Help Choosing Graphics card.

[snoot]

Hi all.. I'm not realy up on Benchmark tests and the likes.. but my Geforce 9800GTX died recently and i'm looking for a new card. I go through this every couple of years... searching for the best card to get and i'm always left with a headache...
I'm trying to decide between something like a BFG GTX295 1792MB DDR3 Single PCB Dual DVI PhysX and Cuda ready PCI-E ..... and the new Gigabyte HD 5870 1GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card. Basicly between the 295 and 5870. It's purely for gaming. Can someone give me some advise please on which would be the better card. Many Thanks.
Snoot.

 

[pcpietrek]

I would choose 5870 because of temps and power consumption. If you can wait little bit longer there is 5870x2 coming out.

 

[AWBbox]

If you can wait little bit longer there is 5870x2 coming out.

Or is it 5970?

 

[TheMorningStar]

5870 has to be

with the money you save you could then get a 8800/9800 series card and run that for physx with the cracked nvidea drivers if you have a 2nd/3rd pci-e slot

 

[snoot]

Is there much of a difference in speed between the two? I know it probably isn't as simple as that.. but say i was playing something like Team fortress 2.... which card would give better performance? Or is it ATI over Nvidia because the ATI is better future proofed? Thanks again.
Snoot.

 

[smeghead666]

1st off i feel your pain.

been about 2 months deciding and changing my mind almost every other day, but i think the my minds set now.

id say the 295 beats the 5870 in most benches (1920x1200) but not by much, and in a few cases vice versa, do what im doing and get 2x 5850 for £400

do you have a budget at all? cos 2x 5870's would be pretty cool! /drool

 

[Valleyman]

I'd say a 5870 because I personally dislike all the nagging issues with running more than one gpu.