help with buying new grafix card

[Diistortion.]

hi all,
I'm looking forward to buy a new grafix card. But I need your advice
It must be a very good gfx card which will need to run battlefield 3 at high/ ultra and it must also handle games well for the following years. So far i found there 3:

SAPPHIRE 2GB D5 X HD6950 OC ( The 2GB D5 X HD6950 OC Sapphire is based on the ATI Radeon HD 6950 Chip and features 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory via a 256 bit wide interface is approached. The GPU has a clock speed of 820 MHz and the memory at a speed of 5000 MHz.) Cost: 200€

ASUS HD7850-DC2T-2GD5 (The HD7850-DC2T-2GD5 from Asus is based on the AMD Radeon HD7850 chip and features 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory via a 256 bit wide interface is approached. The GPU has a clock speed of 975 MHz and memory speed of 5000 MHz. Cost: 250€

SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7770 (The Radeon HD 7770 by Sapphire is based on the AMD Radeon HD7770 chip and features 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory via a 128 bit wide interface is approached. The GPU has a clock rate of 1000 MHz, and the memory at a speed of 4500 MHz. Cost: 150€

[Doc_Gonzo]

Out of those cards, I'd go for the 7850. Benchmarks here
What are the rest of your system specs, so we can make sure you can fit and run it, especially your PSU?

[MalcomGTX]

My advice is to wait just a short bit for the GTX 660 Ti.

I'm typically an AMD/ATI guy[Currently using 5830's in Crossfire], but this looks to be the best performance to cost if it retails for close to 260$.

[cannondale06]

you really need to list all of your other pc specs in detail too including resolution.

[Diistortion.]

Originally Posted by Doc_Gonzo

Out of those cards, I'd go for the 7850. Benchmarks here
What are the rest of your system specs, so we can make sure you can fit and run it, especially your PSU?

550 wat atm. (psu)
Asus P7P55D motherboard
I5 @ 3.20ghz processor

1920x1080 resolution

[harland555]

Both the 7850 and 6950 seem equally powerful

If price is no factor then the 7850 will be your best bet

But the extra 50 euro's could go on a different upgrade in your rig (If we had full specs including ram)

[Diistortion.]

Originally Posted by harland555

Both the 7850 and 6950 seem equally powerful

If price is no factor then the 7850 will be your best bet

But the extra 50 euro's could go on a different upgrade in your rig (If we had full specs including ram)

got 4gb ram but also going to buy an extra 4gb

[Doc_Gonzo]

I think the recommendation to wait for the 660 ti is a good one. I believe that it's supposed to be released this month and it may be at around the same price point as the 7850 and perform significantly better. You'd kick yourself if you spent now, only to find a better option available at the same price in a couple of weeks
Which 550W PSU do you have?

[Diistortion.]

Originally Posted by Doc_Gonzo

I think the recommendation to wait for the 660 ti is a good one. I believe that it's supposed to be released this month and it may be at around the same price point as the 7850 and perform significantly better. You'd kick yourself if you spent now, only to find a better option available at the same price in a couple of weeks
Which 550W PSU do you have?

hmm, the 660ti releases when? and u r sure it is only 250€ max?

think the gtx 660 ti not even gonna be 250€ more like 600€+

[headcasephil]

I would hold out fora bit andget 1 of the new NVIDIA GTX 660 Ti. Out of the cards tjatyou have listed i would have a look at SAPPHIRE 2GB D5 X HD6950 OC over the ASUS HD7850-DC2T-2GD5
Model Radeon HD 7770 Radeon HD 7850 Radeon HD 6950 2GB
Year February 2012 March 2012 December 2010
Code Name Cape Verde XT Pitcairn Pro Cayman Pro
Fab Process 28 nm 28 nm 40 nm
Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe x16
Memory 1024 MB 2048 MB 2048 MB
Core Speed 1000 MHz 860 MHz 800 MHz
Cores 1 1 1
Shader Speed N/A MHz N/A MHz (N/A) MHz
Memory Speed 1125 MHz 1200 MHz 1250 MHz (5000 MHz effective)
Unified Shaders 640 1024 1408
Texture Mapping Units 40 64 88
Render Output Units 16 32 32
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR5 GDDR5
Bus Width 128-bit 256-bit 256-bit
Direct X Version 11.1 11.1 DirectX 11
OpenGL Version 4.2 4.2 OpenGL 4.1
Power (Max TDP) 80 Watts 130 Watts 200 watts
Shader Model 5.0 5.0 5.0
Bandwidth 72000 MB/sec 153600 MB/sec 160000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 40000 Mtexels/sec 55040 Mtexels/sec 70400 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 16000 Mpixels/sec 27520 Mpixels/sec 25600 Mpixels/sec

[ElijahChondo43]

Originally Posted by Diistortion.

think the gtx 660 ti not even gonna be 250€ more like 600€+

No.

In USD the 660ti is rumored to be $250-$350. Converted to Euros is 200-280.

Just wait and see, it should be releasing this month, around the middle of month, so next week. But still, that's all rumor.

And really? 600 euros? That's $700 USD.

[Doc_Gonzo]

Yep, no way will it be anywhere near €600. I'm guessing at around the €300 price point and hopefully lower

[Diistortion.]

normally nvidea is expensive ♥♥♥♥ ;D when releasing there new gfx cards take a look at gtx 570 / 580. 400€ / 500€ and the amd 7850 card is nearly the same and only 250€

[MalcomGTX]

Originally Posted by Diistortion.

normally nvidea is expensive ♥♥♥♥ ;D when releasing there new gfx cards take a look at gtx 570 / 580. 400€ / 500€ and the amd 7850 card is nearly the same and only 250€

I agree; I still have pangs of guilt for buying the stupid GTX9800 for 300$ like an idiot.

ATI all the way after that, my old 5770 is still kicking it hard bitcoin mining and running in a workstation for AutoCAD. My Crossfired 5830's have no trouble with anything at 1080p, and only cost 200$ TOTAL, since AMD was dumping stock at the time.

Though lately NV have had a few standout options I've been proud to own, like the GTX460, and from the looks of it the GTX660 will be the return of the king so to speak.

[Diistortion.]

malcom going to buy the gtx 660 probaly (releasedate is 16 august )

is the gtx 660 ti much better then the Nvidea Geforce GTS 250? Please help me... because that's my card atm when i look into this stats and the stats of the 660 ti it looks like the 250 is better lol.

Because i got little lag on BF3 and need to play it on low settings that's why i'm buying new gfx card.