Next GPU - What to consider

[PJS]

Hi,

I still have an old Nvidia 7900 GPU and would like to upgrade. Been out of the game for a while and just don't know what to consider. Seen 9600Gt's out there and so on.

I do play games - curently Crysis and this more than anything promted me to start looking at a new card.

Suggestions please..

Buget up to R 6000.

 

[eitai2001]

Go for the ATI 3870X2 ... there is nothing that can top it at the moment ... at least until release of 9800GX2.

 

[Glordit]

Go for the ATI 3870X2 ... there is nothing that can top it at the moment ... at least until release of 9800GX2.

...up to 6k just for a GPU? or a whole new system?

9600GT is great, but then there is the HD3870X2 and 9800 series to consider... makes it so hard to choose!!

 

[PJS]

...up to 6k just for a GPU? or a whole new system?

9600GT is great, but then there is the HD3870X2 and 9800 series to consider... makes it so hard to choose!!

For the GPU only.... See I don't want to upgrade the GPU for at least the next 12 months. Any experiance with the HD3870X2 and a game like Crysis?

 

[eitai2001]

Best PCI-E Card For ~$360: Tie
2x Radeon 3870 in Crossfire Configuration
Codename RV670
Process 55 nm
Universal Shaders 640
Texture Units 32
ROPs 32
Memory Bus 256 bit
Core Speed MHz 825
Memory Speed MHz 900 (1800 effective)
DirectX / Shader Model DX 10.1 / SM 4.0

While multi-card solutions are far from perfect, they can offer significant performance increases for those with a high budget who demand high-resolution gaming performance.

At ~$360, two Radeon 3870 cards are about $100 cheaper than a single dual-GPU Radeon 3870 X2 card. Since the performance is pretty much identical, two cards are the way to go.

This is the price range you are looking in if you look at SA market.