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7/30/12 at 6:29pm

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If you aren't opposed to buying AMD, I would say you might want to look at the 7870.

Specifically the msi twin frozr 7870 which is currently $279.99 with a $20 mir, so $259.99 after mir. It will outperform a gtx 570 and it should overclock better as well. Plus it has 2gb vram, uses less power, and should be pretty quiet. And it comes with a free game.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127662

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7/30/12 at 6:32pm

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Either of those video cards are overkill for 1600x900.

The Antec 300 also has very good cooling when all fan spaces are occupied, so any cooling solution is fine.

Personally, I would go with the GTX570 *IF* and only if you care about physx that much. You'll have enough GPU power to run everything just fine. If, however, physx isn't as important as performance and efficiency, then I would be going the AMD route in that price bracket. Of course the GTX 660 range are due out in less than 2 weeks and will almost certainly be worth investing in, so I suggest waiting, but if you must buy now then the GTX570 if phsyx is a must, or the best 7800 series AMD you can find otherwise.

*Note* Even better would be one of those MSI 7950's that were extremely cheap on sale recently - around $300 if I remember correctly, if your budget would allow. But that much GPU horsepower just begs for 1920x1080 resolutions at the minimum. Of course, you could just/eventually add a 3rd 1600x900 monitor and run eyefinity games in surround mode. A 7800 overclocked could definitely handle many games with triple monitor resolution, and the 7950 overclocked could handle ALL games at 4800x900.

Just a few thoughts.

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7/30/12 at 7:09pm

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What about PCIe 2.0 or PCIe 3.0, would there be a big difference?

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7/30/12 at 7:23pm

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http://www.overclock.net/t/1286889/bandwidth-bottleneck/0_20#post_17802299

The percentage differences for current-gen flagship GPU's (GTX680/HD7970) from PCIe3.0 to 2.0 is minimal at best. PCIe is backwards compatible so all cards will work with PCIe2.0.

Nothing to worry about on this front.

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7/30/12 at 7:27pm

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I 2nd going for a 7850/7870. A 570 is a great card, but if the frostbite 2 engine is a look of what may be coming, id want more than 1.2gb of VRAM.

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7/30/12 at 9:48pm

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I 2nd going for a 7850/7870. A 570 is a great card, but if the frostbite 2 engine is a look of what may be coming, id want more than 1.2gb of VRAM.

EVGA makes 570's that have 2.5GB's of VRAM. At his resolution there is no point to 2GB's anyway. OP wants a 500 series card so my vote too goes for the 570.

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7/30/12 at 10:03pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by bigkahuna360

EVGA makes 570's that have 2.5GB's of VRAM. At his resolution there is no point to 2GB's anyway. OP wants a 500 series card so my vote too goes for the 570.

What it I was using it on my 42" 1080p TV?

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7/30/12 at 10:09pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by bigkahuna360

EVGA makes 570's that have 2.5GB's of VRAM. At his resolution there is no point to 2GB's anyway. OP wants a 500 series card so my vote too goes for the 570.

Hmm.

Hey Z4XC: are you open to AMD cards? Or, should we stick to NVIDIA?

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7/30/12 at 10:11pm

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My only experience with AMD was in a laptop and I hated it. I've always leaned towards nvidia because of that. Besides that I play games that use Physix fairly regularly and love that feature.

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Quote:

Originally Posted by TwoCables

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigkahuna360

EVGA makes 570's that have 2.5GB's of VRAM. At his resolution there is no point to 2GB's anyway. OP wants a 500 series card so my vote too goes for the 570.

Hmm.

Hey Z4XC: are you open to AMD cards? Or, should we stick to NVIDIA?

What? Worried that I'm biased? I love my card but still.

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Quote:

Originally Posted by bigkahuna360

EVGA makes 570's that have 2.5GB's of VRAM. At his resolution there is no point to 2GB's anyway. OP wants a 500 series card so my vote too goes for the 570.

What it I was using it on my 42" 1080p TV?

Size doesnt matter. Only the resolution. At least that is what OCN has taught me.

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