Help Me Decide Please

[Daniel]

Hello,

I'm looking to get a new graphics card and have read lots of reviews but am unsure what to go for. I'm not bothered if it's ATI or nVidia but am wondering what would be the best to go for as both seem to have good reviews. I am also not too bothered about 3D.

I am running 1080p and have a i7 2700k and 16GB of memory. My current card is a 5870. I currently play BF3, Dirt3 and Batman Arkham City.

The cards I have read reviews on and are within my price range are these two.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-007-VX

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-011-PL&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2255

So are any of those any good or should I be looking at something else? I'm looking at the pre overclocked ones as I'm not good at the overclocking side of things.

Budget £350-£500.


Thanks for your help
Dan

 

[Daniel]

I have sensitive hearing so any card would have to be pretty silent in idle and desktop use. Obviously I expect it to ramp up during gaming. I find my 5870 ok for noise but wouldn't want anything ear splitting loud. This is why I am looking at the multi fan designs.

I don't intend on overclocking but I'm happy to have the headroom for the future. I also don't intend on using multimonitors.


Thanks for your help
Dan

 

[Daniel]

Thank you for your help.

I managed to get a GTX 680 DirectCu II TOP which is higher clocked than the MSI GeForce GTX 680 Lightning and for less money

Dan