Which video card - confused...
 

Hello everybody,

I'm getting soon a new computer and it should do CoD fine as I'm looking forward to do a bit of flying again (apart from Photo editing).

CPU, motherboard, RAM should be fine (i7 2600, 2 x 8 GB RAM, 120 GB SSD) but the big question is the video card.

I was reading up a bit on the issue here but many topics are about a year old and not sure about what video card to get.

First I think 2GB cards are better, best 3GB, as game uses up to 2.4GB as was mentioned somewhere.

Then is there any brand to be avoided or are all of them OK?

I'm starting with some choices of cards:
Gainward GTX-560 Ti Phantom 2GB GDDR5, PCI-E 2.0 x16, HDMI
Club 3D GTX-560 Ti CoolStream 2GB GDDR5, PCI-E 2.0 x16
EVGA GTX-560 Ti 2GB DDR5, PCI-E 2.0 x16

Would there be any difference between those or are they basically the same?
How would they handle the game, over London, playable all the time or would there be problems?Next step up priceswise would be:
HIS HD 6950 IceQ X Turbo, 2GB GDDR5, PCI-E 2.1 x16, HDMI
Sapphire HD 6970 2GB, PCI-E x16 2.0, DP, HDMI
MSI HD 6970 Lightning 2GB, PCI-E x16 2.0, DP, HDMI
All still 2 GB cards but a good bit more expensive than above cards - would those do make a real difference to above?

Then I got:
Sapphire HD 7950 3GB, PCI-E x16 3.0, DP, HDMI
Club 3D HD 7950 3GB, PCI-E x16 3.0, DP, HDMI
The cheapest two 3GB cardsI can get. Again would those make a big difference as compared to the other two sets of 2GB?

Last batch is:
Sapphire HD 7970 3GB, PCI-E x16 3.0, DP, HDMI
XFX HD 7970 Black Edition 3GB, PCI-E x16 3.0, DP, HDMI
Gigabyte HD 7950 OC 3GB, PCI-E x16 3.0, DP, HDMI
ZOTAC GTX-580 AMP2! 3GB DDR5
ZOTAC GTX-580 3GB DDR5, PCI-E 2.0 x16
Those cost quite a bit more $$$then the 3GB cards mentioned above. Worth the money or not?

So overall how playable is the game on those 2GB cards, is it worth to take one of the more expensive 2GB cards over the cheaper ones?

Plus are those 3GB really worth getting over the 2GB ones? Among the 3GB ones would the cheaper set do about as well as the more expensive set?

Thanks for any input!
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I got an ASUS GTX 560Ti 1GB and it rocks, If you can find a 2Gb or 3GB version, go for it you wont regret it.

Or wait for patch, as there is a chance you wont need to upgrade as much. I'm betting my 560Ti 1GB will hammer the game after the patch.

Wait for the performance patch and decide then. If you don't want to wait get a 7970.

i just put one of those in my machine too. works great, all settings maxed out.

I've got a 560ti 1GB and I'm getting 60 FPS 1920x1080 over land can get more but i'm using VSync.
In take of I get art least 45 FPS.
Schadow put to low as I dnt see any difference between high or low at some altitude.
I, had to use a ram drive to reduce stutters and they are actually totaly gone.
The patch that will be here in two weeks be sure wil ofcoarse render al of the tweaking useless and obsolete :)

So seems the GTX 560Ti 2GB would run the game sufficiently?

Well too late now, am getting a HD 7950 3GB, already on the way, couldn't wait for patches, friend is bringing components to Bkk for me, saves me a b it of cash.

Thanks anyway!
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Did you get your gpu yet?

Nice card there mate.. I got the 6950-2gig about 4 months ago and runs this game maxed out except trees on 1920x1200

That card will do you for quite a while

Yeah,I got a feeling the 3GB cards are gonna be a tad acedemic after the patch,we will see,it's always good to buy cards ahead of games technology anyway,enjoy.;)

Thanks for the comments all. Got the rig set-up and working, handles CoD from the CD all right, no probs. Now I will have to register the game and then patch it to newest version, now that's going to be a royal pain in the butt with the slow internet I got here....