$150 Nvida Graphics Card

[johncatman]

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: This Week

Budget: $150

USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: (Gaming) Battlefield 3, Skyrim, GTA IV - (Video Editing) - (Photo Editing) - (Web browsing, ect)

CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY: No Current Gpu, Antec BP550 Plus 550W

OTHER RELEVANT SYSTEM SPECS: GIGABYTE GA-970A-D3

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: newegg.com (Shop Runner GREATLY PERFECTED)

PARTS PREFERENCES: GTX, (Optional) 3D Vision/Physx

OVERCLOCKING: Yes

SLI: Optional

MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920x1080

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Must run skyrim maxed 😀

Thanks 😀

 

[unksol]

a GTX 460 will be playable, although an HD6850 is better in my opinion. either would get you about 30FPS at "Max" on skyrim. just go read toms review

 

[refillable]

6850

 

[gregcky]

cant max skyrim on ultra for $150, $250 yes. 6850 would be in line with your price, or wait for a good deal on a 6870, sometimes those get as low as 150ish with rebates.

 

[esrever]

6850/460 will play skyrim on ultra given you have a good cpu. The game really isn't that gpu demanding.

 

[kcsmacker]

I have a http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161363. With the rebate after takes your paying about 157 if I did that math in my head right. I easily just with AMD control center overclocked to 900 Mhz GPU clock and 1180 Memory clock. I run Battlefield on High settings with a steady 35-50 fps depending on size of party and map. Can slow down a bit but not to bad. For Skyrim Im just it Will handle it well. I understand you want to get Nvidia, however AMD gives more performance per dollar in many cases.

Good luck and hope this helped

 

[Boopoo]

6850 cause 460 is old news and 6850 IS better

 

[sunnk]

in my opinion hd 6870 will be the best choice to and for 1080p it performs very well in gaming just 10-20 dollars more then your budget you should go for higher in cheaper price because in performance always higher is better and in price always cheaper is better.

you can play all games on high ultra settings with 2xaa or none with 35-40 fps or more so you should go for hf 6870.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102948

buy this one for cheaper price and good overall performance.

review.

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/37286-amd-radeon-hd-6870-hd-6850-review-15.html

or if u cant afford then hd 6850.

 

[johncatman]

Will the 6870 work with my current power supply? And also i have a great cpu: AMD Phenom II X4 975 Black Edition Deneb 3.6GHz

 

[sunnk]

yes it will work with your psu and cpu will not bottleneck it goodluck.

 

[robcardiv]

Ive been an nvidia user from day one.
This time around they failed to compete.
the 460 is very decent, but every chart I see shows it 20 percent behind.
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2012-vga-gpgpu/13-Battlefield-3-DirectX-11-B-Performance,2968.html
shows the 6850 at its 38 fps.
sadly they didnt add the 460 below it because it didnt even keep up.

go youtube "gtx 460 battlefield 3" and "6850 HD battlefield 3".
460 framerates are 5-10 lower on every test.
I wanted to stick with nvidia, but they didnt want to compete this time, so i went with the amd 6850 2 fan model
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125353

OC - 2 fans. more power. no contest.
Unless you dont mind takeing -5 -10 fps for the name.
go with the 6850. then change back to nvidia if they try harder next time imo.

 

[nevertell]

460 gtx has a LOT of overclocking potential.

Just sayin'

 

[JackNaylorPE]

Id recommend the 6870 below $200 segment....at $205 the factory OC'd 560 Ti

$160 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150561
w/ Free Dirt 3 game
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150561

$205 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125363

 

[johncatman]

I think I getting an 6870

 

[johncatman]

Witch 6870 should I get? This http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150561 or this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102948

 

[johncatman]

Whats the best one for <$200 After Rebate

 

[johncatman]

Out of the 3, what do you suggest. How much can I oc with the gpu stock cooling? I only will be using one 1920 x 1080 monitor

 

[vance r]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130652
really 1 alone shows good reviews but could you imagine this in sli?, it is pricey,$159 i went with the 1 gig model for 139 at new egg(hope it works out for me)

 

[johncatman]

MSI HAWK
even if you don't clock it that much, you have the non reference cooler (also TwinFrozr design) and the already clocked card.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127560&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-RSSDailyDeals-_-na-_-na&AID=10521304&PID=4176827&SID=1faik4g3aizc8

Thanks 😀

 

[johncatman]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130652
really 1 alone shows good reviews but could you imagine this in sli?, it is pricey,$159 i went with the 1 gig model for 139 at new egg(hope it works out for me)

I think I am going for the Radeon, thanks though

 

[johncatman]

Best answer selected by johncatman.

 

[refillable]

Whats the best one for <$200 After Rebate

You can get this 560 ti with rebate under $200:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127565

By the way, if you are looking for a 6870 that are nearly below $200, I recommend this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127560

If you want something that's much below $200, get this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102948

With your setup, they should be fine. It's up to you.

what? already best answer... Waste answer 🙁.

 

[refillable]

nonono, it's by mistake, I did not my friend :lol:

 

[diec4st]

Either get the Sapphire 6870 for 170 or the 560ti for 225.

 

[jeffredo]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130750

I know you already ordered but factory OC'ed this high, even with 192 bit memory, it will beat an HD 6850.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130752

A 256 bit GTX 460 1GB OC'd to the max will match or beat and OC'd HD 6870 (given their relatively poor overclocking headroom).

You didn't make a bad choice, but if you wanted Nvidia you could have stuck to your guns and stayed within your original $150 price range.