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Hi all. What is the best card that my system will not be a bottleneck to? Rig in sig, and the clocks in the sig are accurate for my rig. As you can see, at this time I am pretty much stuck with DDR2, and an e8400 @ 4.0Ghz. And as you can see, I am in need of a better GPU these days. The little 9800 GT sometimes dips down into 20 frames per second, when playing S.T.A.L.K.E.R Clear Sky on all max settings. That game is not exactly a new release lol. So if I want to play the new stuff on high with some AA, then I am going to need an upgrade. I am referring to stuff like Mass Effect 2, Stalker CoP, the upcoming Dead Space 2, StarCraft 2, and the like.
I do have the funds available for a 5970, but I am certainly going to wait for the release of the new Nvidia Fermi cards so that I can see what all the prices are going to do. And, I am pretty much stuck with this rig for about another 2 years. If I'm lucky, a year and a half. So would I be wasting my money buying a 5970, given whats in my system? Or should I just stick with something like a 5870, or the new GTX 480? Cause I would like to be as future proof as I can, since I do have the scratch for one of the higher end cards.
I do have the funds available for a 5970, but I am certainly going to wait for the release of the new Nvidia Fermi cards so that I can see what all the prices are going to do. And, I am pretty much stuck with this rig for about another 2 years. If I'm lucky, a year and a half. So would I be wasting my money buying a 5970, given whats in my system? Or should I just stick with something like a 5870, or the new GTX 480? Cause I would like to be as future proof as I can, since I do have the scratch for one of the higher end cards.