Question about choosing a new Graphics card.
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Father Xmas,
Posted on: 2011-08-07 19:20 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
nVidia side of things; GTX 560Ti
AMD side of things; HD 6950
The GTX 570 and HD 6970 are a little north of $300.
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Ah, nice. Thank you very much. A little North of $300 isn't a big issue. The 570 and 6970 cards do look pretty good with a caveats as far as Newegg goes:|
Originally Posted by Father Xmas
nVidia side of things; GTX 560Ti
AMD side of things; HD 6950 The GTX 570 and HD 6970 are a little north of $300. |
Most of the HD 6970 units are currently out of stock.
The GTX 570s seem to have somewhat mixed reviews regarding reliability.
Decisions, decisions.
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i love my EVGA GTX 570. it performs wonderfully. note that the GTX 570 isn't a very good overclocker though, so i grabbed the factory overclocked SSC model.
EVGA also has a great warranty.
Shortage of the HD 6970 maybe caused by reviews that showed an overclocked HD 6950 can be as fast as a stock clock HD 6970 while saving you $50. Even at stock speeds the performance difference is only 10%. Then there's articles about flashing the HD 6950 into an HD 6970 (the cards have two user selectable BIOSes IIRC). Then there's the limit OC ability of the HD 6970.
I think all those factors discourage hard core gamers away from the HD 6970.
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My current gaming system is one i put together last year and i was on a bit of a budget, so the current card is an ASUS EAH4870. Since i can spare a few dollars now i was thinking a new graphics card would be the most useful upgrade.
The other relevant specs are:
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Motherboard: Gigabyte. P55A-UD4P
Central Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.7GHz
Memory: 4096MB (Probably upgrading to about 8gigs RAM as well.)
Monitor: Samsung Syncmaster S27A350H (1920x1080)
What graphics cards in the ~$300 dollar range would you suggest?
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