£250? Something like a GTX 560ti 448 core, or a gtx 570 are good. or a HD 6950, but nvidias cards have a better overall performance. p.s. That's a really low resolution bro, i'd get a better monitor if i were you.
Whats the rest of your system like? If the gpu isn't coping at such a low resolution, it might be something else, the 6870 is still quite a powerful mid range card.
I have the following: Phenom ii x4 965 be asus sabertooth 990fx am3 4gb Corsair XMS3 1600mhz 1.5v 600w Cooler Master silent pro gold 600w The 2 games i am struggling to play are mafia 2 and battle field 3. will be treating myself to a 42" 100hz 1080p lcd after new year...
surely the 6870 can play it at ultra with really good frames at that res? I'm playing on an 8800gt with 30 - 50 frames on low settings at 1400x900.
MSI 6970 TFIII (reboxed lightning) http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-123-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752 It's *slightly* over budget, at 267.95.. however 1- It comes with Dirt3 and Deus Ex: HR which you could flog for 50-60quid and make some cash back. 2 - It is a reboxed Lightning version, which retail for ~£350 and so will o/c like a monster (subject to luck).. Fastest thing you can buy south of a £350+ GTX580.
Don't. It will not look nearly as good as say http://www.scan.co.uk/products/23-lg-ips235v-ips-led-monitor-full-hd-dvi-vga-1920x1080-8ms-250cd-m-50000001 read thisfor an explanation of why Graphic card wise I'd wait a few weeks to see what the 7950 is like. The 7970 looks excellent but a bit beyond your budget.
Do you really think he will be sat at a desk with a 42" monitor?! I would assume he will be sat on a bed / sofa so a 23" screen really isn't the thing to recommend.
A bed your right. I am in it right now and typing from it. I have a 27" right now and my bed is about 5 feet away...
Not played BF3 yet but Mafia 2 runs pretty perfectly on my PC, which is inferior to yours :/ If its slow when the action picks up it could be the CPU... is it overclocked? Sent from Bittech Android app
Another HD6870. Or just lower your settings. Actually you might be CPU limited there. My HD6850 copes perfectly fine at 1600x1200.
I think something else must be up, My stock 5850 can run BF3 on Ultra (minus the AA) and Mafia II Ultra 60fps, at 1920x1080.
My X3 @3.6GHz handles Mafia II fine so if you're having issues I can only guess that you have your X4 clocked lower than that and the game prefers clock speed to the extra core and lags on your system?
Dont be ridiculous. A quality 42" TV will look miles better than a 23"IPS monitor for gaming. Much better contrast, black depth, and if its a Samsung it will probably be a PVA anyway, so will have better viewing angles too (and almost certainly wont suffer from black glow that most IPS displays suffer from). And plus its sometimes nice to play on a large screen, dont believe people who say the pixel pitch is too big for that size. Its fine for gaming and can look fantastic if he gets a decent model.
Well, that depends on how much you pay, the lower end TVs will be nothing compared to an IPS, probably not even Full HD. Remember, Samsung make rubbish TVs as well. Plus, I don't know about anybody else, but I like gaming close to my monitor, and 42" is just miles to big, bigger is not always better.
Well that's situational, at a distance you could argue for the TV, but close up viewing like a PC monitor then no matter what the quality of the television is it will look significantly better on the small monitor. This is due to the pixel density. 1920 X1080 spread over 42" looks nowhere near as good as the same pixel count over 23-24" The pixel spread per inch^2 on a television just looks bad up close. I find playing games from a distance is no good. Even on a TV i will slip off from the sofa to get closer to the screen. the further away you are then the less immersion you get from the game.
Another 6870. The best thing to do is change you setting to high. You will get 98% of the visuals and twice the performance. Get a new monitor and if you have cash buy a second hand 6870 or a new one if you can find it cheap.
