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Which card?

alexrazzz

alexrazzz

alexrazzz

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Hi, I am wondering what graphics card i should purchase for guild wars 2. I will also be playing skyrim and fallout.
current spec is
phenom 550 dual core at 3.6ghz
corsair tx 650
4gb ddr3 1333mhz ram
ati 5670 (4870x2 blew up recently)

The cards I am looking at are the 7850,7870,7950, or the 660 ti?
My budget is about £160-205 tops, so the 7950 will have to be b grade.
I'm really thinking to get a b grade 7950 if one pops up again, or is b grade too risky?
Also I wont be overclocking the card too much, maybe a tiny increase, just abit scared after my old card gave way.
Or do I wait till the 660ti comes out? I heard someone say its priced at £250 but may push prices up? Though I dont understand why.
Im hoping at xmas to get a nice ivybridge set p or get an phenom 965, or even wait till the next lot of cpus come out.
So which card?
Thanks
 
In quite a few instances, your cpu will heavily bottleneck your video card. I would advise that you upgrade to a new mobo and cpu sooner than later, to maximize the benefit from your gtx570 (or whatever you end up purchasing).
 
alexrazzz said:
Ok thanks, short term I could only really afford the phenom 965, or should I save and get an ivy set up?
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Depends if the games you wish to play are only dual threaded or multi-threaded, and the monitor resolution you play at.

Although the 570 cheap I'd rather have the 7850.
 
I was thinking now I am only spending £100 on a graphics card, which is now what I am set on getting, I could hopefully buy a cheap z77 mobo and pair it with a pentium g620. Then by xmas or when i can save up the money, I could get a 3570k.
I play a single monitor at 1080p, I forgot to add to my specs sorry.
 
Davedree said:
Although the 570 cheap I'd rather have the 7850.
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The 7850 is a bit better, but the £85 he can keep in his pocket can be put to better use.

570 is still a fantastic card, might not get the same IQ that the 7850 can achieve but it's still a great card.
 
Yeah not saying the 570 is a bad card, but we all know the benefits that the 7850 provides over it.

Agreed the money left over would go towards the m-board, I wouldnt get a g620 though, I'd just save for a 2500k or 3570k
 
I was looking at toms hardware and the pentium does well for its price. I dont mind lowering the settings and I find 30fps perfectly playable. I could most likely buy the mobo and pentium this month as it would only be about £120. If I saved for the 3570k it would take me until about November/December. So should I just keep my amd set up till then or go pentium then upgrade at xmas time? Thanks
 
Pick up the 570 for now, and then save up for a new mobo / cpu (you need not spend fortunes on a new mobo). In the meantime, if performance is worse than expected, you could add more ram.

Save up for either the i5 2500k or i5 3570k cpu, it'll be worth it.
 
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Ok thanks, I think I can wait and save then for an ivybridge set up. Hopefully my current spec wont bottleneck me too much for the time being.
I should be getting the card this weekend when I see him, cant wait!
Thanks for all your input guys.
 
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