What graphics cards?

[clooney3663]

Hey all, I mainly use my pc for gaming , usually play WoW and a bit of Far Cry 2. I am upgrading my motherboard to a http://www.ebuyer.com/product/151011# and am going to upgrade my graphics aswell and just basically wanted some advice on what to get , I currently have http://www.ebuyer.com/product/175334 and was debating to get another one of these and go SLI or get a newer single graphics card. A few i have been looking at

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/160986/show_product_overview

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/175970

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/155498

Am i right in saying that http://www.ebuyer.com/product/155498 , http://www.ebuyer.com/product/175970 will work with http://www.ebuyer.com/product/151011# ??


My pc at the mo, asus p5e vm hdmi mobo, 4gig g.skill ram, Intel q6600 @ stock 2.4ghz. 1100w power supply.

Please let me know what you think would be best for performance and quality . and also about the radeon cards, And what other suggestions you have for me

ty, xx

 

[rodney_ws]

A single ATI card should work fine in that board that you listed, but if you're wanting multiple GPUs you'll be restricted to SLI (meaning 2 Nvidia cards) unless you go with a different motherboard... that's assuming I'm reading the specs correctly for that mobo.

I think most people would have a hard time recommending you add a 2nd 9600 GT. Just consider putting that card on an auction site and put that money towards your new GPU. If you're going the 4870 route, I'd think you could save some money by NOT getting the XXX edition... over here in the states, the regular 4870s are selling at VERY reasonable prices.

*** EDIT ***

Barring that my money would be on 5750. Its performance is very close to that of the 4870 in FarCry2 (one of the games you listed) ... very, very close... and at a substantially lower cost.

Here's some numbers that might interest you...

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-5770,2446-8.html

 

[clooney3663]

Hey thanks for your reply, Yeh that motherboard is for Sli, Was planning on selling my 9600gt as didnt think it would be worth keeping. So now its down to what graphics card for my rig It seems as if the performance of the Ati cards are greater than the Nvidia cards ?

 

[sirkillalot]

better off getting 1 strong card .. the 5850 or 5870 for high end games or good res monitors eg:1900x1200