Pec0 Posted May 24, 2012 Posted May 24, 2012 I currently got a Sapphire 4870 Vapor X 1Gb card installed. Looking to upgrade. I was looking at the Sapphire 11179-09-20G HD 6870 1GB GDDR5 Graphics Card from Amazon UK But I've been advised I'd be better with a 2Gb graphics card as I'm running 8Gb of ram on Windows 7 64x. Can anyone advise if this is true and if so what card I should go for. Budget is £125 maximum. Thanks guys. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ir_cow Posted May 24, 2012 Posted May 24, 2012 (edited) The more memory the higher the AF you can have plus large texture files. I can't think of any game that passes 1gb at 1080. But if you were to go to a higher rez you need more memory I'm not a ATI guy I can't tell you a good upgrade. The last ATI card I had was the 4870 Edited May 24, 2012 by hornybluecow Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJCRO Posted May 24, 2012 Posted May 24, 2012 2GB card period. With games getting higher res. texture happy now, every bit helps. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shurman292 Posted May 25, 2012 Posted May 25, 2012 BF3 and Crysis used almost all of my 1.25gb of memory at 1080p. Just sayin' Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krieg1337 Posted May 25, 2012 Posted May 25, 2012 The more memory the higher the AF you can have plus large texture files. I can't think of any game that passes 1gb at 1080. But if you were to go to a higher rez you need more memory I'm not a ATI guy I can't tell you a good upgrade. The last ATI card I had was the 4870 Modded Oblivion(At least my mods easily surpassed 1gb), Modded Fallout 3/NV, GTA 4, Battlefield 3. That is just a few of them Just go with the 2gb, its always worth it unless the card with more Vram is slower. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pec0 Posted May 25, 2012 Posted May 25, 2012 Thanks for the input guys. 2Gb it is. Can anyone suggest a card for around that price though? £125 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonerboy779 Posted May 25, 2012 Posted May 25, 2012 (edited) Thanks for the input guys. 2Gb it is. Can anyone suggest a card for around that price though? £125 Don't know how you will find a GPU with 2GB of VRAM at that price. Anywho here is a nice card for you at £130 inc VAT http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-205-XF&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1866 Scrap that, the sapphire card in your first post is better. Edited May 25, 2012 by Stonerboy779 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muchoman1 Posted May 25, 2012 Posted May 25, 2012 looking on amazon, there isnt any 2gb cards for under 125 pounds. IMO, i would try and save for a 7850 2gb card, its a shade under 200 pounds, but much faster than a 6850, it will allow for most, if not all games to be maxed out on a fullhd monitor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d6bmg Posted May 25, 2012 Posted May 25, 2012 (edited) Go with HD6870 2GB version. No scope of second thoughts here. Edited May 25, 2012 by d6bmg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pec0 Posted May 25, 2012 Posted May 25, 2012 looking on amazon, there isnt any 2gb cards for under 125 pounds. IMO, i would try and save for a 7850 2gb card, its a shade under 200 pounds, but much faster than a 6850, it will allow for most, if not all games to be maxed out on a fullhd monitor. Would this not just get bottle necked with my system being a bit older?? Antec 300 Case & Antec 750w Truepower new Asus P5Q3 Deluxe/WiFi-AP @n Intel core 2 duo E8500 (3.16ghz) socket 775 Wolfdale Corsair 8GB (4x2GB) DDR3 1333MHz/PC3-10666 XMS3 DHX Memory Kit 500Gb Sata II h/d & 250Gb ide h/d & 1Tb WD notebook h/d Windows 7 Home 64x Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaporX Posted May 25, 2012 Posted May 25, 2012 While it might be a bit of a bottleneck now, it would translate forward well when you move into a new PC. The 7850 is not getting a lot of attention because it is not the sexiest card. However bang for the buck the card is really hard to beat. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muchoman1 Posted May 25, 2012 Posted May 25, 2012 Go with HD6870 2GB version. No scope of second thoughts here. I didnt even know there is a 2gb version of the 6870. Would this not just get bottle necked with my system being a bit older?? Antec 300 Case & Antec 750w Truepower new Asus P5Q3 Deluxe/WiFi-AP @n Intel core 2 duo E8500 (3.16ghz) socket 775 Wolfdale Corsair 8GB (4x2GB) DDR3 1333MHz/PC3-10666 XMS3 DHX Memory Kit 500Gb Sata II h/d & 250Gb ide h/d & 1Tb WD notebook h/d Windows 7 Home 64x Although it is will be more powerful than what is usually run in a system like yours, the system itself is fully compatible with it, and there arent tooo many games that are highly cpu heavy. and as computer ed stated it will carry nicely over to a new build Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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