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I am currently gaming @ 1080p, is it worth getting a 680? I'm moving from a 460 Hawk Talon Attack.

I have upto £600 to spend on a Graphics Card/Sli. I just want to max everything out and not worry about upgrading.
 
Buckster said:
do you need 3gb VRAM ? :rolleyes:
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Wll I've seen BF3 maps (Caspian Border) peak at 2050mb vram usage so I'd say even a card with 2gb would be a bad choice - and it's only going to be more so with the games we'll be seeing this year.
 
amigafan2003 said:
Wll I've seen BF3 maps (Caspian Border) peak at 2050mb vram usage so I'd say even a card with 2gb would be a bad choice - and it's only going to be more so with the games we'll be seeing this year.
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I know I'm sounding like a stuck record but just because a card uses 2GB of vram doesn't necessarily mean a card with less vram would suffer a performance hit.
 
sparky86 said:
I am currently gaming @ 1080p, is it worth getting a 680? I'm moving from a 460 Hawk Talon Attack.

I have upto £600 to spend on a Graphics Card/Sli. I just want to max everything out and not worry about upgrading.
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Performance wise I would say definitely yes, but I would also consider toward the rest of your rig. If you are still stuck on Core2Quad or Phenom II X4/X6, you'd best upgrade to IvyBridge to compliment the GTX680 to make sure you will get the most of the card.
 
Marine-RX179 said:
Performance wise I would say definitely yes, but I would also consider toward the rest of your rig. If you are still stuck on Core2Quad or Phenom II X4/X6, you'd best upgrade to IvyBridge to compliment the GTX680 to make sure you will get the most of the card.
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I am building a new rig, which is i5 2500k, 8gb ram, xfx 850w xxx psu. Literally about £1200 to spend ish. But just want the best graphic card or sli avaiable to not need an upgrade for a long time.
 
Marine-RX179 said:
Performance wise I would say definitely yes, but I would also consider toward the rest of your rig. If you are still stuck on Core2Quad or Phenom II X4/X6, you'd best upgrade to IvyBridge to compliment the GTX680 to make sure you will get the most of the card.
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how high up in the gpu range do you think i could go? i'm using a 1090T BE @ 3.6 atm with a good 750w psu and 8gm of ram.

i'm probably going with a 7850 but may be tempted to go higher if there are some bargians around and my cpu wont hold me back.
 
straxusii said:
I know I'm sounding like a stuck record but just because a card uses 2GB of vram doesn't necessarily mean a card with less vram would suffer a performance hit.
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400 pounds seem an expensive way to find out that the opposite is true in 6 months to a years time.
 
amigafan2003 said:
Wll I've seen BF3 maps (Caspian Border) peak at 2050mb vram usage so I'd say even a card with 2gb would be a bad choice - and it's only going to be more so with the games we'll be seeing this year.
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AMD VRAM efficiency does not = NVIDIA VRAM efficiency. I can get away with less than 1500MB usage with 2X MSAA @ ULTRA @ 2560X1600.

I think 2GB should be just about right.
 
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