New Video Card

[PJones]

Hi everyone, need a bit of help.

I'm about to upgrade my PC.

My current PC, around 5 years old apart from the PSU, has

Monitor - 20" @ 1600x1200
M.B. - Asus K8V Deluxe
CPU - Athlon 64- 3000
Ram - 1 GB
Video card - Asus Ati Rad A9600
PSU - Corsair HX 750W

new items will be

M.B. - Asus P8P67
CPU - Core i5 2500k chip
Ram - 8GB

My main use or the PC will be using Photoshop CS5 but would like to do a bit of gaming now and then. My PC at the moment just about does Half Life, lol, remember that?

My budget is only around £100, based in UK, so I guess $125-$150.
Would like a card without a fan if possible to keep the noise down, but with a fan as long as its not too noisy.

Thanks Paul

 

[mosox]

Maybe that one
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130625
or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814125367

Unlock CS5
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/adobe-cs5-cuda-64-bit,2770-3.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj4ERi5t_Eo&feature=related

That hack works for cards with 1GB memory size or more I don't know if it works on the 550 Ti, it works on the more expensive GTX 460 1GB.

 

[pcunite]

I just bought this two weeks ago:
EVGA 01G-P3-1450-TR GeForce GTS 450 (Fermi) 1GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130572

If you're serious about games you probably want at least their 256bit bus, but I'm easy to please in the game department.

 

[PJones]

Thanks for the replies so far.

I've been out of touch with video cards over the past few years and reading up on them today gives me a headache

Wanting to use PS CS5 is leading me towards Nvidia cards for the CUDA tech.

Just read up on the GeForce GTX 550 Ti and it would appeaar that the GTX 460 1GB mentioned would be the better buy for gaming and CS5.

Here in the UK both these cards are around £125-£130 which is a bit more than I wanted to pay.

The GTS 450 looks promising, around my £100 mark. I'm easy to please as yourself when it comes to gaming, after all I still play Half Life, Duke Nukem3D and Doom. :whiste:

Looks like I either save a bit more over the next month, new build will take me a couple of weeks, or go for the GTS450.

Other options?

Paul
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[bryanW1995]

gts 450 unless you can find a deal on a gtx 460 768 with a MIR.

 

[n0x1ous]

I have a GTS 450 and it is the quietest card I've ever had. If you check Anandtech reviews its one of the quietest cards they've tested and it will be more than adequate for your resolution and the games you mentioned.