Which card for 2560x1440

straxusii · 26 Apr 2012 at 09:02

If they are close to £799 I don't think there will be supply issues

bakes0310 · 26 Apr 2012 at 09:06

That price is too much for me if true, i was willing to go £650 max.

Rusty0611 · 26 Apr 2012 at 09:18

A 690 was never going to be below £700. I'm surprised it's even likely to be under £800 to be fair

bakes0310 said:
That price is too much for me if true, i was willing to go £650 max.

7950 crossfire is your friend at that price range

straxusii said:
If they are close to £799 I don't think there will be supply issues

Indeed.

Clav · 26 Apr 2012 at 09:22

bakes0310 said:
What demanding games do you play, and can you really play games at MAX settings with very smooth gameplay?

I don't play FPS much so I can't say anything about bf3 etc. But Skyrim, Witcher 2 and World of Tanks all play at max settings for me. Afterburner frame limited to 59 fps.

If you have £650 to spend I dare say that you will need to make some compromise somewhere. I doubt it will get you a 690/7990 at launch and neither will it get you 2x 680/7970. 2x7950's are about that price range and should handle 2560x1440 very well.

bakes0310 · 26 Apr 2012 at 09:36

In the past ive never struggled on what graphics card to get, i just done a small amount of research and bam card bought. But im finding it hard for some reason to find the right card or cards for me.

straxusii · 26 Apr 2012 at 09:39

Rusty0611 said:
A 690 was never going to be below £700.

Not sure about that, historically dual GPU cards have been 150-175% the cost of their single GPU counterparts.

bakes0310 · 26 Apr 2012 at 09:42

Im still gonna wait until the 690 is released so i can see the price. Besides im not actually gonna buy any cards till june 1st, thats when i got a week off work so i got plenty of time to install, overclock and play games.

bakes0310 · 26 Apr 2012 at 09:44

Asked a naughty question, sorry.

Clav · 26 Apr 2012 at 09:46

Don't think we can talk about that here? Ask in the price check forum.

Rusty0611 · 26 Apr 2012 at 10:18

straxusii said:
Not sure about that, historically dual GPU cards have been 150-175% the cost of their single GPU counterparts.

580 was £300 at the point the 590 was released which cost £610. On Overclockers website. These figures are from Surveyor

Wucked · 26 Apr 2012 at 13:30

I use a 2GB 680 at 1440p and its great. The 7970 is cheaper, and probably represents better bang-for-buck. But if you're not to worried on price then I recommend the 680 from experience.

straxusii · 26 Apr 2012 at 13:57

Rusty0611 said:
580 was £300 at the point the 590 was released which cost £610. On Overclockers website. These figures are from Surveyor

Ay? The 580 is only just £300 now and that's the cheapest!

Surveyor · 26 Apr 2012 at 14:33

straxusii said:
Ay? The 580 is only just £300 now and that's the cheapest!

It's true.

Surveyor said:
The cheapest launch price of the GTX 590 at OcUK was £615.

At the time the cheapest GTX 580 was £300.

straxusii · 26 Apr 2012 at 14:51

I doubt that was representative of 580 pricing at the time, my point was also a general historic one.

Rusty0611 · 26 Apr 2012 at 16:08

Wasn't the 6990 massively more than two 6970's as well?

straxusii · 26 Apr 2012 at 16:45

Yes the 6990 was the exception, ~£550 at launch, ~200% on average compared to 6970

Rusty0611 · 26 Apr 2012 at 18:02

You mean the exception along with the 590?

It would be interesting to look back at the pricing for the 5970 at release compared to 5870 crossfire... etc. I wonder if anyone has that info.

TAC4U · 26 Apr 2012 at 18:14

I game at 1600p and found that a single 680 wasn't cutting it. Plenty of games run exceptionally but the more demanding ones weren't getting close to 60fps. I added a second and now games like The Witcher 2, Batman: Arkham City, Alan Wake and Crysis 2 run much better (though it should be pointed out not quite flawlessly).

The reality is that 1440p/1600p are very demanding resolutions that are far from mainstream and require some serious GPU power to pull off. However, it really is awesome to game at such a resolution.

bakes0310 · 26 Apr 2012 at 18:32

Rusty0611 said:
You mean the exception along with the 590?

It would be interesting to look back at the pricing for the 5970 at release compared to 5870 crossfire... etc. I wonder if anyone has that info.

I paid £550 on release for my 5970.

Rusty0611 · 26 Apr 2012 at 18:34

bakes0310 said:
I paid £550 on release for my 5970.

Do you remember how much the 5870's were at the time?