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Advice please:-Downgrading my Graphics card from 280x 3gb to a 5870 1gb but gaming at 1360 x 768.

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September 5, 2014 5:44:19 AM

I Am thinking of Downgrading my Graphics card from 280x 3gb to a 5870 1gb due to me gaming at 1360 x 768.

It may seem like odd question but i am thinking of selling my 280x (just received a brand new one via RMA replacement for a 7970) and downgrading to a 5870 1gb!

I have just bought a 5870 1gb for £41.00 delivered on eBay as a back up card , based on its specs etc , i have read it is pretty much half as good as a 280x , the card should arrive next week.

My perhaps fairly odd gaming situation is that I run a 1080 monitor 24 inch for work(not graphic card intensive work) , but i tend to game via a long 10 meter cable to my 60 inch TV downstairs , its a plasma 1360 x 768 res , so i tend to run games in the same native res as my TV.... so i know 280x is pretty much overkill for my TV .

So would a 5870 1gb pretty much suit most of my gaming needs ? running games mostly in high - Very high detail at 1360 x 768....the 5870 should be with me on Tuesday , but i have a nice new 280x sat in its box asking me to plug it in and use it .

I do like to play the latest games and was this week using a 550ti on Metro last light redux , looked pretty good at 1360 x 768 in mid graphic settings 4x AA no SSAA , Physx and tessellation graphics on , the 550i ran borderlands 2 at 1360 x 768 on with all the bells and whistles on running very smoothly.

The rest of my specs are 2000mhz 16gb ram , amd 8350 oc 4.5 , EVO Samsung SSD 256 , asus motherboard (1 pci-e 3 slot)

With the 280x still been new and unused at present , i am a bit stuck as to what to do ! as i know it will fetch more money if i dont use it and sell it as New condition RMA replacement on perhaps eBay.

I do not need to sell but pondering it might make a good opportunity to sell the 280x while it is still brand new and unused !! and hopefully not lose much in the way of graphics performance based on my gaming res.

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September 5, 2014 5:49:05 AM

Yeah at that resolution it will probably do the job for the most part
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