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Graphics card upgrade

Star Lord · 2012-09-03 15:59:58

Hi all, Planning to upgrade my system in the near future, and was looking at a couple of different graphics cards options. It's been a while since I was up to date on the pros/cons of the ATI/AMD vs Nvidia race... I was looking at the following two cards, and wondering if you guys would recommend going in any particular…

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Star Lord

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Hi all,

Planning to upgrade my system in the near future, and was looking at a couple of different graphics cards options. It's been a while since I was up to date on the pros/cons of the ATI/AMD vs Nvidia race...

I was looking at the following two cards, and wondering if you guys would recommend going in any particular direction:

MSI Radeon R7870 Twin Frozr 2GD5/OC - 2GB

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MSI Geforce N570GTX Twin Frozr II

Original build: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=65026269

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#2 03-09-2012 6:46pm
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what resolution do you game at? Both roughly perform on par (if I am looking at the comparison correctly ) however the 7870 is a next generation card which has better power consumption, lower heat, etc and its performance should improve over time with subsequent driver updates.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/518?vs=549

Also, you can get the 7870 at cheaper prices than that! Have a look on the likes of dabs, hardwareversand and computeruniverse.net

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#3 03-09-2012 7:18pm
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N64 wrote: »

what resolution do you game at? Both roughly perform on par (if I am looking at the comparison correctly ) however the 7870 is a next generation card which has better power consumption, lower heat, etc and its performance should improve over time with subsequent driver updates.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/518?vs=549

Also, you can get the 7870 at cheaper prices than that! Have a look on the likes of dabs, hardwareversand and computeruniverse.net

apparently the HD Radeon 7850 Overclocks like there's no tomorrow near to 7950 performance

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#4 03-09-2012 9:37pm
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Thanks guys, I was pretty set on the upgrade to the 7870, but I'll check out the 7850 on that recommendation!

The only thing that was swaying me towards the 570GTX was the beautiful beautiful physX stuff in Borderlands 2 and the Batman games.

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#5 03-09-2012 9:38pm
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N64 wrote: »

what resolution do you game at?

Almost forgot this. At the minute, just 1440x900, highest the monitor will support. (Monitor upgrade some stage early next year methinks!)

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#6 03-09-2012 10:07pm
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With that resolution, I'd be looking at the GTX 550 that's due for release on the 12th or something. That's assuming it actually turns out good.

That 7870 is expensive if you are going down the line of higher GPU power, if you're upgrading your monitor sooner rather than later.
This one is €40 cheaper.

In fact, you could buy this one, pay the €19 shipping cost and it would still be the most of €60 cheaper than the original.
http://www2.hardwareversand.de/2048+MB/57697/Sapphire+HD+7870+2GB+GDDR5+PCI-Express.article

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#7 05-09-2012 11:38am
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Monotype wrote: »

In fact, you could buy this one, pay the €19 shipping cost and it would still be the most of €60 cheaper than the original.
http://www2.hardwareversand.de/2048+MB/57697/Sapphire+HD+7870+2GB+GDDR5+PCI-Express.article

Gone with this one, thanks all!

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#8 25-09-2012 1:03pm
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Is there anywhere I can buy graphics cards in Dublin?

Thanks.

D.

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#9 25-09-2012 2:08pm
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If you don't mind paying way more than you should, yes, PC World can sort you out.

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#10 25-09-2012 4:13pm
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DamoElDiablo wrote: »

Thanks guys, I was pretty set on the upgrade to the 7870, but I'll check out the 7850 on that recommendation!

The only thing that was swaying me towards the 570GTX was the beautiful beautiful physX stuff in Borderlands 2 and the Batman games.

Even though Im a total nVidia fanboy, all that PhysX stuff aint no thang IMO. Sure its nice but you dont even notice it much. Its better in Batman then B2 anyways.

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