I been looking at purchasing a new gpu card that is a good upgrade over my current 5850, but that is not a side grade.
I play on a 24" monitor at 1920 × 1080 resolution. Now, I been looking at 560ti and it seems more like a side grade upgrade. I was hoping to get a good card in the 200-250 range, but the ones I look don't seem be a very large upgrade. I could get some thing more expensive, but I want to wc the card so I'm taking into account the cost of wc parts for the gpu. The only card I found is the gtx 480 from amazon. I can overclock it with a wc set up easily without having to worry about overheating. it's also 199.99 with free shipping and no taxes on amazon, but there aren't too many full cover gtx480 water blocks on the market compared to the new gpu models.
http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-GTX480-Graphics-015-P3-1480-KR/dp/B004EHWMP6/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1340838623&sr=1-1&keywords=480gtx
I also found a HD 6950 card that might fit the bill of what I'm looking for in a gpu. The Sapphire Radeon HD 6950 from amazon is priced at $229.99.
http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-DL-DVI-I-SL-DVI-D-PCI-Express-100312-3L/dp/B005X64QAG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1340838340&sr=8-1&keywords=6950
The gpu is pretty much the only part I have left to finish my new build. My parts are order just waiting for shipping.
I don't really play too many modern new games. Most of my games are older games like sins of empire, shogun total war 2, crysis, and so on. The only exception is I play swtor, but otherwise I haven't played any recent new games. I did notice on my current desktop computer that I can't max out shogun total war 2 and I need to set settings to medium.
Perhaps I should just wait until gpu prices drop and upgrade gpu later?
Edited by Bekster - 6/27/12 at 4:20pm
I play on a 24" monitor at 1920 × 1080 resolution. Now, I been looking at 560ti and it seems more like a side grade upgrade. I was hoping to get a good card in the 200-250 range, but the ones I look don't seem be a very large upgrade. I could get some thing more expensive, but I want to wc the card so I'm taking into account the cost of wc parts for the gpu. The only card I found is the gtx 480 from amazon. I can overclock it with a wc set up easily without having to worry about overheating. it's also 199.99 with free shipping and no taxes on amazon, but there aren't too many full cover gtx480 water blocks on the market compared to the new gpu models.
http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-GTX480-Graphics-015-P3-1480-KR/dp/B004EHWMP6/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1340838623&sr=1-1&keywords=480gtx
I also found a HD 6950 card that might fit the bill of what I'm looking for in a gpu. The Sapphire Radeon HD 6950 from amazon is priced at $229.99.
http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-DL-DVI-I-SL-DVI-D-PCI-Express-100312-3L/dp/B005X64QAG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1340838340&sr=8-1&keywords=6950
The gpu is pretty much the only part I have left to finish my new build. My parts are order just waiting for shipping.
I don't really play too many modern new games. Most of my games are older games like sins of empire, shogun total war 2, crysis, and so on. The only exception is I play swtor, but otherwise I haven't played any recent new games. I did notice on my current desktop computer that I can't max out shogun total war 2 and I need to set settings to medium.
Perhaps I should just wait until gpu prices drop and upgrade gpu later?
Edited by Bekster - 6/27/12 at 4:20pm
