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replacing 4870

M1sko

M1sko

M1sko

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Looking for a new GC and everything seems to be pointing to 6950 but need a sanity check

Have the following, running on Win XP

i7 920 @ stock in GBYTE EX58-UD3R
Sapphire 4870 1G
Antec NeoHE 430W
4GB Corsair DDR3 1600 XMS3
Iiyama E2201W-B2 (1680x1050)
Antec 902

Looking for something which is quiet(ish), gives enough performance boost so I can play BF/Crysis/CoD type games close to max on my monitor, which won't be changed unless it dies and ideally not after a new power supply.

Money is generally not an issue and if I see the need, I could go for a new psu, although I'd probably get Win 7 and SSD at the same time.

I want to avoid heat and noise. I do regard 4870 as very hot and from what I've seen on different sites, seems like a power hungry one. I had my i7 running stable on 3.6 or 3.8, was long time ago but the amount of the heat coming out of the case was just too much and I don't really need an oc. Have akasa nero cooler.

So the question is, would 6950 suit me?
Is it worth upgrading to Win 7 for DirectX 11?

Any other suggestions?

Don't care if it's ATI or nVidia, had both in the past although my motherboard would support CF but not SLI.

Thanks in advance
 
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Thanks for the replies.

Fiocca,
your topic pretty much persuaded me to wait for BF3. There is nothing at the moment which I can't play with my rig, just got upgradetitis so if the disease is quickly cured, will hopefully come back in oct/nov for the new kit.

Arc,
Looked at 480, which is definitely better card but will definitely need a new psu. Was comparing both on some other sites and for my resolution, there is not much difference (480 still 5-20% faster but who cares if it's 80 or 90 fps). Little bit concerned with the noise, which seems to be an issue with the standard coolers. So once I decide to upgrade, will have to go for SSD + Win7 + PSU + whatever card seems the best value for money.

Misko
 
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