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AtticusFinch

AtticusFinch

AtticusFinch

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I've got a capable, but ageing system. Q8200 @ 3.2, GIGABYTE P45, 8GB RAM with a 9800GTX+ on a 24 inch display.

The card struggles sometimes with different games when I max out settings, which I prefer to do.

I am thinking of upgrading the video card. What would you recommend so that I'm not wasting money putting it into this system?
 
Get yourself a 6870, then further on down the line, get another one. Those cards crossfire like crazy. If you're not willing to crossfire then a GTX470 will do fine for a while to come. Depending on budget?
 
Money not an issue but I have no intention of xf or sly in the next two years so single card that won't be bottlenecked by the rest of the system is what I'm after.
 
I defiunitely can wait for the 6900 etc, my only concern is whether I will see the full benfit from those cards on my current system? I guess I will or you wouldn't recommend tham, but just wanted to confirm.
 
If you can get a bit more of an overclock out of your cpu then that'll be a nice bonus, otherwise 3.2 is no slouch and generally speaking won't be an issue, or at least not much of one at all save for the odd game.
 
AtticusFinch said:
I defiunitely can wait for the 6900 etc, my only concern is whether I will see the full benfit from those cards on my current system? I guess I will or you wouldn't recommend tham, but just wanted to confirm.
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Actually the reason I'm recommending the 6950/GTX570 over the 6970/GTX580 is because taking in the consideration of the Q8200 at 3.2GHz 'might' be a bit of limitation and delivering slightly less frame rate that the max capability. If it was at 3.6GHz or above, then I would probably say grab the 6970/GTX580...but still I'm not sure if it's really worth taking the chances consider those cards would cost £100~£150 more.
 
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