Best graphics card/Suggestions for my setup

[Albertard]

Hello all,

Just wanted a little insight about my latest build. For some time I've been wanting to build a new rig and just recently i decided to stop dreaming and go for it. What I'm running right now isnt horrible but just want to go the extra step and get a nicer card that I can be happy with running as many games as I can on ultra settings. Also if anyone has any suggestions to what else I can do that would be great. If i do decide to upgrade some things, I want to stay in the budget of $200 - $330. I've been reading a lot of forums on the 7870's & 7950's but not to much on the Nvidia side, feel free to throw out some ideas. I'm still pretty new at most of this so bare with me! Thanks all!

Games:
BF3, SC2, Crysis, Skyrim, GW2 BF4 when it comes out

Computer:
ASUS P8Z77-V LK board
i5 3570
G Skill Sniper 8G RAM
Seagate 1T 7200
AMD HD 6870
CM HAF 922
CM V6 GT
600W Power Supply

 

[Valentin_N]

for 240 you can get Tahiti LE and for 290 you get AMD HD 7950

I hope this helps

 

[Albertard]

for 240 you can get Tahiti LE and for 290 you get AMD HD 7950

I hope this helps

Funny thing is, those are the exact two cards ive been looking at recently lol. Do you have a preference between AMD or NVIDIA? Or should I stay the path I am going

 

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If you were looking at an Nvidia card (and why not?), the GTX 660 Ti's are going for $260-$300. They're priced appropriately right in between the 7870 and 7950.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GeForce_GTX_670_Direct_Cu_Mini/26.html

 

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If you were looking at an Nvidia card (and why not?), the GTX 660 Ti's are going for $260-$300. They're priced appropriately right in between the 7870 and 7950.
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GeForce_GTX_670_Direct_Cu_Mini/26.html

Thanks man, ill dig a bit more into GTX, I just heard AMD's are best for the money and the drivers are slightly better

HardOCP has a great review of all the drivers that came out over the course of 2012.
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2013/03/04/2012_amd_nvidia_driver_performance_summary_review/6

Here's the latest Performance per Dollar chart from TechPowerUP.
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GeForce_GTX_670_Direct_Cu_Mini/28.html

 

[Valentin_N]

for 240 you can get Tahiti LE and for 290 you get AMD HD 7950

I hope this helps

Funny thing is, those are the exact two cards ive been looking at recently lol. Do you have a preference between AMD or NVIDIA? Or should I stay the path I am going

I prefer Nvidia at the moment, if the products deliver similar performance, because they have better drivers and the rendering frame time is better by Nvidia GPU.

I don't like that GTX 680 as it was meant to be a GTX 660 or similar but because AMD gpu performed worse then Nivida expected, GK104 became high-range gpu instead of a mid-range gpu as it actually be, if if well look at Fermi generation.

Since I personally devote most of the gpu to GPGPU task and therefore AMD is my choice. AMD gives in general more performance/w in many cases.

 

[Albertard]

for 240 you can get Tahiti LE and for 290 you get AMD HD 7950

I hope this helps

Funny thing is, those are the exact two cards ive been looking at recently lol. Do you have a preference between AMD or NVIDIA? Or should I stay the path I am going

I prefer Nvidia at the moment, if the products deliver similar performance, because they have better drivers and the rendering frame time is better by Nvidia GPU.

I don't like that GTX 680 as it was meant to be a GTX 660 or similar but because AMD gpu performed worse then Nivida expected, GK104 became high-range gpu instead of a mid-range gpu as it actually be, if if well look at Fermi generation.

Since I personally devote most of the gpu to GPGPU task and therefore AMD is my choice. AMD gives in general more performance/w in many cases.

Do you think my 600 power supply can take all I have hooked up to it?

 

[Valentin_N]

for 240 you can get Tahiti LE and for 290 you get AMD HD 7950

I hope this helps

Funny thing is, those are the exact two cards ive been looking at recently lol. Do you have a preference between AMD or NVIDIA? Or should I stay the path I am going

I prefer Nvidia at the moment, if the products deliver similar performance, because they have better drivers and the rendering frame time is better by Nvidia GPU.

I don't like that GTX 680 as it was meant to be a GTX 660 or similar but because AMD gpu performed worse then Nivida expected, GK104 became high-range gpu instead of a mid-range gpu as it actually is, if well look at Fermi generation.

Since I personally devote most of the gpu to GPGPU task and therefore AMD is my choice. AMD gives in general more performance/w in many cases.

Do you think my 600 power supply can take all I have hooked up to it?

I am sure it will; it has two six-pin power connector. You will also be able to overclock it a bit. Tom's hardware review, Techpowerup - it's another model of Tahiti Le but it will give you a hint of what Tahiti LE is capable of. Keep in mind that some games are optimized for Nvidia gpu such as Borderlands 2 and Batman: Arkham -series or just some.

Keep also in mind that drivers update has been made so improvements are done for better gaming experience.

I hope it helps