Submitted by Tripsicle98 on Sun, 06/11/2011 - 07:45
I need a new graphics card the is capable of playing BF3 .
I currently have a GT220 which struggles to even play the intro to the game .
Any suggestions . Also i am pretty poor atm so anything over $350 is going to be a
little problem
n0t a clue what cards y0u sh0uld g0 with, but heres a c0uple 0f links fr0m within Australia. Might give y0u an idea Logan 0n what s0rta price ranges there are ar0und.
Maybe if y0u find a better price in Australia, y0u c0uld get 0ne 0f us t0 take delivery, and f0rward it 0n t00 y0u.
I use PC Case Gear and Auspcmarket f0r my c0mputer part buys. pr0bably find better prices by really bargain hunting th0.
I’m just questioning the logic…
I know a 500 series is the latest model of card. And the second lot of numbers (the 60) indicates it’s level of card (I.e x20 being lowend x50 mid range and x90 being highend)
So my logic is if a 560, while latest generation, it is still a midish range card… So bang for buck can you get a 495 (I haven’t look and dunno if that’s available but you know what I mean) which is maybe cheaper and highend (just not current model)
I dunno… All I know is if I wanted go get another of mine( a 285) it’s just as expensive (actually more) then a lower range 5series) so there is a whole heap to be said for those last 2 numbers
Submitted by DELTA2ALPHA on Tue, 08/11/2011 - 15:31.
Ok, so yes the first number does mean which series of chip they are using… Kind of. It’s tricky thing and does not follow a real path when it comes to performance. Like the GTX550 is not even in the same league as the GTX560 Ti. In fact, the GTX460 whips the pants off it head to head. Even though they run similar chip, the x20 – x50 of any series is crippled. So much so, that people found ways of bypassing this in the GT250 chips. Running hack mods they unlocked some extra cores and boosted performance. Though this shortens the life of the card as they also up the cooling and heat sinks with the higher modules. Now when you reach the x60 of any series it’s like the bench mark of any chip. The sweet spot if you will. The x70 and over are when they start stacking on the overclocking and fast GDDR cycles with the last of any locked cores still hiding on the card being opened up. So really, in the end any thing over a x60 your paying for more cooling and safe overclocking with some times faster RAM. In any case, if you are not sure, just simply type in (card model) vs (card model) and up will pop some stats of these two cards battling it out. You don’t need to understand what they say, just which one has the bigger numbers. :)
I’m on my phone at the airport so this was just a very quick run down, but I hope it helps.
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Also i meant NZD
Ta
Have a look Here
Loganator
Mwave
the 500 serise is always a good place to start
ta
Robag
Thanks Ro
Ta
This one
Maybe not the cheapest, but $350 is an easy budget to stick to…
http://www.pbtech.co.nz/index.php?z=p&p=VGAEVG1560&name=EVGA-GeForce-GTX560-1G-PCI-E-Video-card—Dual-DVI+
560Ti
one of the best cards out there.
n0t a clue..
n0t a clue what cards y0u sh0uld g0 with, but heres a c0uple 0f links fr0m within Australia. Might give y0u an idea Logan 0n what s0rta price ranges there are ar0und.
Maybe if y0u find a better price in Australia, y0u c0uld get 0ne 0f us t0 take delivery, and f0rward it 0n t00 y0u.
I use PC Case Gear and Auspcmarket f0r my c0mputer part buys. pr0bably find better prices by really bargain hunting th0.
http://www.auspcmarket.com.au/category/105/
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=193
heres the 560Ti’s Matt menti0ned ab0ve.
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=193_1193
Thanks
Hashy
What Matt said
Totally go with the GTX560 Ti (2gig of you can, but 1gig will do it). Best bang for your buck out there right now.
Sorry but I cant help questioning...
I’m just questioning the logic…
I know a 500 series is the latest model of card. And the second lot of numbers (the 60) indicates it’s level of card (I.e x20 being lowend x50 mid range and x90 being highend)
So my logic is if a 560, while latest generation, it is still a midish range card… So bang for buck can you get a 495 (I haven’t look and dunno if that’s available but you know what I mean) which is maybe cheaper and highend (just not current model)
I dunno… All I know is if I wanted go get another of mine( a 285) it’s just as expensive (actually more) then a lower range 5series) so there is a whole heap to be said for those last 2 numbers
Direct X
The difference is the support for DX11…
Wtf uses DX11
I don’t think mine is DX11 (and there was the same hype over DX10 and that passed without major impact) and my 285 runs BF3 on high no issues!
Quick run down...
Ok, so yes the first number does mean which series of chip they are using… Kind of. It’s tricky thing and does not follow a real path when it comes to performance. Like the GTX550 is not even in the same league as the GTX560 Ti. In fact, the GTX460 whips the pants off it head to head. Even though they run similar chip, the x20 – x50 of any series is crippled. So much so, that people found ways of bypassing this in the GT250 chips. Running hack mods they unlocked some extra cores and boosted performance. Though this shortens the life of the card as they also up the cooling and heat sinks with the higher modules. Now when you reach the x60 of any series it’s like the bench mark of any chip. The sweet spot if you will. The x70 and over are when they start stacking on the overclocking and fast GDDR cycles with the last of any locked cores still hiding on the card being opened up. So really, in the end any thing over a x60 your paying for more cooling and safe overclocking with some times faster RAM. In any case, if you are not sure, just simply type in (card model) vs (card model) and up will pop some stats of these two cards battling it out. You don’t need to understand what they say, just which one has the bigger numbers. :)
I’m on my phone at the airport so this was just a very quick run down, but I hope it helps.
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