Which 580 should I get?

[Chivas]

Originally Posted by MajorBoris

Let me ask you this Chivas, if you purchased a 680 today, would you have any regrets when the higher vram version of the 680 came out or even a 685?

The reason I ask is that I am not so sure the "patch" will lower vram requirments at max settings as some have sugested(we can do that allready with in game settings no?)

If anything, as the sim matures the requirments would increase if the old il2 is any benchmark.

Thats where a step up program with the 3 day cross ship might be nice imho.

If I were buying today, I would get the best possible video card possible, although others might buy a generation lower to save money. That said you need a balanced system with a highend cpu and motherboard to take advantage of all the components speed.

I don't know what the sweet spot for vram with COD is and it could possibly change after the performance patch. I always get the best possible system with budget restraints being the deciding factor.

A video card vendor with a step up program would be a great idea, if the new series goes according to plan it will be around for atleast another ten years adding more resource hungry features. I don't want to even think about the monies I've spent on highend video cards for the last fifteen years or so.

I think the best decision I made regarding playing COD was installing it on a separate SSD, with only the Hotas peripherals, and a separate copy of Windows 7 64 bit installed on it. I do have to reboot to that particular copy of Windows when I want to fly COD, but it reboots very quickly, and I've never had any performance or CTD issues.