which graphic card should i buy?

[adamyjake]

I have £100 I want to game with 1920 - 1080. I'm not too fussed on ultra graphic, I'll be fine on around med. - if there is a card which can play most games on high that would be brilliant.

I have i5 3470
8gb ddr3 ram 1600

I was thinking a
MSI GeForce GTX 650 OC 2GB GDDR5
or
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 650 Ti OC 1GB GDDR5

zotac has 1gb ddr5 less but high cuda cores (Can someone please explain to me what are cuda cores, thanks)

Please can you point me in the right direction or recommend me a better card?

Thank you

 

[casparolesen]

I have £100 I want to game with 1920 - 1080. I'm not too fussed on ultra graphic, I'll be fine on around med. - if there is a card which can play most games on high that would be brilliant.

I have i5 3470
8gb ddr3 ram 1600

I was thinking a
MSI GeForce GTX 650 OC 2GB GDDR5
or
ZOTAC GeForce GTX 650 Ti OC 1GB GDDR5

zotac has 1gb ddr5 less but high cuda cores (Can someone please explain to me what are cuda cores, thanks)

Please can you point me in the right direction or recommend me a better card?

Thank you

I would probably get a 2GB card, just to be sure. For 140£ you can get an 650 Ti BOOST, which is quite close to the 660. If you go any lower, you're probably just going to think, later on, that you've wasted money on a cheapo GPU. I would pick up this one: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-evga-gtx-650-ti-boost-sc-28nm-pcie-30-6008mhz-gddr5-gpu-1072mhz-cores-768-dport-dl-dvi-hdmiplusf
I know it's over budget, but you are going to get so much more performance! And about the CUDA cores: The more, the better ;-)

 

[legokill101]

get a 650ti boost is a better option for a great vlalue link http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130914

 

[adamyjake]

Okay thanks, I'll think about it.

 

[legokill101]

glad to help