1024mb or 2048mb and spec me.

[infernox]

I don't play many games anymore, with work an all.

Play wow, css, occasionaly rpg (skyrim, witcher 2)

Need a new card but unsure on wiether im going to need 2gb of vram or not.

I run a 1920x1080 and a second monitor on 1280x1024.

Will 1Gig be enough...

Not that limited by budget.

around 180 at a push.

200 absolute maximum (gonna need a very good valid reason for spending this much)

Cheers guys..

Michael

 

[adey]

I have the same problem i was going to buy one of ...

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BG-130-OK&groupid=595&catid=683&subcat=

but decided to wait for the 78xx cards

 

[Beerbaron]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-036-HS&tool=3

with a penny to spare

What card have you currently got?

 

[infernox]

Im running my 4870 currently as my 5870 died... 512mb of ram sucks.

Is that card really neccessary for my needs??

 

[Beerbaron]

Depends how long you want to play Skyrim. It does look nicer with a higher spec card obviously.

You could play all of those games with a 1gb graphics card. Also depends on the spec of the rest of the PC.

 

[[WU-TANG]GZA]

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS ATI Radeon HD 6950 IceQ X Turbo 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Deus Ex PC Game £199.99
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti OC Twin FrozR II 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
Total : £411.38 (includes shipping : £9.50).





Either of those two cards are what you want at this price point. The 6950 might swing it due to the FREE game.

 

[infernox]

i already have Deus Ex.

That MSI Cooler looks yummy.

 

[[WU-TANG]GZA]

i already have Deus Ex.

That MSI Cooler looks yummy.

you could sell Deus Ex on the MM for an extra discount.

 

[tommybhoy]

Either of those two cards are what you want at this price point.

Is that card really neccessary for my needs??

Bethseda's new High res pack is pulling ~1.3Gbs on the vram with a 6950 in Skyrim.

With further high res mods in the future it could eat even more.

Both cards perform very similar indeed.

The only down sides for the 560ti imho opinion is the voltage problem(simple fix by manually raising the voltage) and the TDR issue that's affecting a lot of 560's

 

[Deehjay]

Go for the 2GB 560Ti.

 

[dave_beast]

Go for the 2GB 560Ti.

This, and go for the MSI one as even though it's the same as the OcUK one, it has 1 extra year warranty (3>2)

 

[infernox]

Yeah, looks like the 560ti it is.

I have a X4 965 for referance.

 

[dave_beast]

Yeah, looks like the 560ti it is.

I have a X4 965 for referance.

With the upgraded GPU, overclocking your cpu will gain fps also, worth considering.

 

[Mojo]

I'd suggest a 6950 personally, in virtually every benchmark I've looked at it's faster (Anandtech, Overclock3d and Guru3d ). Not faster by much, usually around 5%, but still faster. Plus, Does this model unlock shaders by chance?