So my graphics card died on me :S

[The Happy Devil]

Hence the title need a new graphics card any1 have any favs or good deals or what too look out for.. wont get 1 till i come back from Hawaii. Hell i might even get 1 cheap while im away... mahaha... <-- has no idea!

[rec]

Budget? Single GPU choice would be GTX 580 if you plan on playing Battlefield 3.


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[KidCynic]

ya, they are awesome

[Milenko]

Budget? Single GPU choice would be GTX 580 if you plan on playing Battlefield 3.

Aren't 570's better bang for buck? Will the performance difference be noticable in BF3? Genuine question due to the fact that I'm in a quandary atm of deciding between SLI 570's or a single 570 or a single 580. SLI 570's obviously blitz the other two; but it comes back to price.

Charts, benchmarks 2011 Gaming Graphics Charts, Gamer Index

[Wally]

Single 570 and then have a look at the new Radeon 7000 series which should be released in the next 3-4 months and will hopefully offer a significant jump in performance over anything currently on the market. If it doesn't, then you can always get a second 570 in a few months and probably save yourself a few bucks.

[rec]

Single 570 won't cut it if you care to sit around 60fps constantly. Yes it's better value for money. But don't confuse that with actually being better - far from it.


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[rec]

PS. I'd recommend at least a 580, preferably two in SLI, or a single 590 for *good* frames in BF3.


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[Mungus]

derp? i really don't think bf3's requirements will be that high.

[Tachi]

System requirements from their website

Minimum requirements for Battlefield 3

OS: Windows Vista or Windows 7
Processor: Core 2 Duo @ 2.0GHz
RAM: 2GB
Graphic card: DirectX 10 or 11 compatible Nvidia or AMD ATI card.
Graphics card memory: 512 MB
Hard drive: 15 GB for disc version or 10 GB for digital version

Recommended system requirements for Battlefield 3

OS: Windows 7 64-bit
Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD CPU
RAM: 4GB
Graphics card: DirectX 11 Nvidia or AMD ATI card, GeForce GTX 460, Radeon Radeon HD 6850
Graphics card memory: 1 GB
Hard drive: 15 GB for disc version or 10 GB for digital version


Why does the digital version need less space then the disc version?

[Milenko]

PS. I'd recommend at least a 580, preferably two in SLI, or a single 590 for *good* frames in BF3.

580's are definitely better, but going by the hardware charts the FPS jump from a 570 doesn't seem to be much?
Metro 2033 is pretty taxing but there's only a 4.2fps difference (1920x1080, 4xMSAA, 16xAF) between the models according to TH. Is there a reason why a 580 will be a league ahead of a 570 in BF3?

I'm not being argumentative - I'm just trying to get to the nuts and bolts of it.

Why does the digital version need less space then the disc version?

At a guess, I'd say better compression?

[Aegis]

because rec bought one and he desperately wants it to be worth the money over the 570 ;P

[rec]

Metro 2033 isn't a good benchmark. Look at Frostbite engine frames. BC2 will be a good indication of card performance for BF3.

And I bought a 590 so I can run triple monitor, as its the only single card from Nvidia that can.

I'll probably get another 590 for BF3 though, as I'd like to see 85fps+ constantly - I have 120Hz monitors and dropping around 60fps looks balls.


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[Milenko]

Hrm. BC2; again about a 4fps difference. However I could understand if BF3 is more 'tailored' toward a 580 and it will shine brighter.
Think I might go with 2x 570's purely due to the price.

[rec]

The only 570's I've seen so close are "superclocked" ones. Most reviews I've seen, such as Hexus.net's, show a 10-12fps gain (a little over 5%) and it tends to drop less frames comparatively.

When you're talking about the difference between dropping to 51fps or dropping to 63fps that's a substantial performance trade off as far as I'm concerned.

Of course, the value equation does come into it, but if the difference is less than a hundred dollars I wouldn't blink twice.

[Unseen]

bro i just threw 2 x 5970's in my pc, if u wanna compare that against something else?

goes hard well better then the shiet i used to run anyways ..

buy the best u can, but dont go less then a 580 or 2 570's or equivalent ati side...