ANOTHER what GPU Thread (for xmas)

[mast3r]

Hey Ladies and GentleLadies, The wife has again ran out of Christmas ideas for me and has resulted in buying me some hardware.

I have never had such a problem trying to find the right card to buy!!

At the moment my RIG is:

Asus Striker Extreme 1 (775)
QX6850
8 GB RAM
300GB Raptor
Going to order an SSD too.
SLi 8800GTX's that seem to be faulty
BeQuiet 1200W PSU

SO, what should i be looking toward?

I think for now ill be taking a Single GPU and then i will be adding a second in a month or two when i look at a new board and CPU.

Options thus far,

6950
6970
570GTX
480GTX


Please help me dudes.

 

[mast3r]

I will be upgrading my Board, CPU and Ram in the not so distant future, so the Xfire on this board isnt that much of a problem.

Is there any reason you would take a 570 of the 69xx?

 

[mast3r]

i forgot to add, its all watercooled, i will be looking to add the new card to the loop aswell (if a waterblock is avil)

 

[mast3r]

If the price of the 570s falls in the new year etc then i dont see why i wouldnt add a second or even a third 570, it all depends on my gaming really, i am not a hardcore gamer but i like a decent game play etc,
I am playing on a single screen at 1920 x 1200.

 

[mast3r]

why Ignore? somthing i said? or rather didnt say?

 

[mast3r]

would it be worth going for the EVGA SuperClocked? or just the reference card?

 

[mast3r]

superclocked or standard card?

 

[mast3r]

Guys,

I have never heard of these KFA2, are they any good?

I am going to order a 570 from OCUK, i dont know what brand to go for

 

[mast3r]

its on pre-order untill the 22nd, its never going to be here for XMAS