Reassure me I am making a good choice..

[dagodeiros]

Hello! I will make this short. I am a very enthusiastic gamer. I am constantly playing new and old games alike. I am currently enveloped in WoW, CoD Black Ops and Starcraft 2. I intend on playing a few games that are not yet released but will require high performance GPU's im sure.

I have a coupon which will get me $43 off of the EVGA Geforce GTX 460 1024mb EE so it was my first choice, but upon research have discovered cards like the GTX 470 offer a great increase in performance with little more cost.

I play on a HD wide screen 24'' @ 1920x1080. I also have a second 19'' monitor but it is merely for web-surfing and secondary applications. Power supply is not an issue as I am willing to purchase a new one to accommodate a new GPU. My price range is anywhere in the $150-$300 range as long as it will support my current needs and a few near future ones. (I know asking to not have to replace the card in a year is a lot, but do your best )

Thoughts on the two cards I have mentioned are greatly appreciated and I am open to suggestions for entirely different ones. Thank you for your time.

 

[wa1]

How about GTX570?

You're an enthusiast, right? How about tell us your FULL specs first before we're going anywhere...

 

[dagodeiros]

Sorry for the late reply,

8GB ram, 2.50 AMD dual core, 700GB HD

 

[HostileDonut]

Your CPU would probably hold back any of those GPUs. Maybe I could suggest you a CPU?

 

[dagodeiros]

Go for it, was already planning on upgrading that too Right now my graphics is lacking the most so I figured start with that.

 

[dagodeiros]

AM3+ socket

 

[HostileDonut]

Budget? How many cores?

 

[hang-the-9]

This site actually has 2 things you are looking for
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-radeon-hd-6870-radeon-hd-6850,2782.html and there is a best CPU article somewhere also.

 

[dagodeiros]

Around 300 unless you can convince me to spend more, x4 or x6, although x6 seems to be overkill.

 

[HostileDonut]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727&cm_re=AMD_Phenom_II_x4-_-19-103-727-_-Product

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103808&cm_re=AMD_Phenom_II_x4-_-19-103-808-_-Product

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103849&cm_re=amd_phenom_ii_x6-_-19-103-849-_-Product

Do not get a x4 970 or an x6 1100t. These are probably the better ones for the price and performance and they are all BE so they should OC rather well. Back to GPUs, I would say a 6870 or a 69xx series, of course in the in the future you could CF the 6870 without giving up an arm and a leg. :lol:

 

[jyjjy]

At your resolution it really depends on what you want to spend. Even a GTX 460 will do quite well for your resolution, especially if you give it a high OC. Better cards will benefit you though in the more intensive current and future games. If you are ok with spending $300 then the HD6950 is the way to go at the moment.

 

[dagodeiros]

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