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 Post subject: Please help me buy a new Video card or two :)
PostPosted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 9:39 am 
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Hello All! :)

I am looking to by one or two video cards. I was running two Sapphire 5830s but found someone to buy them at a good price so thought I would upgrade.

I'm looking to spend $$300-$350 for what ever would give me the best bang for the dollar, whether that be a single card, or a crossfire with two cards. I am leaning towards AMD cards especially if I get a duel card setup as I think my MB is only able to crossfire and not SLI. But if a single card is more recommended then I would be ok with an NVIDIA card.

I have a 23in 1080P Samsung LED rear lit monitor. I also want to hook this up to my old CRT Projection TV which is widescreen and high def (720P/1080i). And will play games like WOW, Crysis, and, Skyrim.

My system setup right now is:

AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition Thuban 3.2GHz Socket AM3
GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0
Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM
CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
COOLER MASTER GX Series RS750 750W ATX12V v2.31 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply
NZXT GAMMA Classic Series GAMA-001BK Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case (I love this case :D )


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 Post subject: Re: Please help me buy a new Video card or two :)
PostPosted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 11:34 am 
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The Radeon HD 7870 is in your price range, very good card. Stay away from PowerColor and you should be fine.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007709%20600100181%20600286767%20600298540&IsNodeId=1&name=Radeon%20HD%207870%20GHz%20Edition


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 Post subject: Re: Please help me buy a new Video card or two :)
PostPosted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 12:51 pm 
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Looks like a good way to go.

Price wise is it better to do that single card or go with lower priced card and double them up?


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 Post subject: Re: Please help me buy a new Video card or two :)
PostPosted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 12:57 pm 
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This would put me a little over budget but saw this in WOOT.com

Woot Sapphire Deal (Newegg)

The 6950x2 or the 7870 x1


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 Post subject: Re: Please help me buy a new Video card or two :)
PostPosted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 9:15 pm 
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I am sorry, I was pulled away today and could not get to you. Hopefully tomorrow, if someone does not answer your question first.


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 Post subject: Re: Please help me buy a new Video card or two :)
PostPosted: Wed May 02, 2012 4:39 pm 
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Bump :) My tower is sitting lifeless on my desk lol

I'm starting to like the speed on those 7870 GHz additions though...


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 Post subject: Re: Please help me buy a new Video card or two :)
PostPosted: Wed May 02, 2012 6:35 pm 
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