Soldato
You may just need a better air cooler tho....
Ask in the overclockign section of forum.
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Soldato
I think you made a wise choice.
Its one thing to want to play all your games max settings, but its another to realise that sometimes, thats just not neccessary.
You save some money as well. The performance of a 6870 is between the 5850 and the 5870.
Enjoy the card.
I hope you read the stuff I wrote above, and then made an informed decision?
Its one thing to want to play all your games max settings, but its another to realise that sometimes, thats just not neccessary.
You save some money as well. The performance of a 6870 is between the 5850 and the 5870.
Enjoy the card.
I hope you read the stuff I wrote above, and then made an informed decision?
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Soldato
Yea you should be happy with a 6870.
It will use less power, run cool and should be quieter than your current card or a GTX 470.
Enjoy it mate.
Save the rest of your money.
It will use less power, run cool and should be quieter than your current card or a GTX 470.
Enjoy it mate.
Save the rest of your money.
Soldato
Different games have different demands.
Even my 5870 cant max out some games.... Metro 2033 for instance, but even a GTX 480 cant max that game out.
However my 5870 can play the game with everything on excpet for 2 settings, and it still looks great!
What you have to remeber is what I told you about getting hardware that matches. I think the 6870 matches your cpu for performance. You should find most games you can indeed max out settings.
But there will be some you will have to scale back.
Reviews: http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2010/10/22/ati-radeon-hd-6870-review/1
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3987/...renewing-competition-in-the-midrange-market/1
It looks like a nice card.
But if you want the BEST! you need to wait for the 6970....
Then the 6970 may be more than £300
If you had a psu powerful enough didnt mind high power consumption then this is the card I woud get: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-066-GI&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1810
But like I said the 6870 is a good match for your cpu... save your money and in two years time do a full system upgrade.
Even my 5870 cant max out some games.... Metro 2033 for instance, but even a GTX 480 cant max that game out.
However my 5870 can play the game with everything on excpet for 2 settings, and it still looks great!
What you have to remeber is what I told you about getting hardware that matches. I think the 6870 matches your cpu for performance. You should find most games you can indeed max out settings.
But there will be some you will have to scale back.
Reviews: http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2010/10/22/ati-radeon-hd-6870-review/1
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3987/...renewing-competition-in-the-midrange-market/1
It looks like a nice card.
But if you want the BEST! you need to wait for the 6970....
Then the 6970 may be more than £300
If you had a psu powerful enough didnt mind high power consumption then this is the card I woud get: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-066-GI&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1810
But like I said the 6870 is a good match for your cpu... save your money and in two years time do a full system upgrade.
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