New graphics card

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If your thinking XFX then your wrong.

I thought they offered double lifetime in UK but it's north america only.

Infact, they offer NO warranty to European residents whatsoever.

Pathetic.

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All goods purchased in the EU have to work for at least a "reasonable" amount of time - I believe the normal warranty length is 1/2 years.

As a former HD4830 owner, I can tell you that the HD4830 / 4770 is no slouch! It's the rough equivalent to the 9800GT (depends on the game obviously, some games prefer nVidia cards, some ATI). The GTS 250 is basically a 9800GTX+, and should run about 15-20% faster than the HD 4830/4770. So if the GTS 250 is around 70 british pounds, then it'd be a decent deal, and if you want the extra FPS, worth the extra $. But I wouldn't pay more than 70 pounds for it given that you can get the 4770 for 60. By the way, the 4770 and 4830 are VERY close in their performance with the 4770 edging out the 4830 by 2-3%.

Another thing to keep in mind is that the 4770 is a great overclocker, and can be clocked up to 4850 performance. The 4850 is much closer to the GTS 250 in performance, about 5% slower in most games. Although, lots of GTS 250's are 1GB cards, and that will obviously perform better than a 512MB HD4850 at higher resolutions.

Well this is what there customer support told me:

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They are taking no responability in the ways of the warranty and just asking the retailer to do it instead and eBuyer offer no easy way to RMA.

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It's an old school mATX one (beige box) but I'm going to hack around with it to improve the cooling - it won't be the best though, I just needed something small.

As for the 5750, that's out of budget, even with the game

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Well if that's the case a 4870 might not be the best idea regardless. All the non-reference designs dump heat into the case and the reference coolers run hotter than all hell :/

If you can get a hold of a 1GB 4770 or 4850 that exhaust out of the case that would likely be your best option.
I know XFX makes designs mentioned above for both cards, and for the 4850 you could get a HIS IceQ

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Hey man, long time!

Hope you've been well.

Will keep an eye out for all and see what I can pick up in the Marketplace.

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that sucks. Then I would also be one of us recommending a 4770.