which gfx card?

[bigtone1234]

ok, i cant decide which graphics card to get between the - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=GX-143-GW and
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...14&subcat=1010

any suggestions as to which is fastest/best? i mainly use my pc for gaming.

[Garrus]

I may be able to offer a little food for thought on this one...

I have been doing a lot of research myself on GFX cards, with around £400 to spend I also looked at the two cards you are looking at.

It is difficult to answer your question directly because both cards perform about the same in terms of noise and thermals. I would personally save the £30 and go with the MSI Twin Frozr III. Purely because it is the cheaper card.

However, if you are open to ATI or AMD rather as they're known knowadays and your board can support Crossfire and you are happy to consider this, then I would go with two MSI 6870 Twin Frozr III cards at just a shade under £300. This combo will happily outperform the GeForce single 570 all day long for the same money. The one caveat is that your upgrade potential is limited here as you could always add an additional GeForce 570 further down the line if you went with your original choice - at a price of course.

Hope my advice has been useful.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

You can get a pair of MSI HD6870 Hawk graphics cards for just under £300:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-m...s-free-shogun2

[bigtone1234]

thanks alot guys, its been rackin my brains lol. il go for the msi twin frozr . now thats sorted i need a motherboard for around £150-£180. its gotta be socket 1155 p67 sandybridge though. cant decide between these : http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/...roductId=43894

or http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...roductId=43881

these are the main two i can find. once again cant decide which is best lol

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

The Z68 is being released soon and AFAIK Gigabyte is replacing their P67 motherboards with the Z68.

[bigtone1234]

will the p67 components be compatable with the z68 motherboard?

[Millenwagon]

before buying a 570, have you ccnsidered a 480? It's a top of the range card in 2010 and its cheaper. VERY good card http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=GX-079-GI

or...


http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...d=1914&subcat=

[MattBee2k2]

thanks alot guys, its been rackin my brains lol. il go for the msi twin frozr . now thats sorted i need a motherboard for around £150-£180. its gotta be socket 1155 p67 sandybridge though. cant decide between these

these are the main two i can find. once again cant decide which is best lol

Don't go with either of them, its better to go with the Asus P67 Sabertooth or one of the Z68 ones as someone already said.