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Upgrading my graphics card.

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Currently have a Radeon 5800 of some kind, forgot exactly which version but im leaning towards a 5850. I bought that second hand for £90 and was only to be a stop gap until i bought something new... this was 2yrs ago now.

Looking to spend up to £350

Play on a single DELL U2410 monitor so max res is 1920x1200 and would like to future proof myself for 2yrs at least.

Nvidia or AMD doesn't really matter if im honest, im not brand specific.

I would like a fairly quiet card tho as the PC will be running in my bedroom.

Games i would like to play well are GTA 5 (if it comes to PC), Watchdogs, FIFA/PES and FPS games in general.
 
arc@css said:
AMD are about to launch their next series of cards, so I'd probably hold off until then.
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i keep reading that they are just re branded cards of the current 79xx series with only slight clock increases. In real life performance you're only talking a small fps increase. Is that pure speculation or genuine inside info?

I don't mind waiting however, i have held off for 2yrs :D
 
I guess ill wait then.

Was looking at the ASUS 7970 TOP and ASUS 7970 Matrix platinum and both are on deal right now as they seem to be getting the recommendations.
 
*******UPDATE***********

So guys ive still not purchased a GFX card but my situation has changed too..


Ive been reading up on those Korean monitors and now im going to get one of those.

Which means gaming at 2560x1440/2560x1600 depending on which monitor i get. leaning towards the 30inch screen because im not sure going from 24ich to 27inch screen would be that much of a difference.

So what what GFX card do you guys think i should go for now?
 
hah i guess it back to waiting

for what its worth i have about £400 to spend now depending how much i can pick a 30inch screen for.

780 or non reference 290 i guess.

any ETA of the 290 non reference?

Also i have an i5 2500k with 8gigs of RAM. will this in someway bottleneck my performance?
 
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