New GFX Card

by starzi • 7 Feb 2013, 16:05 • Journals
Hi Guys,

Hope everyone is well.

Quick question as I haven't been keeping up to date with hardware industry. My graphics card fried the other day and I am looking for a new one.

My old graphics card is a Nvidia GT8800 - http://hothardware.com/Reviews/Gigabyte-GeForce-8800-GT-GVNX88T512HP/

I don't need the cream of the crop just a card which will allow me to run Photoshop and similar design suites.

Which card is the equivalent to the the one I used to have as I think it is sufficient enough?

Budget from £0 - £100

Thanks in advance

Cheers
Starzi
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Robert 7 Feb 2013, 16:07
ATI Radeon HD7770
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Oxy 7 Feb 2013, 17:58
Is utter garbage for its price. The only thing worthwhile on the HD77xx series is the fact that they've got a very low power consumption, other than that the 68xx or 69xx series will be a thousand times better for roughly the same price - not to mention their beastly performance in a crossfire setup.

In fact, the only place I'd ever consider throwing a HD 77xx in is a HTPC setup where power consumption is of essence, though, given it's bulky design, the noise and rather bad temperatures, there are much, much, much better choices for less money.
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Robert 7 Feb 2013, 18:04
just posted random thing within budget range :D I'm really not up to date since last PC I bought was random shit in 2010 just to play ET and using laptop since september 2012. 2011. Wtf do I know about gfx cards? :D
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potty 7 Feb 2013, 19:10
So now you have had your chance to whine at someones suggestion. How about your input?
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Oxy 7 Feb 2013, 19:22
So, now you've had had your chance at portraying your stupidity by trying to make a clever and provocative comment which backfired. How about you read my response again?
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Acizco 7 Feb 2013, 19:42
HD7770 beats GTX 650, it's the best card that fits your budget.
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belto 7 Feb 2013, 21:05
QuoteI don't need the cream of the crop just a card which will allow me to run Photoshop and similar design suites.


Then he need NVIDIA card with CUDA.
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Acizco 7 Feb 2013, 21:32
Does Photoshop even utilize CUDA? If it does, then yrah, Nvidia is a better option.
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Nicolah 8 Feb 2013, 14:34
20 euros gt220 / 35/40 euro gt220 passive cooling

in case u want something better (wich u dont apparently need) just go for something = or above 7770 (be sure to get gddr5 and not gddr3, its not mentioned all the time)

if you want nvidia card, go for gtx660 or above, its not really worth buying a nvidia mid perf in case you want to stick with it for few years (mid range = 650[TI???])

EDIT : i thought u would like to play with it, but apparently not.

then go for some quadro series.
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