Which Graphics card to buy in Y2024

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Interesting review there from hardocp. Basically just means 580 tri sli is just a power sucking waste of electricity and money. :D Compared to AMD.
 

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Well i would rather say the days when CF scaling was trailing SLI are well and truly over lor hehe The efficiency/price is also a big factor yes ^^
 

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Hey guys I have an old EAH 4770 card. Planning to get a card to upgrade that will be able to play BF3 or D3. Running horizontal resolution of 1050 (I can't remember the vertical value) on a 20.1" Viewsonic.

Overseas now so planning to hoot once im back in Sunny Singapore.
Cheers. CF or SLi?
 

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Hey guys I have an old EAH 4770 card. Planning to get a card to upgrade that will be able to play BF3 or D3. Running horizontal resolution of 1050 (I can't remember the vertical value) on a 20.1" Viewsonic.

Overseas now so planning to hoot once im back in Sunny Singapore.
Cheers. CF or SLi?

That depends on what other games lor and i would think your LCD native resolution is 1680 x 1050? State model if not sure? At that res the Sapphire HD 5850 Xtreme would prolly be best buy and no need CF/SLI hehe
 

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That depends on what other games lor and i would think your LCD native resolution is 1680 x 1050? State model if not sure? At that res the Sapphire HD 5850 Xtreme would prolly be best buy and no need CF/SLI hehe

Thanks for the reply guys!

An off topic but related question, what do you guys do to the old parts you replaced?
Sell? Recycle? (if so, where can I recycle?).

Cheers!
 

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my budget is about 200-300, looking for a AMD card to replace my palit gtx460 on a 2yr old rig(Q9550, 8gb ram). Would HD 6850 suffice? or should i aim for 6870? or even 6950? I m thinking of making use of eyeinfinity as well (3 screens! :D)

Mainly using the rig for moderate gaming (starcraft 2 and older XP directx 9 games), 3d modelling and photoshop.

Thanks!
 

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Thanks for the reply guys!

An off topic but related question, what do you guys do to the old parts you replaced?
Sell? Recycle? (if so, where can I recycle?).

Cheers!

Either pass down to 2nd/other rig in house or sell off at Marketplace here or VR Zone lor :D
 

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my budget is about 200-300, looking for a AMD card to replace my palit gtx460 on a 2yr old rig(Q9550, 8gb ram). Would HD 6850 suffice? or should i aim for 6870? or even 6950? I m thinking of making use of eyeinfinity as well (3 screens! :D)

Mainly using the rig for moderate gaming (starcraft 2 and older XP directx 9 games), 3d modelling and photoshop.

Thanks!

Err is that a typo and u meant GTX 260? If u are thinking 3 x Full HD LCD in Eyefinity i would start with something beefy i.e a 2GB HD 6950 :p
 

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Would a 2GB GFX card overkilled for a Dell 24" 1920 x 1200? My budget is less than $400.. Dun look at my rig on the left coz planning to upgrade to i7 2600k.
 
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Would a 2GB GFX card overkilled for a Dell 24" 1920 x 1200? My budget is less than $400.. Dun look at my rig on the left coz planning to upgrade to i7 2600k.

nope... get any 6950 or gtx 560ti.... the 2gb wont have much effect unless at higher resoultions...
 

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i want to ask whats the difference between a palit gtx 570 plat and msi gtx570 twinfrozer? cos both is like gtx570 but pricing difference quite a lot.. which is better?
 

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Err is that a typo and u meant GTX 260? If u are thinking 3 x Full HD LCD in Eyefinity i would start with something beefy i.e a 2GB HD 6950 :p

Hmm my budget is 200.

Looking at SAPPHIRE HD 5850 Xtreme edition. whats the difference between SAPPHIRE HD 5850 and SAPPHIRE HD 5850 Xtreme?
 

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Hi may I know if a 6950 unlocked is exactly the same as a 6970 in terms of performance ? Is unlocking risky and dangerous ? Thanks.
 

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Hi may I know if a 6950 unlocked is exactly the same as a 6970 in terms of performance ? Is unlocking risky and dangerous ? Thanks.

AMD Radeon HD 6950 to HD 6970 Mod
http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/overclocking/vidcard/159
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