Graphics cards

[Churchill]

Fractal Design R3 Case
NZXT Hale90 650W PSU
Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H motherboard
i7-2600k CPU (might go for the plain i5-2500 actually)
8GB DDR3 1333 or 1600
ATI 6850 graphics card (I don't really need this as the only games I play are FSX and Command and Conquer both of which are happy on my laptop)

I make that a little over £750. I have all the other bits I need, although I'll probably squeeze a new keyboard in as well.

Hard to justify when I'm going to be out of contract at the end of the month though. Although that does mean I'll need something to do...

I'd like to build an i7 based PC too.

Oi CM...

[d000hg]

Heating my spare room

It's a jack of all trades really. I don't use it that often as I've been working overseas for the last couple of years, but it was used for work, usually in a VM, a bit of music making, the usual photo editing, document editing, internet surfing that any modern computer ought to cope with, and like I say the odd game of FSX or C&C.

In that case I'd look to spend about £50.

[AtW]

This thread is full of sad permies who can't afford to spend a few grand on a nice computer thus drastically devaluing their CUK Forum experience

[Churchill]

This thread is full of sad permies who can't afford to spend a few grand on a nice computer thus drastically devaluing their CUK Forum experience

Where? I'll get my gun. Oi AtW, get yours too - oops I forgot, you're not allowed to have one. Oh well.

[AtW]

Where? I'll get my gun. Oi AtW, get yours too - oops I forgot, you're not allowed to have one. Oh well.

I do have a firearms license actually.

Well, it's expired now ...

And it's only valid in Soviet territories.

[Churchill]

I do have a firearms license actually.

Well, it's expired now ...

And it's only valid in Soviet territories.

Oh well.

So's mine.

[Scrag Meister]

Before I went contracting in 2006 I bought the dogs knackers of graphics cards,XFX Nvidia 8800 GTX, it died in early 2010, my invoices, accounts and VS looked great in 1920x1080.

It said lifetime warranty, but "the lifetime warranty is only valid in the US"

So went and bought a Asus Nvidia 470GTX, which is now no longer made. s

Asus are my preferred manufacturer for mobos and graphics cards as I have never had one die on me.

[AtW]

Asus are my preferred manufacturer for mobos and graphics cards as I have never had one die on me.

Asus is or was good quality but I wish they picked a better brand name for products

[doodab]

Right then, what is a good £50 graphics card?

Ideally it will support FSX and Command & Conquer Generals / Red Alert 3 @ 1920x1200 with worthwhile detail levels. If it came with Civ V as a freebie that would be good as well.

[d000hg]

Dunno, try here: Graphics products at great prices - dabs.com

Maybe: Gigabyte GeForce GT 240 600Mhz 1GB PCI-Express 2.0 HDMI (GV-N240D3-1GI) - dabs.com

Or compare nVidia ones here: Comparison of Nvidia graphics processing units - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia