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

 

[Mawat]

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

 

[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

 

[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?

 

[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.