Help choosing GPU

[luckyluca]

Hello,

I was literally minutes away from placing an order for a nice SFF gaming rig and got stuck on the GPU.

which one is a very fast graphics card at a very good price considering that
I play at 1680x1050 dx9 (and possibly dx10) games, no AA and normal AF ?

I was thinking either ATI 6950 or NV560 OC or NV560 SOC?

I mainly play flight simulator X and x-plane and A10 DCS, they're opengl, dx9 and dx10 games. No physx required, just performance

Thanks
Luca

 

[Cleeecooo]

Love flight sims. Dont go for an expensive card. Go for a 5850 as this runs it full setting on a full hd screen.
I would spend the money you saved on a full hd monitor. Or maybe 2 more of the same monitor u have ATM

 

[Skellig]

You definitely don't need top tier for that sort of usage.

As per Cleeecooo's suggestion:

MSI Twin Frozr 5850

Edit:

And I'm pretty sure this is good too:

MSI GTX 460 Cyclone

 

[Cleeecooo]

Oh yeah go for a 460 as flight sim x favours nvidia

 

[luckyluca]

for £50 pounds difference I was thinking the gigabyte 560 OC must surely be better eh?

thanks
L

 

[Cleeecooo]

I would get better monitor(s) first if possible.
If you can get the 560 and monitors then go for it

 

[luckyluca]

who told you I have crap monitors ?
I'm using a single 1680x1050 24" monitor in my flight sim gaming rig and that is good enough for me ( this is great considering I started with a 14" 320x200 vga monitor back in the nineties)

I would get better monitor(s) first if possible.
If you can get the 560 and monitors then go for it

 

[6644kp]

who told you I have crap monitors ?
I'm using a single 1680x1050 24" monitor in my flight sim gaming rig and that is good enough for me ( this is great considering I started with a 14" 320x200 vga monitor back in the nineties)

the 90s were a LONG time ago

 

[Cleeecooo]

By better i meant 1920x1080 otherwise there is no point in getting a powerful gfx card. You just dont need the power. Why not get two more monitors with that card otherwise you will be wasting money