GFX Upgrade, advice please :)

[ALXAndy]

There is the issue of future 3D gaming - if you think you might do this in the future, NVidia cards are better.

I also understand driver support updates are better.

I haven't looked at ATI's web presence, but Nvidia do some good articles on optimisation.

See here http://uk.geforce.com/whats-new/articles/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-live-stream

I have an Asus 570 dcii bought a couple of weeks ago, I mainly bought it for the engineering I think as it is well cooled

Anyway thats my 2p

http://www.amd.com/us/products/technologies/amd-hd3d/Pages/gaming.aspx

 

[john_x3]

http://www.amd.com/us/products/technologies/amd-hd3d/Pages/gaming.aspx

Is it as good? I am thinking of getting a 3D monitor, and thats one of the reasons I went for nvidia - Was i right to?

 

[tommybhoy]

I am thinking of getting a 3D monitor, and thats one of the reasons I went for nvidia - Was i right to?

Yes, more mature and better support for 3D gaming imo.

 

[Skilty]

Out of interest doesn't the fps halve in 3d as it has to do left and right images? No idea how the technology works!

 

[ALXAndy]

3D works in the same way no matter whose you go for.

IIRC you can connect an Nvidia computer to a 3D TV and use the glasses supplied with the TV.

If the game supports 3D then you're away, regardless of who makes the GPU. It basically displays the game as it does, and the glasses all work in the same way.

Came as a shock to me, but then AMD tend not to rely on rather silly stuff to sell their GPUs.

 

[Mojo]

Don't worry too much about the performance of Skyrim, a 560ti or 6950 would max it out easily, hell my old (and underclocked because it's dodgy) 5870 will run it maxed out at 1200p, and that card is roughly level performance-wise with a 560ti.