Which Video Card?

[ICEViper]

system specs for now:

Gigabyte GA970A-UD3 Motherboard
AMD FX8120
BFG geforce 260gtx video card 896mg 216 core oc
Hyper 212 evo cooler
16gigs Kindston hyper-x 1333 ddr3
OCZ Agility2 SSD 60gig
2- Seagate 7200rpm 1tb drives for apps and games
2- DVD burners
Coolermaster CM690 Advanced II case
750 watt seasonic 80plus cert. pws
450 watt aux. pws for driving the video card- x-booster5
G-5 Mouse
microsoft keyboard
system boots to useable desktop in 17seconds.


As for video cards, nvidia is not even on the radar. It going to be ATI this time, I'm tired of the washed out look of nvidia cards. I want a good card that will last into the future as far as gaming goes. I have looked at the 6900 series and the 7900 series. The $500+ price of the 7900 series is a bit to swallow but it may just be worth it. Any help would be good as I have not read up on video cards for about 1.5 years.
take care,

ICEViper

[BlackArrow]

now there is a name from the past.....welcome back.

Here is the most useful source for me...

Best Graphics Cards For The Money: March 2012 : Best Graphics Cards For The Money, March Update

Graphics Card Hierarchy Chart : Best Graphics Cards For The Money: March 2012

Good hunting and what are you playing these days??

[Devilguns]

As for video cards, nvidia is not even on the radar. It going to be ATI this time, I'm tired of the washed out look of nvidia cards.

It's funny you say that. I have a machine running an I5 2600K @4.6 with 2 GTX460s. And I have an machine running AMD Phenom 2 with a single Radeon HD6870 which is at about the same level of performance as one of the 460s. The games on the ATI card look a lot better. So noticeable friends have even commented on it seeing the machines run side by side. I was thinking of getting another HD6870 and running it crossfire in my main rig, or just just go for broke and get the 7900 series.

[Brian is Huh?!{CLR}]

if ur still thinking of buying a nvidia card. frys is having a sale..

u can get a 550 or 550 TI for little under $150 (1gb model)
the 2gb model is $165.

[ICEViper]

cool brian, I appreciate the mention, but I am still leaning towards the ATI line of cards. I checked out tom's and looked at the comparisions, man some of those cards are very powerful performers. I was looking at the 7870, its new. The numbers look very good on it, in fact, it performs better than the 6970 in most of the benchmarks I saw. The price is very good, it comes in at the $350 range for a 2gb model. I am going to look at it a little closer. thanks for the input folks, I really appreciate it.


ICE

[Devilguns]

With Nvidia comming out with its new card we might see some more price drops too.

[harpy]

With Nvidia comming out with its new card we might see some more price drops too.

I *think* the 680 gets released tomorrow 3-22.

[Devilguns]

I *think* the 680 gets released tomorrow 3-22.

Yep, $504-$534

http://www.overclock.net/t/1232369/n...d-prices-specs

[WalkinTarget]

7870 .. its hits the right price/performance segment for you it would appear. They also claim to have a lot of headroom left for overclocking, but its not like the card needs that until a newer game pushes it.

[ICEViper]

Well I finally brought my video card, and I got the Radeon 7950. I have the Gigabyte Model. this card is very fast and the image quality is absolutely awesome. I could have ordered it for $399 with free shipping but I found it at microcenter in atlanta for $429. I got while I was down there so I did not have to wait.


ICE