New card to get?? any ideas

[Keff]

Hi all,

I was wondering if anyone could help me decide.

At the moment I am running a ATI Radeon HD 4850hd 1gb and I wish to upgrade. Do I :

A: Buy a second ATI Radeon HD 4850hd 1 gb and run in Crossfire

or

B: Go with a brand new card from nvidia (any suggestions would be great)

or

C: Get the ATI Radeon 6950 2048MB.

I am a avid PC gamer and run them using a Syncmaster 2232bw 22". I have a Intel Core i7 CPU 920.

Any help and advise would be much appreciated.

Cheers
K

 

[-Aura-]

Depends what you play really. If you have no plans for DX11 games, stick another 4850 in, at that res it'll be sweet as.

GTX460 overclocks well I hear and is a great bang for buck card. I nearly just bought a GTX470, seems like a good choice at that res.

Option C is a good one as you can flash the bios with a 6970 one and you have a free upgrade.

New cards on the horizon all the time, 1Gb 69xx coming.

No choice is the only right one, whatever works for you.

 

[Cleeecooo]

GTX 470 or 560 when it arrives.
But i'd get another 4850 unless you want DX11

 

[Ryan-3]

I'm looking at a 470 for my rig (frozr II of course ), as the current cards on its way out, so its time to upgrade. Seems best performance/£££ ratio?

 

[shadow_boxer]

Despite having a GTX470 I'd recommend waiting for just a little while. The 470s are very good cards and overclock massively but at their current price (£200+) I wouldn't recommend one. The GTX 560 should offer a similar performance to the 470 for about £200 but run cooler and quieter. For gaming at 1920x1080 both cards would be a big improvement and give you dx11 support. The 6950 would also be a cracking upgrade. As for prices falling on the 470s, very unlikely. Prices have actually increased since the became end of line, got a reference design one for £165 inc mafia 2 just a month ago.

 

[Andrei23]

get an msi 5850 on the cheap for £129.99, overclock it, profit