Quick question :)

[TheYoungster]

Would it be worth picking up a 5970 these days or would it be better to get a 6970/570?

Budget is £250 at christmas time so not too worry about deals at the moment as i have no money available untill christmas, also would like to play bf3 on as high settings as possible.

I have a 600w psu and a i5 2500k, 8gb ram

 

[chaotic_uk]

tbh go with a gtx580 if you have the funds (and thats from an amd/ati fan lol)

 

[TheYoungster]

I'd love one, would have to be second hand though unless you know of a place that is legit and is flogging them for £250

 

[chaotic_uk]

lol , you would be lucky if you could get a 5970 for £250 thats anygood tbh

 

[ThePengu1n]

If you're not gonna have the cash till crimbo, you might be lucky and find the new 7000 series out, so you could either get one of these or pick up a cheaper "last gen" card

 

[TheMorningStar]

I wouldn't really bother with a 5970, a lot of them have been hammered with bitcoin mining and even if they haven't they still have a very limited 1gb per core VRAM, so 1gb effective. If you are on lower resolution I guess that is fine, but then you don't really need the power of a 5970.

I would hold out for a 7850/7870 card, should be here before christmas and they should be hitting with 2gb of ram, these cards should be coming in at under £200, maybe £150. Pay a little more and at the end of Jan-Feb you can have a 7950/7970, these should be hitting at under £300 I imagine due to the lower manufacturing costs compared to the 6 series, so long as supply is plentiful.

 

[arc@css]

Ideally wait, too close to the 7000 series not to now.

 

[TheYoungster]

will od chaps, cheers for that, will the 6 series card be out too?

 

[arc@css]

will the 6 series card be out too?

I'm afraid not.