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Hi Folks,
I bought a PowerColor 3870X2 a few years ago and it's been great card. I play at either 1280x1024 on a small LCD, or at 1920x1080 on a TV - to be honest, its on the small LCD most of the time. Everything I've played so far has been with all the settings turned up max.
Final Fantasy XIV is the first game I've had to reduce the settings on, so I think its time to upgrade the graphics card. Can someone recommend a nice card that will replace my 3870X2, use less power, and make less noise but give me better performance please?
I'm hoping something in the region of £150 will give me noticeably more graphics processing. Something like a 6850 or 6870 possibly?
The rest of my rig is: 8Gb RAM PC-8500 1066MHz, AMD Phenom II X4 (its either 3.2GHz or 3.0GHz, I can't remember). I have a 700W Cooler Master PSU, I don't think the rest matters.
Thanks!
kD
I bought a PowerColor 3870X2 a few years ago and it's been great card. I play at either 1280x1024 on a small LCD, or at 1920x1080 on a TV - to be honest, its on the small LCD most of the time. Everything I've played so far has been with all the settings turned up max.
Final Fantasy XIV is the first game I've had to reduce the settings on, so I think its time to upgrade the graphics card. Can someone recommend a nice card that will replace my 3870X2, use less power, and make less noise but give me better performance please?
I'm hoping something in the region of £150 will give me noticeably more graphics processing. Something like a 6850 or 6870 possibly?
The rest of my rig is: 8Gb RAM PC-8500 1066MHz, AMD Phenom II X4 (its either 3.2GHz or 3.0GHz, I can't remember). I have a 700W Cooler Master PSU, I don't think the rest matters.
Thanks!
kD