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ryan4227

ryan4227

ryan4227

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Hey guys

My PC is slowly being upgraded :) and now it is the turn for the graphics card.

Current spec:

AMD Phenom II x4 965 @ 3.4 GHZ Stock (soon to be overclocked)
4GB Kingston DDR2 800
Asus M3N/HD_HDMI (Sli Board 750a Nvidia Chipset)
Corsair VX550 PSU
Coolermaster CM690 II Advanced

Current GPU is : XFX 8800GTS 320MB

My current Gpu is starting to struggle gaming a good example is Bad Company 2 i only just get 30 FPS on medium which in combat scenes makes the game unplayable.

Ive done some investigation and found in afterburner when i play games such as Black Ops, Crysis, BFBC2 the GPU usage is always at between 95-99% and usually using around 315 of the 320MB on board Ram so i take it this means i am at the limit of the GPU.


So to the point. I am looking for a card which can handle all these games easily on Max (except crysis of course) and also be well equipped for new games such as Crysis 2 and others.

Budget is around £200 and i play on a 1680x1050 Monitor.

Sorry for the long post

Regards Ryan Cheers in advance
 
Hey

I looked at those Twin Frozer ones but i keep seeing people having problems with those ones or is that just one off. Also arnt they very power hungry?

Will a 470 give good 3d performance in the future?

Regards Ryan
 
Hey

Cheers for the reply

Just seen a couple of threads on here ;P

My Psu is a corsair Vx550 550 Watt PSU will that still be enough to power it?

Also what do people think of the 560TI?

Regards Ryan
 
Hey

So looking at a fight between the 470, 460 TI or 6950?

Which one would be the best for my situation and i may want to upgrade my monitor soon ;)

Regards Ryan
 
Hey guys

Still tied between the 6950 and the 560'TI I like the 6950 and will be happy to unlock I possible but I keep seeing issues with AMD drivers. Also the card has more VRAM. However price has gone up.

560 has more stable drivers but is less powerful :(

What do ou guys think

Regards Ryan
 
Cheers for the links guys

Ive been looking at the benches for a couple of hours and really can't choose they seem to be so evenly matched. :P ATI wins in some games Nvidia in others.

I can't decide ;P

Do any of you guys have experience with either 6950 or 560 TI?

Im a bit of a tight wad on this sort of stuff i have to done tons of research first.

Regards Ryan
 
Hey guys

I'm now looking between the 480 and 6950 because of the recent prices

Which one should I get? I have a corsair vx550 psu and also a coolernaster cm690 II case.

Regards Ryan
 
Hey

Cheers for the suggestions i can't crossfire my board only supports SLI Nforce chip :)

6950 i taking my fancy at the moment but from what i have read the 480 is a very worthy card at lower res?

Regards Ryan
 
Phil2008 said:
Ive been with ati for years and I've very rarely had trouble with drivers. Basically just dont go looking for probs and you will be fine. I have just got a 6950 a few weeks back, I nstalled drivers and all games Ive run on it are fine.

I upgrade the gfx drivers every 3-6 months or if I run into probs.
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Cheers

That is reassuring i may go for the Msi card should last me a while :)

Regards Ryan
 
Cheers that is great to hear

I was looking at the Reference Msi 6950 so it will be unlock able :)

Thanks you may of swayed my decision :)

Regards Ryan
 
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