firestormcomputers

Ok, so I sold my 4870 to Deviance here on OCN and now I have to choose a new card I want.

I don't really know if I should or if it's worth it to dish out the money for a DX11 card when DX10/10.1 cards are more powerful for my buck. I only have $110 right now so I can't get anything this second.

I will be using the card I buy until AT LEAST summer of 2010.

I think the sweet spot is like $165-200 for me, because I am never spending $300 or more on a graphics card EVER AGAIN.

I game on my monitor in my sig rig.

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neurolysis

Whilst the DX11 cards may be a bit more expensive and have less bang for your buck, you'll regret it soon if you don't. At this point in time, buying a DX10/.1 card instead of a DX11 card would be a silly move, you'd just end up upgrading later on and losing money on the card, not that the DX11 cards will go down in price so significantly for a little while.

Not sure what you Americans can get for $200, but I think even my XFX GTX260 was more than £120.

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firestormcomputers

I put a poll up, so you can vote there .

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Phaedrus2129

You can get a Radeon 5770 for $170. About the same performance as the 4870, but with DX11 support. The next step up is the 5850, and it costs ~$300.

pcnuttie

Direct x11 games won't be out til later the year so i wouldn't worry unless you wanna buy Dirt 2 and play Direct x 11 cuz that's the only game i know that will HAVE dx11 . I wonder if Crysis 2 is gonna be having dx11 later the year too?

neurolysis

All of the following games have confirmed DX11 support:

• Alien vs. Predator
• Bad Company 2
• BattleForge
• Crysis 2
• D&D Online
• Dirt 2
• F1 2010
• Genghis Khan
• GRID 2
• LOTR Online
• Stalker: Call of Pripyat

More games than just Dirt 2 will have DX11 support :|

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dargo

Whoa...2 of turbine's games are going to be dx11? Awesome! I didn't know that Turbine was taking that kind of initiative. Anyways, I'd recommend the 5770, as it is fairly cheap and has dx11 and crossfire capability.

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Ast3r

You could get HD5770 although its a bit slower than HD4870 ATI said that in december they will release some new drivers that will "unleash" the true power of the 5xxx series. And you could of course buy another one early in the year like in january or february and Crossfire'em.They should drop in price at least 15-20$ by then(hopefully).So...yeah HD5770 would be the best option now.

the_milk_man

I would, at this moment, definitely go the DX11 route

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a.agustin1908

I would say 5770, and they scale quite well in xfire!