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Best bang for buck solution for 2560*1600 single monitor?

Jed Shields

Jed Shields

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Hi guys,

I'll be upgrading from a 1920x1200 Dell 2408 to a 2560x1600 30" Dell U3014 soon and will need a bit more grunt in the graphics department. I've currently got an i7 2700 @ 3.5GHz, 16Gb RAM and a Gigabyte GTX 570 with 1279Mb VRAM. I'm assuming that the VRAM is going to hold me back, so it's pointless getting another cheap 570 for SLI? What's the best bang for buck solution at the moment? I'm playing Skyrim with lots of mods, Far Cry 3 etc and like it have as many bells and whistles as possible.

Cheers,

Jed.
 
Makhaira said:
This is a question, not a challenge, but will 3Gb cut it at that res on newer games?
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Very short version, yes, you'll be fine with even new games.

The longer version involves MUCH discussion and disagreement and speculation about how the new consoles will affect requirements.
 
Makhaira said:
This is a question, not a challenge, but will 3Gb cut it at that res on newer games?
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If games in the future at ultra setting uses more than 3GB, you can pretty much bet your GPU on the 7970 won't be fast enough anyway. Playing on High or Med/High settings the vram usage will most likely not exceed 3GB, as that's the setting which a single 7970 is mean to run the game at anyway.

It's like benchmark have shown the frame rate of 6950 1GB and 6950 2GB being identical at 2560 res (with unplayable frame rate), as the GPU is the limitation, and having more ram or less ram made no difference
 
I have to agree with Scotty. What's not to like about this?

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£375 + 6 free games which you could sell or keep. You'll get £20 minimum for the Gold Voucher x2 =£40.
 
All of the above suggestions you have a great choice of cheap amd cards I would get the gigabyte 7990 at £469.99 because I perfer single card in my rig.
 
Well the best bang for buck is without doubt 2x7950's. But a 7990 at £470 when it is without doubt the fastest graphics card is hard to argue with.
 
LtMatt said:
Well the best bang for buck is without doubt 2x7950's. But a 7990 at £470 when it is without doubt the fastest graphics card is hard to argue with.
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LtMatt, hi, am really interested in the GB 7990 but am also aware as I already have a 7950 then crossfire is probably the way to go, ie add 1 X His IceQ at 187.99 = crossfire for 187.99 OR 1 X 7990 @ 469.99 = 469.99 minus sale of GbWFX3 7950 = ??. I value your opinion highly, what would you do in my shoes. Presume I will have no probs fitting the His with my GB 7950 on my Msi P67A-GD65 board and that my Coolermaster 700W Psu will suffice. :)

Ps: Will my Psu be ok for the 7990?
 
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rolypolyman said:
LtMatt, hi, am really interested in the GB 7990 but am also aware as I already have a 7950 then crossfire is probably the way to go, ie add 1 X His IceQ at 187.99 = crossfire for 187.99 OR 1 X 7990 @ 469.99 = 469.99 minus sale of GbWFX3 7950 = ??. I value your opinion highly, what would you do in my shoes. Presume I will have no probs fitting the His with my GB 7950 on my Msi P67A-GD65 board and that my Coolermaster 700W Psu will suffice. :)
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If your 7950 is a good overclocker id keep it and add a second. If you have a stinker id sell it and get a 7990 most likely.
 
LtMatt said:
If your 7950 is a good overclocker id keep it and add a second. If you have a stinker id sell it and get a 7990 most likely.
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Mmm.....when I bought my Gb 7950 I benched it running loops of heaven up to 1250 core, didn't touch the ram, haven't overclocked it since. :)
 
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