Need help picking a new graphics card please help

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Hello all :hello:

My 8800GTX has just give up on me :( and now need a new graphics card but i'm not to sure what to go for i been looking at a SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 5770 and a nVidia Geforce 285 GTX i have only really had nvidia cards before never had a ATI card so i'm not sure where to go i play all top games in full HD 1080p Modern Warfare 2, Dirt 2,GTA IV,lots more that i play but i'm looking for a card that will also run Battlefield Bad Company 2 when it comes out in match so can you guys give me some suggestions on what will be the best card i'm looking to pay £150-£180


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hyper02

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thanks Maziar what about the Ati Radeon HD 5850 and do you no anythink about the make PNY for the 285 GTX


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will this bottleneck the Ati Radeon HD 5850 CPU E5200 2.5GHZ overclocked to 3.33GHZ Ram is 4gb or will this card still be good to get then if i upgrade my CPU at a later date the card will still be up the top

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Take ya budget and go here:

ttp://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-310-5970,2491.html

Here's the "winners" from THG's latest (December) GFX Roundup
Best Graphics Cards For The Money: December '09

$50 - HD 4650
$65 - HD 4670 / 9600 GSO
$85 - 9600 GT
$95 - 9600 GT / HD 4830
$110 - GTS 250 512 MB
$120 - GTS 250 1 GB
$155 - HD 5770 / GTX 260
$200 - HD 4890
$240 - 2 x GTS 250
$310 - No winner (HD 5850 Honorable Mention)
$330 - 2 x GTX 260 / 2 x HD 5770
$400 - 2 x HD 4890
$410 - No winner (HD 5870 Honorable Mention)
$465 - No winner (GTX 295 Honorable Mention)
$625 - No winner (HD 5970 Honorable Mention)
 

No you will be fine,E5200 @ 3.3 is plenty fast and 4GB RAM is good too,you will be fine
 

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i am now using asus eah 5770, quite good for a low budget graphic card...
if u can effort upto 58xx, then go for it.
ati 5xxx series is a better choice than nvidia if u want the dx11 gaming exp... :ange:
 
The 5770 is capable of delivering Dx11 at adequate frame rates at resolutions of 1680 x 1050 and below in say for example Dirt2. It remains to be seen what it can do with a game that incorporates DX11 to a greater extent than was minimally employed in Dirt2.
 
What I'm hoping for with DX11 titles in the future, is a checkbox for tessellation. It's going to be the largest performance hit of DX11 features. The library itself, performing the same tasks runs faster as you can see in Battleforge.