I just completed my first gaming build. I was gifted a video card, a 2GB EVGA GTX 550Ti, and I've been using it for the past week or so. I've done enough research to know that it's easily overpowered by the 1GB XFX Radeon 6870 I was planning on buying initially, which makes sense, as the 6870 is about $30-$40 more expensive. I'm not interested in running insanely needy games like Crysis 2, Rage, and Battlefield 3 on ultra settings at 60FPS, but I would be able to run most AAA games, stuff like Borderlands 2, Skyrim, BioShock, Assassin's Creed, etc., on high-ultra settings at an easily acceptable FPS (like 30FPS minimum). So, for games like those, how big is the difference between the 550 and the 6870? Is it worth me upgrading to the 6870 in the near future? Or will the 550Ti serve me fine for my intended purposes until I've got enough cash to make a bigger leap to something in the Radeon 7000 series in the more distant future?
Thanks for any help you can offer!
Thanks for any help you can offer!