Radeon 6570 2GB - What's it worth?

[manicstreetpegasi]

I'm thinking of purchasing one of these for £56 ($88). Seems like a good price to me, but I'm fairly new to computers.

Or would it be better to buy a 7770 for around $140, thus compromising the rest of my build a little (low budget)?

Thanks in advance

 

[quilciri]

$30-$45 based on 50-75% of the price of a new one right now.

 

[ASHISH65]

Whats your pc specs?

 

[manicstreetpegasi]

Whats your pc specs?

I don't have a pc yet, I'm getting the parts for one at the 6570 seemed like a good choice.
I'm thinking of getting a Quad-core Pentium processor or, if I can get it for a reasonable price, there's a 2.67Ghz i7 I've been watching on ebay for a few weeks.

 

[manicstreetpegasi]

$30-$45 based on 50-75% of the price of a new one right now.

Where can you get one new for $60, or second hand for $30-$45? I've been on about a dozen different sites and not found one for lower than the price I stated above.

 

[k1114]

http://www.ebuyer.com/265965-asus-graphics-ati-hd-6670-1x-dvi-1gbddr5-90-c1cqr5-l0uay0yz-eah6670-dis-1gd5 The 6670 is about the same price as the 6570. You want gddr5 and more than 1gb won't make a difference at this low end. I don't know where you have been looking but ebuyer and amazon.co.uk is mostly all lower than £55 for the 6570.

 

[manicstreetpegasi]

http://www.ebuyer.com/265965-asus-graphics-ati-hd-6670-1x-dvi-1gbddr5-90-c1cqr5-l0uay0yz-eah6670-dis-1gd5 The 6670 is about the same price as the 6570. You want gddr5 and more than 1gb won't make a difference at this low end. I don't know where you have been looking but ebuyer and amazon.co.uk is mostly all lower than £55 for the 6570.

Thanks, I guess ebuyer is the best place

 

[quilciri]

Where can you get one new for $60, or second hand for $30-$45? I've been on about a dozen different sites and not found one for lower than the price I stated above.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/his-video-card-h657fn2g
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/powercolor-video-card-ax65702gbk3h
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-100324l
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/diamond-video-card-6570pe32g

though 2gb of RAM is kind of a waste in that card, I'd recommend the 1gb version if you're thinking of buying one.

 

[quilciri]

Derp, UK. mixing $ and £ in the OP confused me, and I didn't bother to read teh forum path.

for a 6570, this is good
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-eah6570di1gd3lp

If it's for a gaming machine, however, I recommend at least a 6670.
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-video-card-gvr667d31gi

 

[manicstreetpegasi]

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/his-video-card-h657fn2g
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/powercolor-video-card-ax65702gbk3h
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-100324l
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/diamond-video-card-6570pe32g

though 2gb of RAM is kind of a waste in that card, I'd recommend the 1gb version if you're thinking of buying one.

Thanks, pretty good prices, but I live in the UK, should have made that more clear, on the UK version of the site it's more expensive, and I shall buy the 1gb one if I do buy the card.

 

[k1114]

Uk pcpartpicker doesn't search ebuyer but currently they have the best deal for a 6670 1 gb gddr5 for only £1 more than scan's ddr3.

Btw the .com and co.uk are the same forum. I'm on .com.

 

[manicstreetpegasi]

Derp, UK. mixing $ and £ in the OP confused me, and I didn't bother to read teh forum path.

for a 6570, this is good
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-eah6570di1gd3lp

If it's for a gaming machine, however, I recommend at least a 6670.
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-video-card-gvr667d31gi

Hi, sorry didn't see this message until afterwards, I would have thought the 6770 would be worth the extra few pounds.

Thank you for your help! 😀

 

[manicstreetpegasi]

Uk pcpartpicker doesn't search ebuyer but currently they have the best deal for a 6670 1 gb gddr5 for only £1 more than scan's ddr3.

Btw the .com and co.uk are the same forum. I'm on .com.

Ah, £50? Seems quite good for the money. I'll consider it, thanks.

 

[manicstreetpegasi]

Derp, UK. mixing $ and £ in the OP confused me, and I didn't bother to read teh forum path.

for a 6570, this is good
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-eah6570di1gd3lp

If it's for a gaming machine, however, I recommend at least a 6670.
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-video-card-gvr667d31gi

I meant 6670*

 

[renz496]

cards like 6570 it is better for you to look 1 gb variant. the 2gb of vram on the card doesn't really help because in most situation the card itself will be out of grunt before it can take advantage all the available VRAM. plus with more VRAM onboard the price could increase as well with little to no benefit to gaming performance.