6870 Performance

[Mawat]

Hey,

I'm looking at getting a 6870 to go in my system (below). I'm not a heavy gamer - for now so I don't really wanna splash out loads on a really expensive card if I don't have to.

I wanna be able to play the latest games, Battlefield 3 and Skyrim etc on high settings, if not max on a 1680 x 1050 display. The next card up really jumps to over £200, but seeing as I can get this card now for £125 I think I'd prefer to save the money.

I might look at crossfiring in the future, or selling this card and getting something more powerful, but for the time being I want something which will suffice.

Will I be getting good frame rates on most games for the time being and for future games?

Thanks

 

[Doomedspeed]

Yeah, the 6870 will play the newest games around. May have to drop BF3 High rather than Max. Skyrim will run on ultra, it does on my GTX 460.

I don't know how Xfire scales. I do know the GTX 460's SLI well.

For you budget, under £200, you can maybe consider a GTX 560 (ti).

 

[Mawat]

Looking at benchmarks and reviews etc, I don't think its worth the money for a standard 560ti really

 

[Doomedspeed]

Thats True.

What model you got in mind?

 

[Mawat]

Looking at the XFX. Looks a good quality card. My friend has one, its quite nice and I have an XFX psu already which I love

 

[TheRealDeal]

The 6870 will do fine at your resolution. I run mine at 1920x1200 and it plays pretty much everything at high-ultra settings.

 

[Mawat]

The 6870 will do fine at your resolution. I run mine at 1920x1200 and it plays pretty much everything at high-ultra settings.

What games do you normally play and what are typical frame rates for you?

 

[weyland yutani]

I play games like Dirt3, F1 2011, Shift 2, BF3, Metro, Crysis, AvP, Dead Space and Batman games on either high or maxed easily with a 6870 Twin Frozr at 1050 or 1080p. Fantastic card for the price.

 

[AMMUT]

I had a single 6870 and recently added another 1 to crossfire. Currently at 1920x1080 resolution but planning on moving up.

The single card was great for all games I was playing (MW3, BF3, Skyrim, SWTOR and other older games).

Your spec is also similar to mine so the 6870 would be fine for you.

 

[Mawat]

Great cheers. Whats the card like to crossfire? Thats a possibility in the future

Anyone have the Sapphire HD 6870. It has great reviews and I can get it for a little cheaper than the XFX.