Upgrade from ATI 5870 Crossfire

Frosty666

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Hello,

I had crossfire ATI 5870 setup which kicked ass for a while despite micro stuttering until one of the cards died.

I now want to upgrade from my single ATI 5870 to something that is better than what I had with ATI 5870 crossfired, but am at a loss as to which path to take.

I would prefer a single graphics card option (however I am open to SLI/Crossfire with proven non stutter setups) - --- (I really don't want micro stutter) and I want the next card to be significantly better than when I had the ATI 5870 crossfire setup.

I've been doing my own research but there are so many options and so many choices I need someone else opinion on what they know.

and to answer the upcoming - what it's going to be used for because depending on what you need to do will make what you need to buy a factor in choosing.

The answers are this ---

Everygame I have thus far I want to run on full settings max quality with physics running at 2560 x 1600 resolution - without FPS dip in heavy area's of games as that has always been a pet hate of mine.

A small sample of the high graphically demanding games that I want to play at these resolutions at the moment is below:

Crysis, Crysis 2, Crysis 3
Metro 2033, Metro Lastlight.
Assassin's Creed 3.
Batman Arkam City etc
Deus Ex Human Revolution (My crossfire system couldn't even run this game at full graphics so I was rather disappointed and want to play it again on full)
Far Cry 3

(That is just a small sample I have a heap of others but they are the ones I think of the top of my head will need a damn good card to run at full max settings and still have an excellent fps.)


I also want to prepare for any upcoming new titles that are going to be graphic heavy such as star citizen and such.

Star Citizen and Elite: Dangerous being my main two.


So what do you guys think I should get video card wise?

I don't care about ati or nvidia - I want the highest possible fps (without dipping below 60fps if possible) - on a 2560x1600 resolution....

is there a single card capable of that, or will I need to sli/crossfire etc etc - if I have to go down that path which ones will not have micro stutter etc --- i'm a few years back in my knowledge of video cards these days.

Thanks in advance!