Hi all,
The time has come to upgrade my old 9600 GT. It's a venerable card that's served me well but I want to get something faster now. I want it to be as futureproof as possible as I keep my cards for 2-3 years before upgrading.
I'm gonna go for a 5850 Toxic edition from Sapphire but can't decide on the normal 1Gb or to spend the extra 60 quid for the 2Gb version. I was under the impression that unless you game an mega resolutions the extra memory would not really be used.
Currently I game at 1680x1050 so 1Gb is probably fine? However that is not to say I won't upgrade to a bigger screen at some point. I'm unlikely to go Xfire and neither will I go dual display (my mrs would probably kill me lol)
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/1GB-S...-DVI-I-DP-HDMI
It will be going in a SFF case (see my sig) so was drawn to this as it features a decent aftermarker cooling solution which is also allegedly quieter than the stock ATI cooler.
Also what are ATI's drivers like these days? The last 3 cards I've had have all been from the green team and I haven't had a Radeon card since AGP days (which was an X850pro - great card!)
Thanks all![]()


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