My New PC, Possibly.

Witcher1979 · 22 Jun 2011 at 00:45

olivier renault said:
Well, it'll work. The graphics card is a bit of a wimp, but since you have considered your options and believe the 5830 will do what you want, then go for it. The motherboard is very good as well.

Hmmm the HD5830 is not exactly a wimp. I have one of those and it plays everything new so far.

Cheers

philipp3185 · 22 Jun 2011 at 00:52

OR THIS.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-272-SP

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6950 FLEX 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with upto 5 Monitor Support

philipp3185 · 22 Jun 2011 at 00:54

OR THIS.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-127-MS

MSI ATI Radeon HD 6970 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

philipp3185 · 22 Jun 2011 at 00:56

OR THIS.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-248-AS

Asus ATI Radeon HD 6950 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

stulid · 22 Jun 2011 at 00:56

Any of them, the FLEX card is only good if you want a Eyefinity setup, otherwise there are cheaper 6950 cards.

sk82jack · 22 Jun 2011 at 00:57

philipp3185 said:
OR THIS.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-272-SP

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6950 FLEX 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with upto 5 Monitor Support

Are you gonna use 5 monitors? If not you might as well the extra towards a better card unless that's your limit.

philipp3185 said:
OR THIS.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-127-MS

MSI ATI Radeon HD 6970 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

I would choose this over the Asus just because it's £15 cheaper for pretty much the same speed, don't know how the coolers differ though.

stulid · 22 Jun 2011 at 00:57

philipp3185 said:
OR THIS.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-248-AS

Asus ATI Radeon HD 6950 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Can be turned into a 6970 with a simple bios flash, free performance.

philipp3185 · 22 Jun 2011 at 00:59

stulid said:
Damn

That will work, but will block the PCI-E 1X slots underneath the 16X slot, at least two of them thats for sure.

Hi Stulid.

So it's very big is it. Just finished reading up on it and did'nt realize it took three spaces up.

philipp3185 · 22 Jun 2011 at 01:03

stulid said:
Any of them, the FLEX card is only good if you want a Eyefinity setup, otherwise there are cheaper 6950 cards.

Do'nt know one card from another, just want a good card with crossfire and my budget will be (when i've saved it) £200 to £250 no more if i can avoid it. Advice please, in other words the best i can get for the least money. I'm only like everyone else in that respect. Just would like to have a card that will let me play some top end games, but like i've already said, i'm not a full time gamer.

philipp3185 · 22 Jun 2011 at 01:05

sk82jack said:
Are you gonna use 5 monitors? If not you might as well the extra towards a better card unless that's your limit.

I would choose this over the Asus just because it's £15 cheaper for pretty much the same speed, don't know how the coolers differ though.

No i won't ever be using 5 monitors, i would just like a good card to play on a large single hi def monitor.

stulid · 22 Jun 2011 at 01:07

how big is the monitor going to be, max resolution?

philipp3185 · 22 Jun 2011 at 01:22

stulid said:
Can be turned into a 6970 with a simple bios flash, free performance.

If i was to go for this card at some point, does it mean that if i bought another, again later on, i would be able to use them in crossfire mode? and if yes, do i just need a crossfire bridge cable? Would 2 cards in crossfire give a lot better performance than 1 really good card?

stulid · 22 Jun 2011 at 01:25

Yes, 2 lesser cards do beat one top card, the drivers will have to have updated profiles for games to make full use of the crossfire setup, examples,

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_560_Ti_SLI/23.html

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/Radeon_HD_6950_CrossFire/21.html

philipp3185 · 22 Jun 2011 at 01:26

stulid said:
how big is the monitor going to be, max resolution?

Now you got me. I was thinking something around 27inch to 30inch. Has to resolution, i have'nt got a clue until i actually see something i fancy. A bit vague i know, but i have'nt got that far yet. It's just something for the future. My present monitor is a 21inch Samsung Syncmaster, and i have to say, touch wood, it's never given me a moments trouble.

stulid · 22 Jun 2011 at 01:28

philipp3185 said:
Now you got me. I was thinking something around 27inch to 30inch. Has to resolution, i have'nt got a clue until i actually see something i fancy. A bit vague i know, but i have'nt got that far yet. It's just something for the future. My present monitor is a 21inch Samsung Syncmaster, and i have to say, touch wood, it's never given me a moments trouble.

So something like,

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/monitors/display/dell-eips-roundup_8.html#sect0

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/monitors/display/samsung-sa850.html

philipp3185 · 22 Jun 2011 at 19:34

stulid said:
So something like,

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/monitors/display/dell-eips-roundup_8.html#sect0

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/monitors/display/samsung-sa850.html

How about something like this.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-011-HO&tool=3
Hazro HZ27WC 8-Bit 27" LED Widescreen Professional Glass Monitor - Black [HZ27WC] £399.98 inc VAT

with this perhaps.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-192-XF&tool=3
XFX ATI Radeon 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card [HD-695A-CNFC] £199.99 inc VAT

Take me a bit of hard saving up but gives me something to aim for, if they work together ok that is, pc, display & graphics. If not i can always go for a good 24inch monitor for less money.