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Recommend a card around the £150 mark

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Can anyone recommend a card around the £150 mark that will run SW:ToR capably? I would spend more, but I have to buy one for me and my missus. :rolleyes: Stability and a decent frame rate under heavy activity are the most important criteria.
 
Given SW:TOR isn't out yet I would hedge and look at both the HD6870 (£140ish) and the GTX560 (also £140ish).

Both perform similarly in the current crop of games so I would assume they could both handle TOR well enough.

From there you have quite a price jump to the not-drastically-faster GTX560TI (£190ish) or the HD6950 2GB (£190-200ish).
 
You can pick up a 560ti for £165-£170 by shopping around, definitely the best bang for buck in that price range. OC that bad boy and get it running close to a 570, should be able to max SWTOR with ease.
 
As SW:ToR isn't out until 20 December (I think) wait and see what the new AMD 7xxx series has to offer.

The first cards should be out in December.
 
:) yeah I might hold out until Dec to see what the 7xxx offers, I was looking at the 550ti and 560ti. So I guess my old 3870 can creak along until then.

Thanks for the advice.
 
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