Graphics Card Upgrade

[Purp]

I have had my eye on this card for my upgrade.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814161372

Its a 2GB, DDR5, and has Eyefinity. It will support up to 5 monitors which is just insane. For the price this is a hell of a card.

[BaDFiShy]

I am against everything videocard wise ATI/AMD! Nvidia all the way FTW

[BaDFiShy]

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html
This is what I use to grade out cards.

[toadsdaki]

lol that graph makes me feel so much better about buying the radeon 6850 So cheap yet so good!

[Cronambs]

I hate ATI anything seriously, I had sooo much problems with ATI especially when i used to have bsod all due to driver issues, Nvidia and everyone i know loves it

[danpaul88]

Ditto regarding ati/amd, their drivers are atrocious compared to NVIDIA

[BaDFiShy]

Notice I said Videocards , I love AMD Processors and dont think Intels are worth all that dam money.

[Purp]

Never had a problem with ATI drivers for graphics cards, maybe its just yall!!

[danpaul88]

Notice I said Videocards , I love AMD Processors and dont think Intels are worth all that dam money.

Indeed, I haven't had an Intel CPU since my old Pentium 4 HT nearly 10 years ago... but since this topic is about graphics cards I assumed it was implicit any opinions mentioned were specific to graphics cards and not other components. Besides, I still consider the graphics card side of the business to still be ATI, despite being under a new name, hence why I referred to them as ATI/AMD and not AMD.

[fl00d3d]

AMDs used to have a lead, but nowadays they're nothing spectacular. I used to be an AMD fan myself. Now I could go either way, really.

But back on topic ..... I've always had issues with ATI cards as well. And my Nvidias have always been dependable (GeForce). My GeForce 4 MX lasted me years.

[Slayde]

Strange, Ive never had issues with ATI cards, always had issues with Nvidia =/

I suppose what it really boils down to, is, which way would you like to go?

Playability? Id recommend Nvidia.
Want a workhorse card, thatll play your games reasonably, and do your 3d rendering? Go with a higher end Radeon.

There is also some speculation as to whether or not the cross-communication with Intel CPU's and Radeon cards or vis-versa is still an issue. But, I have no idea, Ive never crossed cards with CPU's. If its intel I go Nvidia, if its AMD, I go ATI.

Anywhoo, regardless of what you choose, the things to look for, are the bit, you dun want a 128... The cache, Id recommend 2gb or higher. (This will save your RAM from being used in order to compensate). How many video streams (Most are 400 on the low end) And the clock rate, (you dont want a crappy clock rate, which would be 500, you'll want 775+)

However, keep in mind, the more powerful the card, the more wattage itll take, and the warmer it will run, be sure to have adequate power, and cooling for the higher end production cards.

[BaDFiShy]

I run AMD chip with Nvidia cards . This machine is AMD 6 core running 3.9 with 2 460gtx SLI OC with 16 gigs DDR3 1600 c:75gig Raptor d:300gig velociraptor e:1tb WD 7200: ASUS M4N98TD EVO,Creative SB X-Fi Titanium ,Corsair H50. It runs like a dream.

My Computer #2 That is both better & worse then this 1. Comperable specs with a gtx560 it was SLI but 1 card went bad. That is AMD x4 3.8 , 12 gigs DDR3 1600 ,c:150gig velociraptor , d:1tb WD 7200

[darkdarr]

I run AMD chip with Nvidia cards .

and im the opposite i have a intel and i run an ATI RADEON

[danpaul88]

Indeed, I run an AMD processor and an NVIDIA GPU and it works perfectly well. I also have an NVIDIA chipset, not sure how much that helps, if at all.

[Purp]

I run AMD chip with Nvidia cards .

and im the opposite i have a intel and i run an ATI RADEON

I am the same as Darkdarr. I run an I7 920 Intel and a 4890HD Ati Radeon card and never have any issues at all. Actually this card was the easiest card to install and run I have ever had. Very dependable as well.