What video card?

[namenone]

So im looking to get a video card which will be able to play most games on high/very high. ive come up with this list, could you help narrow it down?

Sparkle GTX260 Core 216 GeForce GTX 260 £159

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 260 OC 896 MB £150

XFX HD 4870 1GB £120

Gainward GeForce GTX 275 896MB £179

BFG GeForce GTX 260 OCX MAXCORE 896MB £155

EVGA GEFORCE GTX 275

GeForce GTX 275 £141

the rest of my system is composed of

Hard drive

Maxtor 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 32MB Cache

Ram

Corsair 4Gb (2x2GB) DDR2 1066MHz

Motherboard

Gigabyte GA-P31-ES3G iP31 Socket

Processor

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Socket 775

PSU

Arctic Power 700W PSU - With PCI-E, 4x SATA, 20+4, ATX12V, 8pin +12V Connectors

 

[sicat]

Me personally i'd go for the XFX HD 4870 1GB,i got the XFX 4890 and so far it's been a great card,had a couple of XFX over the years and they been reliable

 

[iceie]

I personally like nvidia better, I would go for evga geforce 275 because if the frequency and the core is faster than the gtx 260 core 216

 

[Rastalovich]

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/896M...MHz-GDDR3-GPU-633MHz-Shader-1404MHz-240-Cores

XFX 275 @ £148 !

 

[ToeJam]

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/896M...MHz-GDDR3-GPU-633MHz-Shader-1404MHz-240-Cores

XFX 275 @ £148 !

exactly what i bought last friday, not used it yet tho lol

 

[namenone]

hey

So i decided to get the gainward gtx260 GS as it was on sale for £105!

But i just saw the PALIT Geforce GTX 260 SONIC 216SP on sale for £108! which one is better? should i cancel my order?

 

[tinytomlogan]

If you buy a 260 make sure its 55nm otherwise I wouldnt bother.

 

[namenone]

Thanks! Yeah it is a 55nm, what does this mean?

 

[tinytomlogan]

The gpu core/die size is 55nm not 65nm like it was.

The 55nm cores are faster and overclock better, also that they perform a lot better at stock aswell.

 

[AMDFTW]

keep the gainwood branded 260,evga,xfx,bfg would of been a better choice IMO