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    Thinking about upgrading my video card? Which card would best for gaming?

    I want to play all games at 1920x1080 res, maxed settings in game and also in the NV control panel. You can see my settings below. I have the 480 GTX. The price range I can max out at is $525.
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    Thanks Worm. I saw a couple of them, which model do you suggest?
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    Samsung SATA Dual Layer DVDRW(Black)
    Thermaltake TP 1200 Watt PS
    32 inch Samsung LCD
    Windows 10 Home 64 bit
    Cheiftec Black Case
    Klipch Ultra 5.1 s

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    Depends, what is your budget?

    I personally think the 670 is awesome, but it's expensive. Not as expensive as the 680, and performs almost identically.

    The 660 Ti and 660 are good at lower budgets as well, but the HD78xx series from AMD is better at those lower price points.

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    geforce gtx 660ti at $300 for shader intensive games (BF3)
    radeon 7870 at $250 for memory bandwidth intensive games (metro)
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    Will all of these mentioned above be an improvement from my 480 GTX?
    MSI Z97 PCmate
    Intel I4790K processor
    G.Skill RipjawsX Series F3-12800CL9Q-16GBXL 16GB
    Nvidia 680 gtx SC
    Samsung SSD850 EV0 TB HD
    SB XFI Fatality Pro
    Samsung SATA Dual Layer DVDRW(Black)
    Thermaltake TP 1200 Watt PS
    32 inch Samsung LCD
    Windows 10 Home 64 bit
    Cheiftec Black Case
    Klipch Ultra 5.1 s

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    Quote Originally Posted by JKILLA74 View Post
    Will all of these mentioned above be an improvement from my 480 GTX?
    http://www.anandtech.com/bench/GPU11/188

    http://www.anandtech.com/bench/GPU12/372


    id say either a gtx 660ti or radeon 7950 at $300... anything faster than than (ie gtx670, radeon 7970) would be wasted at 1920x1080
    Last edited by kpxgq; 09-18-2012 at 05:26 PM.
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    right now with my current rig I am running at 1920 x 1080 with maxed game settings for Batman Arkum City, transformers FOC, Diablo III, DC Universe and a few others. I play all games with those settings and the forced AA to 4x, AF16x and transperant AA to 2x(SS). All games fly at these settings except for Batman and Diablo. Sometimes a few hiccups when the game starts but then smooth after that. I want to sell my current card which I am still seeing that its selling for over $200 on ebay and buy a better current card.
    Last edited by JKILLA74; 09-19-2012 at 11:52 AM.
    MSI Z97 PCmate
    Intel I4790K processor
    G.Skill RipjawsX Series F3-12800CL9Q-16GBXL 16GB
    Nvidia 680 gtx SC
    Samsung SSD850 EV0 TB HD
    SB XFI Fatality Pro
    Samsung SATA Dual Layer DVDRW(Black)
    Thermaltake TP 1200 Watt PS
    32 inch Samsung LCD
    Windows 10 Home 64 bit
    Cheiftec Black Case
    Klipch Ultra 5.1 s

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    I have GTX660ti and love it.
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    Guys - I think Im going to get the 680 GTX SC Sig 2 with the 2 Gigs of Ram. Im noticing that they have some with 4 Gig of ram for $100 more. What is the difference with having more memory. Is it worth the extra $100?
    MSI Z97 PCmate
    Intel I4790K processor
    G.Skill RipjawsX Series F3-12800CL9Q-16GBXL 16GB
    Nvidia 680 gtx SC
    Samsung SSD850 EV0 TB HD
    SB XFI Fatality Pro
    Samsung SATA Dual Layer DVDRW(Black)
    Thermaltake TP 1200 Watt PS
    32 inch Samsung LCD
    Windows 10 Home 64 bit
    Cheiftec Black Case
    Klipch Ultra 5.1 s

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    Quote Originally Posted by JKILLA74 View Post

    Which card would best for gaming?
    GTX 690 (~1,000 USD) ...

    Tom's Hardware > Graphics Card Hierarchy Chart - October 22, 2012

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