Yet another upgrade question

[Slayer]

Hi All

Just looking for a little advice (as always) I have a PC with 2 x 9800 GTx’s running in SLI and I have to say overall I have been happy with the performance. However with the new Crysis on the horizon plus others I was wondering what would be a reasonable upgrade path? I have used an SLI combo in the last few PC’s but is it better to think about a single card solution now. Not really looking for enthusiast’s performance just something that will raise the bar a bit so any suggestions gratefully received as I have been out of the graphics card loop for a bit.

Thanks

 

[Kanpai]

Hi Slayer, firstly it would help if you can post the rest of your system specs as it will help find a card that will be suitable for your resolution and power supply, not to mention what CPU you are using, as that can cause an issue to with bottleneck.

Edit: Also what budget are you looking at?

 

[xsistor]

Will the new Crysis be the old Crysis? Looks to me like the new thing is a console-friendly DX9 P.O.S. Metro 2033 is the new Crysis.

 

[Slayer]

AH good point

sorry I should have put in my spec. Quad core 3Ghz and 4 gig of DDR3 power supply about 850. Its an OCUK pre -built system thats about 2 years old now and have not really upgraded it apart for a bit more disk space. Budget between £150 and £300. I don't want to max the latest games out just to improve a bit on what I have now.

Thanks again for the help

 

[Cleeecooo]

GTX 570/GTX480/ ECGA GTX 460 SSC SLI (£285 from Evga site)
6950/5850 xfire

 

[TheRealDeal]

Get a rev1 6950 and unlock it to a 6970. The 6970/gtx570 are to expensive. The ti560 does not offer enough performance as its price is to near the 6950 and gtx480. Link to 6950 below.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-248-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752

The best nvidia option is the gtx480. If you want a quiet card then this is not the option for you but at stock its as powerful as a 6950 unlocked to 6970. Link to gtx480 below.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-222-AS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1750

 

[Slayer]

Many thanks for taking trouble to reply to such a noob question. You have given me a good pointer.

Thanks to all