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Upgrade time or is it?

bakes0310

bakes0310

bakes0310

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Currently have a BFG 280GTX and im thinking of selling it and putting the funds towards a Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5970 OC. This card would have to be my last upgrade till 2011 and beyond, as ive got to buy other important things in 2010 like a new motorbike and a holiday in thailand:D
Anyway my questions is:

1) How much better is the 5970 to my 280GTX?

2) Can it fit in my AKASA 62 ECLIPSE Case?

3) will my rig a dual core setup hold it back at all?
 
The HD5970 is about 25% more faster than a GTX295 so I guess that the GTX280 will be like 45-50% under it.I think that the case is too small for this card and even if it will fit it will have very low airflow.@ question 3....it depends what CPU you have if you have.However if its one of the E8xxx series and its clocked to 3.8-4.0Ghz then no.
 
It would be quite an upgrade, however, most reviews have said you will not notice any difference from any other high end card unless you are using 2+ screens when gaming. Reason being, all high end cards, last gen or this will run all games at high res with eye candy turned up on a single screen and you won't notice the difference between 150fps or 200 with the new card.
 
bakes0310 said:
Currently have a BFG 280GTX and im thinking of selling it and putting the funds towards a Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5970 OC. This card would have to be my last upgrade till 2011 and beyond, as ive got to buy other important things in 2010 like a new motorbike and a holiday in thailand:D
Anyway my questions is:

1) How much better is the 5970 to my 280GTX?

2) Can it fit in my AKASA 62 ECLIPSE Case?

3) will my rig a dual core setup hold it back at all?
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No point buying a better graphics card right now nothing will give much noticeable benefit visually over an GTX280 (which would not fetch much more than £120ish secondhand now anyway). Get a CPU upgrade either Quad Core or Core i7 then in a year your 280 will still run current games ok and newer gfx cards will be faster & cheaper!
 
Sure upgrade, just remember to sell me your 280gtx for pennies.

Seriously though, are you actually having any problems running any games with your current gpu?
 
optitech-uk said:
Some people really love to waste money. Not worth the upgrade at all.
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Most people do in some way or another.

Some people like going out every week and piddling a significant amount of money up the wall going out drinking.

Some people waste an awful lot of money on smoking, etc.

Although if I hadn't got my own card for the actual RRP at release I wouldn't be paying over the odds for one now, they are taking the michael at the moment.
 
Coming off 4870x2, the increase that I saw from 5970 is huge in every sense of the word, the card is also a LOT more quieter, then again I purchased Antec 1200 just for the card and I run a [email protected], but nonetheless, I reckon get the card and upgrade to I7 after Jan when the prices are at their lowest.
 
raralis said:
Sure upgrade, just remember to sell me your 280gtx for pennies.

Seriously though, are you actually having any problems running any games with your current gpu?
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No im not having trouble running any game, i just get the urge to buy a shiny graphics card:p

I dont think ill upgrade until i have to then, ill save the money i think.
 
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