what card lol

[jim2069]

hi all,
im looking at playing a lot of games and as a result im building a new machine. but what graphics card should i buy?

i have an assus formula III maximus and a i7 2.8 Ghz cpu....

im looking at spending £360 on 1 single graphics card but will be buy 2 of them to either run sli or crossfire...

any comments would be most greatful.

 

[Sindri]

Buy a 5850 then get another at a later date, you can overclock them to 5870 speeds and they are £100 cheaper.

 

[jim2069]

but they have like 700meg of ram less that some of the other ones...

should i buy on the basis that the higher the clock speed the better? or the more ram the better?

 

[MikeHunt79]

get a 5850 lol

 

[jim2069]

ok thats fine lol but which one as a gigabyte one or a assus one?

 

[Sindri]

When comparing nvidia and ati its pointless comparing memory and clock speeds, as the card with the higher values isn't necessarily the better one.

If money is no option then it seems like the 295 is still the best choice but, for the price it's debatable if the performane benefit over a oc'd 5850 is worthwhile.

 

[gurusan]

I would just start with a single 5870.

 

[MikeHunt79]

ok thats fine lol but which one as a gigabyte one or a assus one?

gigabyte as they have a better RMA system lol

 

[Efour]

lol whys everyone keep typing "lol" ?

and id get a single 5870

 

[coupe69]

I would just start with a single 5870.

This lol

 

[Toastor]

lol whys everyone keep typing "lol" ?

Isn't it obvious, lol?

And I'd get a 5870 if I had a specific £360 budget for a single card. Otherwise I'd buy a 5850 and spend the £160 I'd saved on jellybeans... or perhaps a nice SSD.

 

[Richy1204]

5870