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Hello,
I'm looking for a new gpu.

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: 3 Weeks

BUDGET RANGE: £150-200 ($242.04-322.74), maybe slightly higher.

USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Starcraft two, Homefront Bf3, Metro 2033.

CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY: xfx 5450, getting a new psu according to the gpu/s.

OTHER RELEVANT SYSTEM SPECS: 4gb ddr3 ram, Athlon x4 3.1ghz

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: UK based company.

PARTS PREFERENCES: Would prefer AMD over NVIDIA

OVERCLOCKING: Yes SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Yes

MONITOR RESOLUTION: 2 of 1280x1024, 1 of 1920x1080.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Would prefer better than stock cooling.

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Graphics card Master

I wouldn't triple monitor game on that budget, especially Metro 2033, but you can get away with some games, maybe Starcraft? Not sure though.

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Card...

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Power+Supplie...

I don't really like OCZ power supplies, but its the best I could find shopping outside of Newegg, Amazon, and Tigerdirect. JohnnyGuru said it was a decent PSU, not great, but thats good enough for me.

Its a little over budget, but I wouldn't recommend much less at 1080p, especially if you want to try starcarft on mulitple screens.
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Withe three display, Metro 2033 will be the most demanding game, and you will need GTX 680 or HD 7970, which are way out of your budget. Or GTX 560 ti SLI, still out of budget albeit a little bit lower. Either you need to increase your budget, or play on 1080p. Another option is to wait until GTX 670 launch, although I'm not sure 670's performance on three displays.
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Hello.

There are 3 good options for your budget:

1st: Asus Radeon HD 7850 DirectCU II Graphics Card 2GB GDDR5 (870MHz) Price: £224.00 It can support 3 screens buts it's not powerfull enough for metro 2033 multi-monitor solution.

2nd: EVGA 012-P3-1573-KR Nvidia GTX570 HD SuperClocked (797Mhz) 1280MB 320-Bit DDR5 Price: £225.97 It's faster than the 7850 especially at these clocks. But it has lesser memory and requires more power. It supports up to 2 screens, not 3.

3rd: Wait for GTX670ti and GTX670. They should be GK104 gpus with lesser cuda cores, 7/8 SMX (1344 cores) enabled and 6/8 SMX (1152 cores) enabled, which there will be $349-$399 and lower for the 6/8SMX (maybe around $300).

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Graphics card Master

With ur budget range, u can only get mid range cards , As u wont wait for any new release, u have few limited options either the mid range 500 series nvdia cards or the newer amd 6000 cards. Metro 2033 is still hard on both nvidia and amd's top end cards. And u may play with triple monitor setting . Am really curious how u will attain that.
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funny thing that u say u r going to buy two card 200 eack. If we sum up it is $400. As helltech said u can get one 7950 + 550 watts ups, can u get any better then this. This is the best deal u can get. All good mid range cards are above $200. Beside never prefer any brand over other. U choice should be best performance respect to ur price range.
Graphics card Master

adzx said:
I was going to do that, but my budget is too low.


What are you talking about man, you said you had 400 for the cards and PSU right?

Well a 7950 and a good PSU will run you about 370~ dollars.

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ok got that. 200 now and 200 later. do get the new amd 7000 series card that is within ur budget range as suggested by Memnarchon if u r in real hurry. The oem release of the new nvidia looks pretty interesting. Hope Nvidia also releases info about their consumer counter-part within 3 weeks . Then will have a bit more choices. Sometime it pays to wait a bit longer.

So, the 7850/570 for crossfire/sli. But If I wait for the oem release of the new nvidia, what if by the time of that release, I've gotten enough for a 7950, would I be better off with the 7950 at that time?
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