A friend wants to upgrade his 7800GTX with a budget of £100, advice please

[Bentez]

As the title says A friend has got an ancient 7 series Nvidia card and wants to play some Guid Wars 2 but his upgrade budget is 50 to 100 notes. He doesn't mind 2nd hand so I was thinking about finding him a used 280GTX or a 460 maybe?

Anyone care to weight in with a suggestion AMD/NVIDIA is all good.

Thanks

[PhazeDelta1]

If your friend can squeeze in another $50, Id recommend looking on ebay for a used 560ti.

[MAD-OGRE]

The 460 is a good buy and a huge upgrade over what he has.

[The Goose]

for £100 your looking at Amd 7770 or nvidia 550ti on ebay,or just watch the autions for a bargain

[Bentez]

Originally Posted by The Goose

does your friend have a preference Amd/Nvidia and is he prepared to get second hand

kinda answered those in the op but he is happy with either the green or red team, he's also somewhat resigned to having to go second hand given his budget.

what would be better bang for buck AMD 7770 or a GTX 460?

[The Goose]

Originally Posted by Bentez

kinda answered those in the op but he is happy with either the green or red team, he's also somewhat resigned to having to go second hand given his budget.

what would be better bang for buck AMD 7770 or a GTX 460?

yeah lol i noticed after post so changed mine

[clawhamer]

Originally Posted by Bentez

As the title says A friend has got an ancient 7 series Nvidia card and wants to play some Guid Wars 2 but his upgrade budget is 50 to 100 notes. He doesn't mind 2nd hand so I was thinking about finding him a used 280GTX or a 460 maybe?

Anyone care to weight in with a suggestion AMD/NVIDIA is all good.

Thanks

Any idea what your friend’s system specs are, CPU, MB, PSU, etc? Just out of curiosity...

285, 460, 7770 would be nice upgrades for a low cost. 560ti if he can swing it.

[Bentez]

Its for a mate from work so I haven't got the exact specs. I think its quite a modest system, core2duo, I need him to find out what his PSU can handle.

I'll pass on to him the suggestions given, just wanted to make sure I wasn't forgetting anything obvious.

Cheers

[PinguX]

XFX 6850 £110 http://www.ebuyer.com/391772-xfx-hd-...e-hd-685x-zcfc

Sapphire 7770 £114 http://www.ebuyer.com/344114-sapphir...t-11201-02-20g

[dk_lightning]

The GTX650 Is around £85 mark from ebuyer

[Faces Of Death]

my 7800GT cost me £200 those were the days!

[StewieTech]

Originally Posted by PinguX

XFX 6850 £110 http://www.ebuyer.com/391772-xfx-hd-...e-hd-685x-zcfc

Best pick so far.

[Bentez]

I found a "grade B" 6850 for him for £74.99 from overclockers but he decided to listen to someone else and got a 550Ti for around £90 I think he said. I think he had AMD fear..

Thanks for the suggestions

[StewieTech]

Originally Posted by Bentez

I found a "grade B" 6850 for him for £74.99 from overclockers but he decided to listen to someone else and got a 550Ti for around £90 I think he said. I think he had AMD fear..

Thanks for the suggestions

Your friend is dumb, i´m sorry to say this. The hd6850 is way better than a gtx 550 ti.

[Pill Monster]

I wouldn't trust anything from overclockers with a "grade B" tag...

[StewieTech]

"grade B" - what does that mean?

[Pill Monster]

Originally Posted by StewieTech

"grade B" - what does that mean?

Refurbished/returned/ex-demo item.

[Bentez]

I did try an explain that the 6870 easily beat the 550Ti, even sent him benchmarks! but some people won't be told.. Ebuyer had 1 ex display model for 84 quid but still no dice. He seems pretty happy with his purchase so I'm not going to argue with him..

[Reddoguk]

Originally Posted by StewieTech

"grade B" - what does that mean?

B grade can also be just damaged box.