What would be best graphics card you would recommend for my system?
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photonboy
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Bottleneck:
I should add that a second card MAY bottleneck your system with the CPU, however the ratio of CPU to Graphics changes with every game anyway.
I suspect you may even find the "sweet spot" with a 2xHD5770 where some games are limited by the CPU and some are limited by the graphics.
Crossfire:
Crossfire benchmarks are sometimes deceiving. Crossfire and SLI use the 2xVRAM to help Anti-Aliase more effectively than one card alone. 2x1GB is NOT 2GB it's 1GB twice but optimized for certain post-processing tasks.
AA to me makes the largest difference in a game. If I could use the absolute maximum AA in modern games I would (I use 4xAA mult-sampling usually).
You should always enable VSYNC, then monitor the game with FRAPS to ensure you're getting 60FPS. For example, if you get 55FPS you should turn down AA or Shadows, for example, to get above 60FPS so VSYNC now works (syncs frame creation with monitor display to prevent TEARING which looks very bad in some games).
RadeonPro:
This is a great tool for Radeon users. I use it to enable AA and VSync where not supported. For example MASS EFFECT #1 looks way, way better now that AA can be forced on. Of course it takes a performance hit but AA wasn't even an option before (strange). The only game I couldn't force VSYNC on for was "The Force Unleashed 1 and 2"; who the F developed this game? How do you make a fairly good game (#1) and forget about VSync in 2010?
I should add that a second card MAY bottleneck your system with the CPU, however the ratio of CPU to Graphics changes with every game anyway.
I suspect you may even find the "sweet spot" with a 2xHD5770 where some games are limited by the CPU and some are limited by the graphics.
Crossfire:
Crossfire benchmarks are sometimes deceiving. Crossfire and SLI use the 2xVRAM to help Anti-Aliase more effectively than one card alone. 2x1GB is NOT 2GB it's 1GB twice but optimized for certain post-processing tasks.
AA to me makes the largest difference in a game. If I could use the absolute maximum AA in modern games I would (I use 4xAA mult-sampling usually).
You should always enable VSYNC, then monitor the game with FRAPS to ensure you're getting 60FPS. For example, if you get 55FPS you should turn down AA or Shadows, for example, to get above 60FPS so VSYNC now works (syncs frame creation with monitor display to prevent TEARING which looks very bad in some games).
RadeonPro:
This is a great tool for Radeon users. I use it to enable AA and VSync where not supported. For example MASS EFFECT #1 looks way, way better now that AA can be forced on. Of course it takes a performance hit but AA wasn't even an option before (strange). The only game I couldn't force VSYNC on for was "The Force Unleashed 1 and 2"; who the F developed this game? How do you make a fairly good game (#1) and forget about VSync in 2010?
simon12
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Here is the comparison http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/296?vs=330&i=188.192.191.194.195.238.197.200.201.203.204.206.207.210.211.213.214.216.217.219.220.221.222.228.232.233.231.229.230.234.235 You may have a small bottle neck and not get the full potential and I would recommend a better PSU.
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