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Reccommend me a card (2560x1440 res)

Paulyrey

Paulyrey

Paulyrey

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I recently purchased a new monitor which is a bigger resolution than my previous, however my current graphics card seems to be struggling with games. Specificly i play WoW and plan on getting most of the new releases coming out next month (Dragon age, Crysis 2, Shogun to name a few.) My current card is a ATi 5870 but i have had many problems with it and idealy would like to stick to Nvidia. My motherboard is SLI compatible (Not Xfire) and i have acres of room in my case so niether of these would be a problem. Also i do like to stream games/record on Xfire so if it would be able to do this comfortably too would be ideal.

My budget is £400 max.

Current Spec:

ASUS P5n-T Duluxe
Intel Q6600 3.5 ghz
ATI 5870
PSU 750w

After reading quite a few threads im still unsure what to use my money on to upgrade, i was thinking possibly Nvidia 480 SLI / Nvidia 560 SLI

I would greatly appreciate your input as im sure you know more than me. :D
 
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GTX480 SLI seems a no brainer for the price.

But it depends whether you have an 850W+ PSU and good air flow in your case (preferably a fan blowing on top of the cards).

If not then a single GTX580 would be better for you.
 
mattjd said:
GTX480 SLI seems a no brainer for the price.

But it depends whether you have an 850W+ PSU and good air flow in your case (preferably a fan blowing on top of the cards).

If not then a single GTX580 would be better for you.
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Oh my PSU is 750w forogot to add :).

Is that not big enough for 480 SLI? Also my case has very good airflow so im not worried about that.
 
Paulyrey said:
Oh my PSU is 750w forogot to add :).

Is that not big enough for 480 SLI? Also my case has very good airflow so im not worried about that.
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750W is not enough for SLI 480 unfortunately :(

You can go SLI 470 or get a GTX580/570. If your resolution was lower I would have suggested the 560ti SLI but 1gb is not enough for your resolution.
 
mattjd said:
750W is not enough for SLI 480 unfortunately :(

You can go SLI 470 or get a GTX580/570. If your resolution was lower I would have suggested the 560ti SLI but 1gb is not enough for your resolution.
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If you get sli does it only use the VRAM from one card? I thought if you have SLI it would be 2x 1gb
 
Paulyrey said:
If you get sli does it only use the VRAM from one card? I thought if you have SLI it would be 2x 1gb
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No it only uses the VRAM form one card. So when a dual card like an ATI 5970 says its 2gb when really it only has 1gb of usable VRAM.
 
mattjd said:
Cheapest one possible. 1.5gb will be fine for the majority of games, except the odd game like Metro 2033 and Crysis.

The stock cooler is great as well.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-145-OK&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1812
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Im a bit worried about getting the cheapest one since last time i did this i had lots of problems with the card (my old 5870.)

I have had Gainward cards before and i have never had any problems so i might go for that one. Was also looking at the this. Is it worth the extra?
 
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