Best video card for skyrim

[joshua71]

im look for a video card just for skyrim im looking at the GIGABYTE Radeon HD 7950 or ZOTAC GeForce GTX 670 2GB
i want to play with a lots of mods ? any help is good

 

[Xttony]

Skyrim is a game where you need to have both a good cpu and a good gpu.
The cards that you stated above both are good enough for skyrim.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/fx-8350-core-i7-3770k-gaming-bottleneck,3407-5.html
In this benchmark both setups use the same graphics card but you can sure see the significant difference.

 

[Sakkura]

If it's just for Skyrim, you could go a little cheaper. A GTX 660 or Radeon HD 7870 would be sufficient. The only exception is if you do very heavy texture modding, the extra memory on the HD 7950 may be advantageous.

 

[iceclock]

the extra 1gig of vram and overclocked 7950 to 7970 levels well def be cheaper and a better bang for the bucks, i say 7950

 

[CaedenV]

I play with a GTX570 and I get frustrated. The load on the GPU only gets hit ~25-60%, but with lots of mods the ram usage just gets pegged. So it is not that you need a super high end GPU setup to play... but the more ram the better.
2GB minimum, preferably 3GB

 

[iceclock]

the hd textures modes can take 2gigs or a bit more of vram so yeah, what u expect.

 

[joshua71]

i have the fx 6100 cpu i was thinking of the gpu 7870 or the 7950

 

[joshua71]

the extra 1gig of vram and overclocked 7950 to 7970 levels well def be cheaper and a better bang for the bucks, i say 7950

i will get the 7950 ty for your help