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danb95 wrote If you can stretch 20-30 more pounds you will be able to pick up a Radeon HD 7850, very good card.

Nvidia's price drops have made a lot of their cards better buys than their AMD competitors. The 650 Ti, 650 Ti Boost, and 660 are all now the best cards at their price points, so instead of a 7850, you could get a 650 Ti Boost for about the same price with a better cooler, more VRAM (which is becoming more important) and slightly better performance.

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I would have to disagree with you the hd7850 is a fair bit better than the 650ti boost.
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Specs are no substitute for real-world performance:

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But the price is where the difference lies. Nvidia recently cut their prices. Your money gets you a good bit more with the 650 Ti Boost:

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At stock levels, the 650 Ti Boost edition is the better card.

However, when overclocked, you can really push the 7850. Running it at 1300mV isn't unreasonable - which gives you the option to overclock to stock speeds of a 7950.

This also, however, means it'll be drawing much more power.

The 650 Ti Boost would suit someone who is doing a lot of productivity and doesn't necessarily want all the hassle with overclocking.

The 7850 is a good compromise if you can't afford a higher end card and you aren't bothered about having to overclock .

In the OPs situation, the 650 Ti would be the best option, and if he can pay out a little extra, the 650 Ti boost. It means he wont have to (possibly) spend extra on a quality PSU as well.

You're right that the 7850 overclocks absurdly well, but then you throw the 660 into the mix...

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It's very hard to justify paying more than 150 GBP for a 7850 and AMD needs to cut their prices to get ahead Nvidia in this price range again. This is getting complicated and OP wants a 100 GBP card, not a 150 GBP card...

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danb95 wrote If you can stretch 20-30 more pounds you will be able to pick up a Radeon HD 7850, very good card.

Nvidia's price drops have made a lot of their cards better buys than their AMD competitors. The 650 Ti, 650 Ti Boost, and 660 are all now the best cards at their price points, so instead of a 7850, you could get a 650 Ti Boost for about the same price with a better cooler, more VRAM (which is becoming more important) and slightly better performance.

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I would have to disagree with you the hd7850 is a fair bit better than the 650ti boost.
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Specs are no substitute for real-world performance:

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But the price is where the difference lies. Nvidia recently cut their prices. Your money gets you a good bit more with the 650 Ti Boost:

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At stock levels, the 650 Ti Boost edition is the better card.

However, when overclocked, you can really push the 7850. Running it at 1300mV isn't unreasonable - which gives you the option to overclock to stock speeds of a 7950.

This also, however, means it'll be drawing much more power.

The 650 Ti Boost would suit someone who is doing a lot of productivity and doesn't necessarily want all the hassle with overclocking.

The 7850 is a good compromise if you can't afford a higher end card and you aren't bothered about having to overclock .

In the OPs situation, the 650 Ti would be the best option, and if he can pay out a little extra, the 650 Ti boost. It means he wont have to (possibly) spend extra on a quality PSU as well.

You're right that the 7850 overclocks absurdly well, but then you throw the 660 into the mix...

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It's very hard to justify paying more than 150 GBP for a 7850 and AMD needs to cut their prices to get ahead Nvidia in this price range again. This is getting complicated and OP wants a 100 GBP card, not a 150 GBP card...

I can honestly say I didn't give that card a thought.

Damn I wish I had waited until the price drops. I don't regret getting the 7850, but it would have been nice to have a more powerful card. Then again, I did pay 140 euros for it - it was on offer @ Amazon ES.