I am thinking of buying a new graphics card next week for about 160 Euros (about 208 USD). There are two cards which i am choosing between, the
SAPPHIRE TECHNOLOGY Radeon HD 7850 Dual-X - 1 GB GDDR5 - PCI-Express 3.0 (197.74$)
http://www.pixmania.si/si/uk/12784835/art/sapphire-technology/radeon-hd-7850-dual-x-1-g.html
Latest technology (22nm), good performance, runs cool... note: this is the 1GB version
and the
AMD Radeon HD 6870 OEM - 1 GB GDDR5 - PCI-Express 2.1 (171.89$)
http://www.pixmania.si/si/uk/11391849/art/amd/radeon-hd-6870-oem-1-gb-g.html
I know it has a loud cooler and is a bit old, but it still performs quite nice.
I will overclock and play quite demanding games (Metro 2033, Just Cause 2, Crysis 2 and OpenTTD ) at 1080p resolution.
I am a nvidia fan boy but there isn't such a bang for buck on their side (the GTX 650 Ti isn't as good as any of these cards at the same price). I am from EU, so stores like newegg and ncix aren't an option for me. I have a 650W PSU so it would handle both of these cards. I have an AMD Phenom II 1090T @ 3.7GHz. My current graphics card is an old 9400 GT which i got for 10€.
Sorry for my bad english..
SAPPHIRE TECHNOLOGY Radeon HD 7850 Dual-X - 1 GB GDDR5 - PCI-Express 3.0 (197.74$)
http://www.pixmania.si/si/uk/12784835/art/sapphire-technology/radeon-hd-7850-dual-x-1-g.html
Latest technology (22nm), good performance, runs cool... note: this is the 1GB version
and the
AMD Radeon HD 6870 OEM - 1 GB GDDR5 - PCI-Express 2.1 (171.89$)
http://www.pixmania.si/si/uk/11391849/art/amd/radeon-hd-6870-oem-1-gb-g.html
I know it has a loud cooler and is a bit old, but it still performs quite nice.
I will overclock and play quite demanding games (Metro 2033, Just Cause 2, Crysis 2 and OpenTTD ) at 1080p resolution.
I am a nvidia fan boy but there isn't such a bang for buck on their side (the GTX 650 Ti isn't as good as any of these cards at the same price). I am from EU, so stores like newegg and ncix aren't an option for me. I have a 650W PSU so it would handle both of these cards. I have an AMD Phenom II 1090T @ 3.7GHz. My current graphics card is an old 9400 GT which i got for 10€.
Sorry for my bad english..