**URGENT** Please help

[Gonch]

Hi All

This is my first post after a lot of lurking and reading.

I've just built myself a new rig mainly for the upcoming BF3 but would like your expert opinion on which graphics card.

I was originally going to go for a HIS ATI Radeon HD 6970 IceQ Turbo 2048MB, but after too much research its now a toss up with a MSI GeForce GTX 570 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 1280MB.

The spec ive built is a 2500k on an MSI Z68A-GD55 (G3) with 8GB 2x4G Corsair XMS3 and a Crucial M4 256GB FW v 9.

My monitor is a 24" Samsung sync master with a max res of 1920x1200.

Both cards are the same price at the moment, so bearing in mind my monitors max res, whats your opinion?

Thanks

Fraz

 

[Gonch]

Gents

Wow!!! I didn't think i would get this kind of response. Thanks to all of you.

OK so now the game has changed and I might be better off with a 560/6950 and OC? Am I correct in thinking that the chances of still getting a card that will take a bios flash to the next higher card is extremely slim. And so you are purely talking about an OC.

Also I might be better of waiting until tomorrow and see what the results are, although as goes FPS they're pretty much the same.

Do either manufacturer have major pros or cons like driver stability, regular updates, running hot, noisy, reliability etc.

Much appreciated

Fraz