Best videos card to start building a new gaming computer with

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I am currently building a new gaming rig, and after reviewing the endless choices of video cards, i cant make my choice. I think i would prefer to stay with nvidia and would eventually like to sli, but not right off the start, i have around 300 dollars to spend also.
Will be running mainly mmo's, im building this computer with SWTOR in mind!

Help would be awesome, TY

 

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well i already bought my motherboard lol so im stuck with amd lol but it is sli crossfire certed as it is a 990fx. i have a 1000w psu i bought this week as eventually i will be sli/crossfiring what i settle on.

What i hate there is no reviews on ths 560ti 2gb from evga anywhere there all teh 1gb version which makes me cranky lol.

i just want more info on those cards, i have heard and read that amd is bad at updating there drivers, and nvidia does a much better job, is this true these are all contributing facts to my purchase!

I also have a friend thats building too so were both battling back and forth on what is best card in the 250-300 range, im leaning nvidia and hes going amd, this is why im looking for statitical numbers from cards in that range.

I have read the graphics card reviews, i want real numbers. eg i own x card in this game at these settings im getting x-fps.

i have been playing on my laptop for a while because i travel alot, it has a 5650 in it and i played alotta mmos and it handles them pretty well for a laptop, but im building this so i can get a better gamiong experience!

I wanna run at 60fps+ in a high resolution, what ever the highest swtor will have available to run without suffering on playability, keep in mind im building this machine with mainly mmos in mind, i wouold like to play some fps's too but mmo's is my bread and butter!


Ty

 

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For a 1080p resolution (which you still didn't tell me with your monitor list ><, forcing me to look it up), and with the criteria of max FPS on max settings for MMO's, I'd recommend a GTX 580.

I recommend a single card, because many if not most people who play MMO's do so from a window so they can check out websites, vent and other things while they play. In windowed mode, SLI and crossfire does not work. While lower cards might be enough, they might not be. Rift for example, would not allow you to max it out with a 570 or 6970, although a 580 won't either, as your CPU will be too slow for that one to play at 60+ fps.

 

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well it looks like im not playing in windowed mode any more ty for that tip!

so basically greg what your saying is between these cards that its just pref as they perform almost the same, now what if i do decide to screw the sli/crossfire thing and go with a 3gb gtx 580 vs those cards sli if i buy the 580 i would not be sli those for cash reasons!

also my buddy is getting 60fps in rift on his gtx480 with a new sabertooth board like mine and a x6 1090t with 12g at 1600 with an ssd!

but from what i her the best machines are puliing no more than 65-70 fps in that game right now!

im sorry if im jumping around on cards but with more info especially that crossfire sli windowed thing you just told me maybe i should save my pennys and see if the single card option is better!

Thoughts?

 

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Thought I'd hop in here. After awhile looking for a card I decided on a evga 560 ti 1gb. The next day I ended up getting a brand new pny 570 for only $250 cash from craigslist. That thing has been amazing for me so far. I know you probably won't fins one for that cheap but after rebates they are around 300. Don't rule that out as far as cards go, from what I've seen it's significant performance over the 560's

 

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greg you make a valid point and bdizzle also, so speaking strictly from a dual card standpoint is the 2gb 560ti x2 gonna out perform the 6950x2 and the 570x2, will the extra memoty help with higher resolutions. maybe im getting to hung up on how much memory the cards have as the 570 has 1280 and the others are 2 gig cards.

Keep in mind a dual card setup will be what im aiming for eventually.

 

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so basically i can see throw them all in a hat and pull one out because they are all almost the same. With this in mind i will just see which is the best deal a the time and by going dual cards i mean ill get 2 after about 1-2 months of having the other!

Greghome you have been very helpful and i look forward to making my choice!

 

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