GFX upgrade
polycounter lvl 18
Right in anticipation of MW2 I was going to upgrade my rig,
I currently have a BFG GTX260 896MB
now do I SLi it which will cost £139
or
get GTX295 £360 -..-;
Then thers the processor which is currently a tweaked E2200
and Im looking at Q9950 12 mb cache £200.
I currently have a BFG GTX260 896MB
now do I SLi it which will cost £139
or
get GTX295 £360 -..-;
Then thers the processor which is currently a tweaked E2200
and Im looking at Q9950 12 mb cache £200.
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This. If you want you can buy the better/more expensive 5890. They are sexy sex on a sex-biscuit and will plow through anything.
ATI eww ;P
Sounds like a decent rig, I say SLI it, no reason to go higher...maybe make this a stop-gap setup and get a DX11 compatible (nvidia) card later.
not really wanting to start another thread like the Mac v PC, but Ive always had problems with ATi and thier drivers. The current card is actually superb and its been rock solid since I installed it. its kinda sad that I want to upgrade. And personally I only see myself going for Nvidia
You current card should't be a slouch, especially for MW2. If i was upgrading now, the 5890 would be a good investment and should be future proof for a good couple of years.
I got a 4870x2 at the start of the year and would've switched to a 5890, but from the benchmarks i've seen, there roughly equal in most games at DX9/10.
Only reason i would upgrade would be for DX11, which still is like DX10 in that there arnt that many DX11 games yet.
Also what with the ATI hate? Always found ATI cards alot cheaper : performance ratio to Nvidia.
I think I will SLI the cards and get a new processor
ATI's always been on my shit list since back in the day they released those 'dev' drivers that allowed anyone to cheat in any 3d game by rendering wireframe modes.
Btw any of you know if there will be a problem with a 260 thats a year old and one bought now ?
Has there been ay core revisions or differences in the actually GPU chip that would affect the SLI performance?
Im going to buy the GTX260 from the same 3rd party mfr (BFG) and same GTX260 896MB
I have a gtx 9800gtx and it plows through anything. You shouldn't have any issues with COD.
I feel kind of lucky because I've owned many many cards both nVidia and ATI and I've never had a problem with any of them ever.
I think it's the hot girls on the ATI boxes sell me on them
My reason for upgrading is two fold firstly I want to have custard in my pants when I play MW2 and secondly in Aion, the card has trouble rendering all the characters in large PVP battles. and sometimes the mesh is there but its all greyed out. I wonder if this is the GFX card running out of memory?
Also when are DX11 cards due out ?
Is not having Dx11 going to be a problem? Developers still seem to be doing just fine with Dx9 and didn't care about Dx10. The Dx11 Dirt2 demo isn't impressive enough IMO.
Good call on the gtx260 SLI. Don't spend a bundle now then regret it later when the DX11 cards hit the market. Tide yourself over with the SLI rig till the 2nd rev cards come out next year sometime.
http://www.dvhardware.net/article38820.html
So, why are you waiting?
Overpriced, only 3 usb 3.0 ports, enough said.
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/graphics-cards,1.html
Anyways this is why I choose ATI. Its probably just a fluke but its my experience.
Geforce 2 *Dead, Won't Work*
Geforce 6200 *Kinda Dead, Fan Died*
Geforce 6800GT *Dead, Won't Work*
Geforce 8600M GT *Dead, Faulty GPU*
ATI Mach32 *Worked, Murdered in 2001 (I Ripped the chip out with the logo)*
ATI 9000 *Still Works & Runs nearly 24/7/365*
ATI 3850M *Works*
ATI 4890XT *Works, Currently What I Use*
So. I choose ATI, but I'm flexible.
But I really am liking ATI, was very skeptical at first.
So I just got myself a GTX 275. Perhaps Nvidia offers a worse performance-per-dollar ratio than ATI these days but for me they've always have a much higher not-having-to-deal-with-stupid-shit-per-dollar rating.