad Core
Gigabyte P67X mobo
4GB DDR3 Ram
500Watt PSU

Thanks
ronyville (10611)
1214909 2011-07-04 23:50:00 Since the 6770 is going to be a newer version of my card, I reckon that would be decent, but have a look at a few benchmarks as well. I'm a bit biased towards ATI to be perfectly honest about it, given the solid performance of my card over my experience with the geforce 440mx and 5500fx. 8ftmetalhaed (14526)
1214910 2011-07-04 23:52:00 Thanks, I have looked at some reviews online, but thought it would be best to ask people since they have actually used it and can provide better feedback. ronyville (10611)
1214911 2011-07-04 23:57:00 well mine gives me pretty solid performance at 1080p for source games, as well as games like the first witcher. Mind you, I don't have my settings too high, since IMO, the resolution takes care of alot of the aliasing in and of itself.

I haven't got anything to kill it with like crysis, but I can attest to it at least giving me performance at a nice price point for what I use it for.
8ftmetalhaed (14526)
1214912 2011-07-05 00:58:00 Why do you need a new graphics card ? I have an Nvidia based 8800 GTS 512mb which still runs the latests games ok like Shift2 Unleashed.
:)
Trev (427)
1214913 2011-07-05 01:04:00 The 6770 is nothing but a re-badged 5770....period...
www.anandtech.com
Neither of these cards are any good for 1080 gaming, you should save a couple more bucks and get the GTX460
SolMiester (139)
1214914 2011-07-05 01:10:00 If you can stretch to $279 (might be cheaper at less reputable stores) then the 5850 kicks the snot out of the 6770/550 Ti...

www.playtech.co.nz
pablo d (15490)
1214915 2011-07-05 01:14:00 I'm curious.

Does anyone understand the word BUDGET?
Snorkbox (15764)
1214916 2011-07-05 01:17:00 Yes but when you can get almost 100% more performance for only ~40% more outlay it's only responsible to at least make the OP aware of that option :) pablo d (15490)
1214917 2011-07-05 01:28:00 I'm curious.

Does anyone understand the word BUDGET?

Neither of those cards much better than what he has...I believe they are worse!
SolMiester (139)
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