Graphics Card

[MindTriiiickz]

Hi,

I'm going to be building a mid-range gaming pc, in the near future. I've decided on two options for my video card, which are the:
Leadtek Extreme+ Geforce GTX260 896mb:
602MHz Core, 1296MHz Shader Clock, 896MB 1998MHz GDDR3 Memory, 216 Stream Processors, SLi Ready.
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?NOV-265

and the

HIS ATI Radeon HD 4870 1gb:
750MHz Core, 1024MB 3600MHz GDDR5 Memory, 800 Stream Processors, PCI-E 2.0, CrossfireX Ready, Avivo HD, 7.1 Audio.
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?HIS-48701

I was just wondering what card would any of you recommend out of those two, and maybe another card within the same price range which is better.

Many Thanks
Tom

 

[festerovic]

What resolution do you want to play at? Also, what is your budget?

 

[AKM880]

Yes we need to know the res.

 

[MindTriiiickz]

I'm on a budget of £850 overall, and I'm thinking of spending £100-140 on a graphics card. And the monitor resolution is 1680x1050.
Thanks

 

[uncfan_2563]

...I own the 8800GT (actually a 9800GT)....the only way to OC the 8800GT and beat a 4870 is to buy second one and run them in SLI...maybe you should stop giving advice

he's just spamming the same message across the board. at first i thought he was serious but then i looked at all the threads and he's doing it everywhere, just ignore him

 

[festerovic]

+1 for a 4870. At 1680x1050, I don't think you will see any benefit to 1 gig of Vram.

$.02

 

[swifty_morgan]

+1 for a 4870. At 1680x1050, I don't think you will see any benefit to 1 gig of Vram.

$.02

Umm........... yes you will, more in fact. I game at 16x10 and went to a 1792 card from an 896 card. The extra ram helped me get to 8-AA in Crysis without a hiccup. I could also use the 16Q but got stuttering. Try that with your 512 or 896 card.

As far as the original question. The more v-ram the better. Seems to me that 1.5gig would be optimal for quite a few games now. Go for the 1gig card.