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These are the specs which with help from the ocUK community i am considering for my New PC, which i am planning to use for rendering. I have also decided to also use the PC for gaming and currently stuck between the decision of two Graphics cards

Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4890 PCS+ BattleForge Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-102-PC

and

Gainward GeForce GTX 295 1792MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card (Single PCB

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-107-GW&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1324



My future system so far....

Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail + World In Conflict PC Game £208.99
(£181.73) £208.99

Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4890 PCS+ BattleForge Edition 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
(£146.08) £167.99

Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4 Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
(£145.21) £166.99

Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro 850W ATX2.2 Modular SLi Compliant Power Supply
(£122.60) £140.99

Coolermaster HAF 922 Case - Black (No PSU)
(£79.99) £91.99

Patriot Viper 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600MHz) Low Latency Tri-Channel (PVT36G1600LLK)
(£66.08) £75.99

Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD1001FALS)
(£59.99) £68.99

Titan TTC-NK85TZ Fenrir CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/LGA775/LGA1366)
(£28.99) £33.34

Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
(£15.64) £17.99

Sub Total : £846.31
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £128.82
Total : £987.63
 
Hmm both good choices, im pressured to go with the Geforce as i previously have used Nvidia Graphics cards. Im gonna look at benchmarks/performance and pretend to understand the difference between the two :D


XFX ATI Radeon HD 4890 XT 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (Includes Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-126-XF&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1403

£139.99 each


Gainward GeForce GTX 295 1792MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card (Single PCB

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-107-GW&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1324


£364.99 each
 
Im using a Sony sdm hs95p display which max is 1280 by 1024.
I think i will settle for the 295, which i will sli at a later date when needed, and the price has gone down
 
Hmm well then....

XFX ATI Radeon HD 4890 XT 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (Includes Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...126-XF&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1403&vat=1

Crossfire = 279.98

Asus GeForce GTX 275 896MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card (Includes Terminator Salvation PC Game)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...205-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1410&vat=1

sLi = 299.98

or


although not as good as a Sli 275...could be later made a Sli 295

Gainward GeForce GTX 295 1792MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card (Single PCB)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...107-GW&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1324&vat=1

364.99

* i like the sound of the ATI having a total of 2GB GDDR5 compared to 1792
 
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does it utilise that amount, as for the graphics cars the 275 seems to be outdoing the 4890 in the comparison i found.. well except crises which was mix and match
 
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