GTX 570 or ATI 6950

[user_account_]

Hi peoples Thread name says it all really. Looking for a new GPU upgrade and not sure what to get. Tossed between GTX 570 & ATI 6950.
Looking to max STALKER & get the best possible frames @ HIGH in BF3. Would like to hear from users of both cards and what they are getting out of there cards ect.

£250.00 Budget

Specs are

CPU- 955 BE- Stock
MOBO-M4A78LT M
RAM-DDR3- 4GB-1066
PSU-XFX CORE EDITION 850 WATT
GPU- GTX 280 ASUS
MONITOR- SAMSUNG SA350 23' @ 1080

 

[dharmenparikh]

Are they really in the same price range? GTX 570 is on par with the 6970 at 1080P.

6950 is a little behind unless you can unlock it to a 6970. My bro plays bf3 with 1x 6970 at 1080P...all maxed except MSAA which is off...he gets 55-60fps. His CPU though is 2500k at 4.5ghz...Your CPU is a lot slower so keep that in mind.

GTX 570 is great for 1080p...frankly if you really don't plan to play anything other than those 2 games then GTX 560ti 448 performs w100% identical as 570 in BF3

 

[user_account_]

Thank you for your reply. I do in the future want to play other games but nothing really that good to look forward except Diablo 3 & Stalker 2. So going by what your saying there is no difference really between the 570 & 560ti?. If there is what are the differences between them.
Thanks again

 

[internetswag]

GTX 570 is a great card, but don't compare it to a 6950. Compare it to a 6970 and then purchase the cheapest one unless you're playing games with PhysX.

 

[user_account_]

Thanks bro what brand or make would you suggest for the 570. I am in the UK and not sure if EVGA do life time warranty help would be grateful

 

[newbie1337]

compare the gtx 570 to the 6970 which has already been mentioned
here: http://www.hwcompare.com/9020/geforce-gtx-570-vs-radeon-hd-6970/
you can see the stats between the cards they are pretty similar and in the same price range it just depends which company your prefer and what games you will be playing

 

[user_account_]

Thanks for that

 

[user_account_]

Sorry should have said a while ago I was actually comparing GTX 570 & 6970 but miss typed. I have seen this and so close to buying it but would really like your feed back on this card.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asus-nVIDIA-GeForce-DirectCu-Graphics/dp/B004NBYD0U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1326988105&sr=8-1