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I want graphics card for a new monitor?

woodymarine

woodymarine

woodymarine

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Hi all

I am after a graphics card (£400 - £500 max)

I am also buying a new monitor, to suit the card, they will be used for gaming (FPS mainly)

the trouble is there are too many to choose from?

please help :confused:
 
Assume 1080p then. Go for either a pair of 7950/7970s or a single 780

7970 is more powerful but requires more power and a well ventilated case. A 7990 is another option.

You need to post your entire pc spec to be sure it will handle the nee gpu
 
SouthEastBlue said:
A GTX 780 or better is needed if he wants to make use of a 120hz screen, especially if they have £500 budget no need to buy a cheaper inferior card.
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This. I game at 60fps and my 670 gtx maxes out at around 70-80fps on Cryengine 3. (I of course adaptive Vsync is to 60).

So something better is needed for 120hz.

This all of course on 1080p, I doubt anyone would get anything with a less res at this time and age.
 
Do you ever intend to try 3D on your 120hz monitor?

If so bolster up in the GPU department would be my recommendation, a 780 would be nice there.
 
What CPU you using as well btw?

If you are using AMD CPU, in games that don't use all the cores it would be a hopeless bottleneck for 120Hz monitor, regardless how fast are the graphic card(s) you getting.
 
woodymarine said:
My specs are

MSI z68a mobo
Intel i7
8gb memory
large case with fans

I am after buying a new monitor and a new card
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For gaming on 120Hz monitor, you should try to overclock the CPU to as high as possible, as current CPUs range still can't hold a solid 100fps+ minimum frame rate lots of games. As for graphic card, if your motherboard doesn't support crossfire at x8/x8, then it might worth considering pre-ordering the 7990 at £469.99 from OcUK.
 
well I don't like to overclock too much and if my components wont run high FPS then there is no need to buy a 120hz monitor, so I am stuck now of what to buy?

sorry if I sounded a little bit off mate
 
I was thinking of this graphic card

MSI HD 7970 Lightning BOOSTED Edition 3072MB GDDR5

And this monitor

BenQ XL2420T rev2.0 24" TRUE 144Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor
 
Are you in a hurry to get a card because if not it might be better to wait and see what new cards AMD are releasing (due to be announced 25/9)? May give you better performance per £ to the cards you mentioned.

Do you intend to do any 3D gaming? If you will you'd be better with a 780 as the BenQ is an Nvidia 3D Vision ready monitor (no 3D support for AMD cards).
 
woodymarine said:
well I don't like to overclock too much and if my components wont run high FPS then there is no need to buy a 120hz monitor, so I am stuck now of what to buy?

sorry if I sounded a little bit off mate
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If you are planning on gaming on 120Hz monitor, overclock your CPU is a MUST, if you really want performance. As for your components, I don't see why it can't overclock, unless your i7 is not a K-edition CPU. If you got a i7 K CPU, you just need to get a decent CPU cooler, and you are good to go on overclock.

If you really really can't accept overclocking, you simply won't get as much benefit from the 120Hz monitor as it meant to be, and the chance are the graphic card(s) will get bottlenecked (meaning that CPU holding back the graphic cards i.e. 40-100fps CPU holding back 90-180fps+ graphic cards). So rather than trying to push for 120fps and fall short by a long way, I would suggest you consider getting a 2560 res 60Hz monitor instead. Personally, I would give one of those ultra widescreen 21:9 2560x1080 res monitor a go:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-063-AS&groupid=17&catid=1120
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-066-DE&groupid=17&catid=1120

So for your FPS games, while it won't get the benefit of smoothness, you would at least benefit from the wider field of view and offer you advantage in a different form.
 
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Marine-RX179 said:
If you are planning on gaming on 120Hz monitor, overclock your CPU is a MUST, if you really want performance. As for your components, I don't see why it can't overclock, unless your i7 is not a K-edition CPU. If you got a i7 K CPU, you just need to get a decent CPU cooler, and you are good to go on overclock.

If you really really can't accept overclocking, you simply won't get as much benefit from the 120Hz monitor as it meant to be, and the chance are the graphic card(s) will get bottlenecked (meaning that CPU holding back the graphic cards i.e. 40-100fps CPU holding back 90-180fps+ graphic cards). So rather than trying to push for 120fps and fall short by a long way, I would suggest you consider getting a 2560 res 60Hz monitor instead. Personally, I would give one of those ultra widescreen 21:9 2560x1080 res monitor a go:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-063-AS&groupid=17&catid=1120
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-066-DE&groupid=17&catid=1120

So for your FPS games, while it won't get the benefit of smoothness, you would at least benefit from the wider field of view and offer you advantage in a different form.
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What graphic card would suit these monitors
 
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