Credit to buy a new videocard after RMAing ASUS HD6950

[videoclone]

I've got $319 credit on my account at an online store after RMAing my ASUS HD6950 2GB DirectCU II. (all 4 displayports on the card died)

Out of these options what would you get??? HD6970/GTX570...
Or a HD6950, GTX560Ti or HD6870/6850

Any thoughts?
Wish the new 28nm GPU's would hurry up and come out.. so over 40nm and not much difference in cards.

I have two 30" 2011 Dells at 2560x1600 each or 5120x1600 in Eyefinity.
CPU- i7 2600, 8GB ram.

Games -
Supreme commander 2
Starcraft 2
Shogun 2
Natrual Selection 2
Left for dead 2
Day of Defeat 2

And i i'll be playing, When they come out.

Guild Wars 2
Battlefield 3

 

[badb0y]

Wow what games do you play because in general it's a toss up between HD 6970/GTX 570 and HD 6950/GTX 560 Ti.

You have a pretty high resolution so I would go with a HD 6950/6970.

 

[videoclone]

listed above..

and yeah thats why i got the ASUS HD 6950 but now its gone time for something new maybe.

 

[betasub]

So... huge resolution & multi-screen gaming? With a single card, you are still best sticking with 69x0 and 2GB (per GPU). So it all depends what your store credit will get you from that one vendor.

 

[Firestorm007]

6970 would be a good choice. I think Newegg has the MSI reference for like 330 or so.

 

[Elfear]

Stick with the 6900 series cards at that resolution. Personally, I'd go with a single 2GB 6950, overclock it, and put the rest of the money towards a future 28nm card. You might see a small difference between the 6970 and 6950 but not enough to justify the $80 price difference.

Another option would be to wait until another open box MSI Lightning 6970 comes back in stock. $289.99 and comes with clocks of 940/1375.

 

[exar333]

Stay with a 6950 or 6970 w/ 2GB RAM. With that much desktop real-estate, I would try and stay with as much VRAM as possible. If you get a good deal, and don't mind throwing-in a little extra cash, the GTX 580 1.5GB would also be a good choice.

 

[SlowSpyder]

At that resolution I would go for a 69x0 again. I think the 1.2GB on the GTX570 will hold you back. A GTX580 would probably be a good card, but I think the performance difference between it and the 6970 doesn't justify it's price premium (not at that resolution anyway). I think Russian posted some links showing the GTX580 as only something like 8% faster at 30" resolution.

 

[videoclone]

Yeah thanks all, i'll be looking at another 6950 or a 6970 if they have a good deal going.

 

[RussianSensation]

MSI R6950 Twin Frozr III for $290. One of the few cards with aftermarket cooling and dual-BIOSes. It should unlock without problems.

 

[jacktesterson]

6950..........