Graphics £90 graphics card

Yo,

I'm a nublet at graphics these days, and I'm also poor, but I feel like treating myself for (presumably) passing all my exams.

So, graphics gods, I would love some advice if you please! I have about £90 to spend, currently run a 8800 GTS 640, am running a monitor at 1920x1080, and really would rather like to play Skyrim.

I also have a i5-750 at 3Ghz, with 4Gb of ram.

Last caveat, annoyingly, this has to come from Amazon. I'm a filthy poor student, and have a £30 amazon voucher, so by chucking in £60 I can pretend I really should spend I can hopefully procure something which will give me a bit of a boost. I was thinking perhaps a GTX 460 1Gb, but I'm not sure if there's better out there for the pennies. If I'm wasting my money, ok

Cheers in advance guys.

 

The 550Ti's gonna be your best bet, I'm sure you could find £5 from somewhere http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asus-GeForc...1_3?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1327264023&sr=1-3

 

Thanks! Is there anything startlingly close to that price range which I'd be shooting myself in the foot by not saving a little more for?

 

Not really, the 460 is about £110 and above, and the AMD equivalent in price is the 6770, which isn't as good

 

At Novatech they have a 6850 for £99 with free delivery, I am not sure how it compares with the 550ti though...

Edit- It is there own brand, I do not know how awful this makes it

 

The 550ti is a pretty poor card. When I get home ill check out amazon for you

 

But with a £90 budget, you're not really going to get anything better.

Anyways, here's some gaming benchmarks: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GeForce_GTX_550_Ti_Direct_Cu/6.html

 

Is a 460 GTX the next step up from the 550 Ti? Also, thanks for the advice so far guys

 

The 460 generally performs better than the 550Ti, but the 550Ti is a newer generation of card.

 

EVGA GTX 460 1GB is on a today only for £101.99 at Scan, iam using at the moment to play Skyrim at 1920x1080, its a great card for the price and easily overclocked with supplied software

 

well there are some 6870s for sale in the marketplace thats are going for £100 and its one of the best cards for the price out there

 

With that budget id also say maketplace.

 

Do people not reed the OP? It clearly states he has an Amazon £30 voucher, so he needs to buy it off of Amazon.

 

Try to nab yourself a HD6850. It might cost a bit more, but on the bright side. It will perform the pants off that 550Ti.

 

Maybe the hd 6790?

 

Ok, so budget just got increased to £130, and I can spend it anywhere.

 

I'd say the 6870: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-...s-eyefinity-hdmi-2x-mini-displayport-2x-dvi-i

 

i just gave him an alternative!

 

Is the 6870 really worth the extra moolah? I understand that it's better, but it seems to be less than 30% better for 30% more of the money. Again though, cheers for advice.

 

To be honest I would check the marketplace as well, lots of GPU's going up there for a good price