Cheapest Radeon to Run BF3 Ultra?

[Guest]

0k just finished all the upgrades to my system (in sig) and all I need now is a gfx card. I have a Samsung 23inch 1920x1080 LED monitor, I want to run BF3 on Ultra. Is an XFX Radeon HD 6950 good enough?

I am looking at the dual fan model running at 800MHz, I think it is $249.99 on newegg.

 

[Petrofsky]

Tom says that card will go 39fps average. With mins and hiccups, that might not be playable. He also says, "I’d go so far as to say Ultra quality at enthusiast-oriented resolutions is out of the question for almost all single-GPU setups." Tom wants dual-GPU or SLI/Xfire on Ultra.

 

[buzznut]

What I got from the article is min GTX 570. The HD 6970 should be capable as well.

 

[Pinhedd]

HD 6970 will run it on Ultra at 1080P no problem. It can play it on 2560x1600 with AA turned off (not like you need it much at that resolution anyway)