Need help getting off the fence...
Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 5:41 pm
Ok, I just spent the last five years of my life working full-time and going to night school and am ready to dump my 7 year old Athlon XP 2500+ powerhouse of a PC. I want to get back to playing some good games as I haven’t really played anything worth playing in the past three years or so…
I’m in a bit of a quandary though. I have been out it for a while and really don’t know just what to get for a video card. I want to go with an ATI product, just not sure about which one to get at this point in time.
Ultimately I would love to get a 5870 Vapor-X by Sapphire (because of the better cooling/silence) but they are going for a real premium right now. I have the cash for one but would just hate to see them drop in price next month when Firmi comes out.
Was thinking about s 5850 but when I changed my mind about what motherboard to get, I ended up with an extra $140 spend, thus my want for a 5870.
I’ve been hearing/reading about running 5770/5750 in xfire and mixed xfire gets you results similar to, give or take a little, to a 5870. I’ve heard about stuttering in the past and was wondering if any of you know how it is with these cards.
I also saw this little nugget and was thinking about running an Nvidia 9800 or something for with what ever I get for physics but was wondering just how great Physx is and if it was worth it. I hear it’s not in a lot of games. http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/17525/1/
So far I, the parts I have or are on the way are;
Mushkin 6 GB DDR3 1600 7-9-7-24
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R
Core i7 920 D0
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1 TB drive (will be getting an SSD this summer or sooner)
Samsung 2493 26” LDC (1920x1200 resolution)
So, W.W.L.R.D? (What Would Legit Reviewers Do)
I’m in a bit of a quandary though. I have been out it for a while and really don’t know just what to get for a video card. I want to go with an ATI product, just not sure about which one to get at this point in time.
Ultimately I would love to get a 5870 Vapor-X by Sapphire (because of the better cooling/silence) but they are going for a real premium right now. I have the cash for one but would just hate to see them drop in price next month when Firmi comes out.
Was thinking about s 5850 but when I changed my mind about what motherboard to get, I ended up with an extra $140 spend, thus my want for a 5870.
I’ve been hearing/reading about running 5770/5750 in xfire and mixed xfire gets you results similar to, give or take a little, to a 5870. I’ve heard about stuttering in the past and was wondering if any of you know how it is with these cards.
I also saw this little nugget and was thinking about running an Nvidia 9800 or something for with what ever I get for physics but was wondering just how great Physx is and if it was worth it. I hear it’s not in a lot of games. http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/17525/1/
So far I, the parts I have or are on the way are;
Mushkin 6 GB DDR3 1600 7-9-7-24
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R
Core i7 920 D0
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1 TB drive (will be getting an SSD this summer or sooner)
Samsung 2493 26” LDC (1920x1200 resolution)
So, W.W.L.R.D? (What Would Legit Reviewers Do)