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Spec me a gpu
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The best single GPU out atm.
(assuming it'll fit in your case)
The best single GPU out atm.
(assuming it'll fit in your case)
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For around £450 the best single card is a HD 7970.
Though to be honest for that budget you could afford two HD 6950 2GB cards and run them in Crossfire for only £420. If you are willing to spend £480 you could even get two HD 6970 2GBs.
Though to be honest for that budget you could afford two HD 6950 2GB cards and run them in Crossfire for only £420. If you are willing to spend £480 you could even get two HD 6970 2GBs.
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Yea, running with two cards isn't always ideal - but if you are prepared to go through the hassle then it can offer a significant performance improvement over a single card for the same money.
However, if you just want a simple time of things and have a nice budget then a HD 7970 3GB is a great card.
Though tbh if you are only gaming at 1080p then you may want to save yourself a lot of money and buy a single HD 6970 2GB for £240 and maybe spend the rest of the money in 18 months on a replacement card.
However, if you just want a simple time of things and have a nice budget then a HD 7970 3GB is a great card.
Though tbh if you are only gaming at 1080p then you may want to save yourself a lot of money and buy a single HD 6970 2GB for £240 and maybe spend the rest of the money in 18 months on a replacement card.
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Save yourself £100 and get the ATI Radeon HD 7950 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
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Ok, but bear in mind that for gaming in 3D monitors are much better as they can offer full 1080p@60Hz (per eye). In contrast TVs can only offer 1080p@30Hz (per eye) or 720p@60Hz (per eye) due to HDMI 1.4 bandwidth limitations. So if you plan to get a 3D TV anyway mainly for 3D broadcasts and films - then fair enough. But if you mainly plan to use it for 3D gaming then a monitor would be a much better choice.
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Yeah I'd grab a 7950. Once overclocked the 7950's pretty much match the 7970's and even surpass them in a few benchmarks. As or preferred brand, hard to say as all the cheaper ones only come with 2 years warranty. If your looking a the ones by Gigabyte for example with 3 years warranty your getting close to £400, where you may as well grab a 7970. There isn't a reference model per-se for the 7950 so most have some sort of customised cooler. I'd go for the "Sapphire HD 7950 3GB GDDR5 DVI HDMI Dual Mini DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card".
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Looking at the HD 7950 cards available the Gigabyte card mentioned by Shadow Boxer is a really good option IMHO. It is ~£40 more than the cheapest standard cards from HIS, but this extra money buys you a really excellent cooler (very quiet and cool), a factory overclock of 900MHz (standard is 800MHz) and a 3 year warranty instead of two years.
