The New Hardware Thread

[jamesy]

Will do mate! I'm currently debating which graphics card to buy as my old gtx480 has died after around 4 years of service. Once that's bought I'll be online testing this bad boy out.

[speedlolita]

I'd look at the R9 270X/280 or GTX760/770.

[jamesy]

Yea the gtx760 is the front runner as it's only a little over what I realistically wanna pay. Seems to get only good reviews and it'll play everything I intend to play really well.

[Brad]

My GTX 580 still kicks serious arse so lord knows what these new ones will do!

[jamesy]

Yea I had no problems with my gtx480 either. Was planning to keep it for another year or so. I'll be happy if my new card is quieter though!

[speedlolita]

Well, I have a GTX 670 with a DirectCU II cooler and it is easily the most quiet cooler I've ever had.

They've really knocked it out the park with modern GPU cooling. I recall the noise my 6800GT and 8800GTX kicked out while gaming..

[VR46]

The 9xx range will be announced very soon so the prices down the range will be reflective and should see a drop, if you can wait that is.

You can get some great deals one the R9 cards quite often

eg http://www.hotukdeals.com/search?act...ch&keywords=r9

I bought this now expired Amazon offer three weeks back

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/sapphire-dual-x-amd-radeon-r9-280-3gb-139-99-amazon-1979615

[charlesr]

Is this any good?

http://www.quietpc.com/pal-ne5x75t00941-1073h

[Brad]

Judge for yourself:

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/video_lookup.php?gpu=GeForce+GTX+750+Ti&id=2815

[VR46]

Priced about right I think going by the performance, didn't realise they came in a fanless variety to be honest. Don't know how it would fair under decent overclocking.

Just check the extra height wouldn't be a problem in your case if you do buy Charles.

[jamesy]

The 9xx range will be announced very soon so the prices down the range will be reflective and should see a drop, if you can wait that is.

You can get some great deals one the R9 cards quite often

eg http://www.hotukdeals.com/search?act...ch&keywords=r9

I bought this now expired Amazon offer three weeks back
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/sapp...amazon-1979615

That's a great price for a 280! I'll have to wait until the end of the month now anyway I think. Kinda tempted to wait longer as I've enough to be getting on with on xbox one.

Is there anywhere I can get a really cheap card just to have CS:GO running at 60fps without resorting to ebay?

[Brad]

What resolution will you be at?

[speedlolita]

My 6850 managed that just fine.

[jamesy]

1080p would be ideal but not essential. Could run at a lower res if it meant constant 60fps. I attempted to run it with intel integrated graphics but its a mess. I imagine anything within the past 5 years could probably have a good go at running it well lol. :P

[Finsbury Girl]

Ladies and Gents,

I recently built a pc loosely based upon the latest digital foundry 1080p gaming rig. It's great but I've got a low level hum, noise from the fan or power supply or something. Anywho any tips on how to make it just a tad quieter?

tanks!