Graphics card advice

[VW BUSH]

ATI comes with overdrive for easy clocking, my one  is set at 100% fan speed keeping my feet warm and my card cold ish

[justalex81]

Everyone tells me Radeon is a better card, but I've allways bought Nivida running a 8600GT myself it doesn't have HDMI but it can process 1080P no problems through DVI without the sound!
I'm sure these 8600GT are like £40 now?
But heard good things about The Sapphire or Asus HD 5670 £60 odd pounds bargin! 
If you can find a cheap one of these it might do the job but I would just go for a 5670 for the money!
Gainward Bliss GeForce 8600GT, 1024MB TV DD, DDR2, 2x DVI, VGA, TV-Out, HDTV, HDCP, PCI-E, SLI Graphics Card  for the money!

did you not see my link? 6670 for £55!

[clipperjay]

I did Alex but some of the older cards have more clock speeds and run GDDR5 he can use the mem to speed his PC up!
plus O/Cing an older card might be better for his needs?

[justalex81]

cheapest 1gb 5670 is £70 odd. that's the same money as a 6670.

[clipperjay]

4000 MHz Effective 5670

Memory Clock: 1800MHz (Effective) 6670

I haven't researched into it but off the top of my head I would look at FRP's and people's experiences!
I've seen top end older cards beat lower end newer cards!
If it was a decent card no way it be on special offer plus they would have flown out of the cart?
I only know what people have used and O/ced well as for £10 extra who cares?
The only other consideration is that newer cards rely on newer and more cores to do some of the work?
I don't know his system specs he currently uses, but if he runs a P4 and runs a 6670 his temps could cause throttling?
The flip side is a top performing 6670 is well expensive?

[AlexMozza]

GTX 550Ti
This - http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-asus-gtx-550-ti-4104mhz-gddr5-gpu-900mhz-shader-1800mhz-192-cores-dual-link-dvi-i-d-sub-hdmi

A little over £80, but a good card still, and HDMI :p

[golf-sib]

4000 MHz Effective 5670

Memory Clock: 1800MHz (Effective) 6670

I haven't researched into it but off the top of my head I would look at FRP's and people's experiences!
I've seen top end older cards beat lower end newer cards!
If it was a decent card no way it be on special offer plus they would have flown out of the cart?
I only know what people have used and O/ced well as for £10 extra who cares?
The only other consideration is that newer cards rely on newer and more cores to do some of the work?
I don't know his system specs he currently uses, but if he runs a P4 and runs a 6670 his temps could cause throttling?
The flip side is a top performing 6670 is well expensive?

Embarrassingly I am still on a P4 with HT, can't remember whether the bios allows any control over the throttling on my MB. It has been a very long time since I was into pc's hardcore style. Believe I am on PCI-E 1.0 as well which I heard later spec ATI cards have a problem with... not sure how true this is.

I am running an uprated HS on the CPU, but this stuff is now getting ancient, but I don't see a point upgrading as I use a console for gaming and the pc meets my needs easily for what it is used for, however I have been eyeing up some of these new desktop build with the 22" touchscreen monitor and everything built into the monitor.

My current tower is a bit cramped as well  Went from a big thermaltake to a Media center sized case unit when I first moved and was used as a MC as I had a laptop, then when I moved again it became a desktop PC in the same tinchy case 

[clipperjay]

4000 MHz Effective 5670

Memory Clock: 1800MHz (Effective) 6670

I haven't researched into it but off the top of my head I would look at FRP's and people's experiences!
I've seen top end older cards beat lower end newer cards!
If it was a decent card no way it be on special offer plus they would have flown out of the cart?
I only know what people have used and O/ced well as for £10 extra who cares?
The only other consideration is that newer cards rely on newer and more cores to do some of the work?
I don't know his system specs he currently uses, but if he runs a P4 and runs a 6670 his temps could cause throttling?
The flip side is a top performing 6670 is well expensive?

Embarrassingly I am still on a P4 with HT, can't remember whether the bios allows any control over the throttling on my MB. It has been a very long time since I was into pc's hardcore style. Believe I am on PCI-E 1.0 as well which I heard later spec ATI cards have a problem with... not sure how true this is.

I am running an uprated HS on the CPU, but this stuff is now getting ancient, but I don't see a point upgrading as I use a console for gaming and the pc meets my needs easily for what it is used for, however I have been eyeing up some of these new desktop build with the 22" touchscreen monitor and everything built into the monitor.

My current tower is a bit cramped as well  Went from a big thermaltake to a Media center sized case unit when I first moved and was used as a MC as I had a laptop, then when I moved again it became a desktop PC in the same tinchy case 

I'm still using a P4 but I o/C @ 4.4GHZ can go to 5.5GHZ on Phase hence people laugh at me when I say I have a P4 but my rig is a SFF thats MATX board!
I just see no point in upgrading until mine dies, but I clean the fans, CPUcooler & M/B every three weeks with compressed gas and its never jumped a beat, except for Viruses! My rig cost me £900 8 years ago!
All I've changed is two fans a PSU my fault due to O/Cing!
Keeping temps to a sweet spot on P4's is the key it will last!
Check if there is options to turn off any usable mem from the GPU and other devices the whole system would run smoother!

[golf-sib]

What the hell are you cooling with? Especially to keep it OC'd that high and what are your OC stats such as FSB, unlocked multiplier etc...?

What core is it, prescott?

[clipperjay]

Simple 570J 3.8 stock it can be rode hard enough !
4.4GHz is just on fans I've got the record for single die! 
Anything above I use a custom Phase cooler I built!
I've got pictures somewhere!