Video card quandary

[camel24hrs]

PALit 560 2gig now running at stock voltage:
920 core
1840 shader
2450 memory (4900)

Breezes through Farcry2 with max setting. Min fps 69 max 96 avg 88. This with a Q9950@3600 on a Asus P5K. idle 29c full load 76c. max fan speed was 53%. I think this just might run COD with all the bells and whistles. Stock voltage is 1.025 and I can go up to 1.150. So there is room for more, but I will leave it where it is at and leave the voltage alone as I dont need more right now.

Overall a good card. Overclocks well and I like the 2gig if I ever need it.

[JAMF]

Originally Posted by NLS61

I had a look at that but here in the Netherlands I can have A MSI 560Ti for 219 euro and that is way cheaper than a 6950.

In the Dutch Pricewatch @ Tweakers.net :
- 2GB versions: 6950 = 247€ delivered , 560Ti = 303€ delivered
- 1GB versions: 6950 = 229€ delivered , 560Ti = 219€ delivered

2GB: price advantage AMD by 56€
1GB: price advantage nVidia by 10€

Better to compare similar spec'd items. Since Mr. Maddox said more graphic memory is better...

Here's a head-2-head comparison of the 1GB versions of the 560 and 6950:
http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon...0-ti-review/10

[Tiger27]

I'm looking at getting 560ti, but I have an I7 920, I would be concerned about some of the processors you guys are hoping to use, I can run all games smoothly at mid to high setting with my current setup of the I7 920 and an 8800gt, with flight sims the CPU is very important, as many that play ROF have found out.

[addman]

Wow guys! I just sold my old card and I'm looking around for a good mid-range card. The things is though, reviews don't help all that much you see. I've been reading TONS of reviews the last week and one thing I noticed is that it's so dependent on the game how a video card performs. Example, card A beat card B in game z but in game x card B beats card A!

It's very hard to know which card is going to be the best for CoD until the game is actually released and tested. Even though I'm sitting on a crappy IGP at the moment I'm actually inclined for the game to be released FIRST before I make my judgement. Hopefully some cards will also fall a bit in price by then. Good luck on your findings and plz share your performance info after you've tested the game.

[adonys]

I think I'll go for an nvidia.. 3D glasses might be a blast with CoD

Originally Posted by adonys

I think I'll go for an nvidia.. 3D glasses might be a blast with CoD

Do you have an Nvidia 3D certified screen or projector?

[adonys]

I have the Samsung 3D Gaming LCD 2233RZ, 120 Hz, 1680x1050 native resolution LCD on a BFG Nvidia 280 GTX OC2 videocard, yet I think I'll upgrade it to a 570 or 580 GTX. The AMD 6970 sounds good, but the fact it doesn't have Physx and 3D vision hangs heavier in balance in favor of Nvidia.

[NLS61]

Originally Posted by JAMF

In the Dutch Pricewatch @ Tweakers.net :
- 2GB versions: 6950 = 247€ delivered , 560Ti = 303€ delivered
- 1GB versions: 6950 = 229€ delivered , 560Ti = 219€ delivered

2GB: price advantage AMD by 56€
1GB: price advantage nVidia by 10€

Better to compare similar spec'd items. Since Mr. Maddox said more graphic memory is better...

Here's a head-2-head comparison of the 1GB versions of the 560 and 6950:
http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon...0-ti-review/10

Hi thanks for the heads up.

Ive decided to go for he 560 ti now mainly because its easily oc,ed
I found some bench mark results that placed it on par with the 570 when oced.
The 6950 dint show as good oc properties as the 560ti.
So when the next series is introduced the 600? prices wil drop and Ill buy a second one to run SLI.
This wil give a situation wich will be faster then a single 580.
Maybe even not much slower then the top card of that time but surly much cheaper.

cheers,

[camel24hrs]

Dont know how much the 2 gig is going to help out in COD. Running IL 2 1946 and monitoriing with MSI afterburner I never use more than 600 meg of memory. So there is plenty to spare on a one gig card with IL 2. I guess we will have to just wait and see how demanding COD will be.

[camel24hrs]

While waiting on COD to come out I went out and got the Rise OF Flight:Iron Cross Edition. I do not know how simular COD will be to it but they both seem to have alot of eye candy and complex fm.

As video cards go with my Paliet 560ti 2 gig I am able to run 1920x1080 with all the eye candy turned up and it runs smoothly. FPS avg high 50s. From the forum post at their site and from my own experince, the amount of ram seems to make a big difference on how much you can turn up the eye candy.

As you load up the eye candy it tells you how much memory you are using up. And it gives you a warning when you get over 90% of video memory. With my 2 gig I use 53% with all the eye candy turned on. And I check MSI Afterburner after flying a mission and I actually use 1.380 gig of ram. So having just 1 gig of ram would be a hinderince in that flight sim.

Like I said I dont know how simular the two sims will be but all I am saying is if you are in the market for a new GPU my suggestion is to wait till COD comes out and see what we got.

Also RIse of flight seems more geared to using trackir. And while that is not a bad thing it makes it tough on an old school guy like me that uses cockpit views and padlock. I just hope that COD is more padlock view freindly.

Plus it is quite a steep adjustment from flying IL-2 to rise of flight. I hope it is not as tough going to COD.