Ok so I'm in the mood for an upgrade (apologies for another Radeon 6 series thread!). Currently I use an Asus 5770 512mb, which has been great so far, but I'm after something with more grunt since I game at 1920x1080.
My motherboard is crossfire compatible, and I was tempted to get another 5770, but the 512mb VRAM would be a bit too limiting for crossfire I feel. I have been looking at the OcUK VTX3D 6870 1024mb which is on preorder offer for £119.99. This looks pretty good and was thinking of getting one now and then another later in the year or next when the 7 series come out, as the prices should be even lower. However, I keep seeing things about 1024mb VRAM being just enough for 1080p. Ideally, I would like to get something that is future-proof enough for BF3, Skyrim and what not (obviously its impossible to predict performance in games not out).
Then I seen the 6950 2048mb on offer for £199.99 (or £5 more for the MSI). This looks even better, but of course the price is a fair jump up from the 6870 offer. Looking at Anandtech benchmarks, the FPS increase is decent, but is it enough for the extra ££? I could sell the DiRT 3 code as I already have it, so I could get back maybe an extra £10 or so on it if that makes a difference (hint hint OCUK, give me a discount code
).
Both options would give me a nice performance boost, but I was wondering what you guys think of the current situation. I know I could just wait around for the 7 series, but for the current prices it seems like a good time to upgrade.
My motherboard is crossfire compatible, and I was tempted to get another 5770, but the 512mb VRAM would be a bit too limiting for crossfire I feel. I have been looking at the OcUK VTX3D 6870 1024mb which is on preorder offer for £119.99. This looks pretty good and was thinking of getting one now and then another later in the year or next when the 7 series come out, as the prices should be even lower. However, I keep seeing things about 1024mb VRAM being just enough for 1080p. Ideally, I would like to get something that is future-proof enough for BF3, Skyrim and what not (obviously its impossible to predict performance in games not out).
Then I seen the 6950 2048mb on offer for £199.99 (or £5 more for the MSI). This looks even better, but of course the price is a fair jump up from the 6870 offer. Looking at Anandtech benchmarks, the FPS increase is decent, but is it enough for the extra ££? I could sell the DiRT 3 code as I already have it, so I could get back maybe an extra £10 or so on it if that makes a difference (hint hint OCUK, give me a discount code
).Both options would give me a nice performance boost, but I was wondering what you guys think of the current situation. I know I could just wait around for the 7 series, but for the current prices it seems like a good time to upgrade.
