'Best' in the AMD Radeon HD 6000 series?

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I use my PC for gaming (mainly World of Tanks right now) and playing Blu-rays.

PC specs are currently as follows:


Motherboard: M4A88TD-V EVO USB3 with built in Radeon HD 4250 chipset

CPU: AMD Phenom II X2 560 3.3GHz

PSU: CoolerMaster 600W Silent Pro Modular PSU - 50A Single Rail 9x SATA 2x PCI-E - full specs here: http://www.coolermaster.com/product.php?product_id=4199 (DC output is near the bottom of the page in a grey box)

RAM: 4 GBytes

O/S: Windows 7 (32 bit)

Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 2232GW (connected via DVI)

In terms of expansion slots, I have:

2 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (blue @ x16 mode, gray @ x4 mode) support ATI CrossFireX technology

1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot

4 x PCI slots


Which 6000-series Radeon HD would be most suitable for my needs?

Thanks

 

[ilysaml]

I would recommend HD 6670 if you'll be just watching HD movies and play games @ medium/high settings. But i much more recommend HD 6850. At your monitor resolution, you'll be able to max out some games with ease and play all the modern games @ high settings.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102908

 

[purple stain]

^+1

What is your budget?

 

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Thanks for the advice guys. Much appreciated.

My budget is about 100 UK Pounds (about 160 US Dollars).

 

[ilysaml]

And that can get you a HD 6870. So if you're a hard gamer go HD 6870, if you're not, get the HD 6670.

 

[andywork78]

Wait til Jan 2012,
new card come out then purchase 6950 for $160~ win win~

 

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Would the 6870, etc work okay with my 600W PSU?

 

[ilysaml]

Yes will work like a charm. No problem at all.

 

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Cool. Thank you.

 

[dish_moose]

You can go for a better card than you need(if you can afford) and keep it if you upgrade the rest of the hardware in the future. If that is a maybe - go with a hd6950.
Overkill for this monitor, but when you get your new monitor(nudge nudge wink wink) it will do nicely with most games - movies would be no problem at all.
-Bruce

 

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Okay, let's ay that I go for the 6850 - I see that there are variations on that from various manufacturers, giving us cards like the XFX HD 6850, the Sapphire HD 6850, etc.

So will these variations also be suitable for use with my 600W PSU, given that they run a little faster and presumably draw more power?

 

[purple stain]

Your PSU should handle any variant of the 6850 just fine.Your PSU can handle much more powerful cards so powering a 6850 shouldn't be a problem at all.

I would suggest this card.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sapphire-11180-00-20R-HD6850-GDDR5-Graphics/dp/B0048027IQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1321357072&sr=1-1

And for reference the 6850 only consumes about 130watts.Just to paint a picture for you.

 

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Thanks!

 

[purple stain]

Prices outside of the US are usually extremely overpriced so that was the cheapest I could find but it will definitly work for your needs.

 

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Think I'll move to the US. 😉

 

[Derbixrace]

for about £100 this is the best bet http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-xfx-hd-6850-xxx-4200mhz-gddr5-gpu-800mhz-960-stream-processors-hdmi-displayport-2x-dvi

 

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Nice find, cheers.