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Hi all

I am looking to buy a new graphics card and i am stuck on which to get. My budget is about 3K will to go to 3.5K
These are my choices so far....

ASUS ENGTX560 Ti DC2/2DI/2GD5, GTX560 Ti, 2GB 256bit DDR5, with DirectCU ii dual

MSI N560GTX-448 Twin Frozr III Power Edition, GTX560 Ti 448 Cores, 1280MB 320bit

Any help or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks Jason

Starbound will undoubtedly recommend the TwinFozr. I see though that Rebeltech has an EVGA Superclocked GTX570 for R3,234 HERE. It'll undoubtedly outperform the GTX560Ti. It is only 1.2GB instead of the 2GB of the Twinfrozr, but, AFAIK, it shouldn't matter that much.

On the AMD side you could get an MSI R7850 Twin Frozr 2GB for around R3k HERE. The 7850 is pretty much on equal terms with the GTX570 performance wise, but will use less power and run cooler than even the 560Ti. You'll miss out on PhysX though. AMD cards also suffer from driver problems, but not usually.

The nVidia GTX660 will only be coming out in September and will undoubtedly provide the best option imo.

On balance, I'd have to recommend the AMD card, but it is a close call.

As Kalster said I am a huge fan of the MSI twinfrozer series

If your looking at nvidia now then your best bet will be a 570gtx or from your list the msi 560gtx 448. If you don't mind going the AMD rout then the 7850 really isnt a bad card but as K said, no physx and drivers with amd is a bit of an issue.

If you can wait 6 months you'll probably get a better, less power hungry nvidia solution.

Just see now I used "undoubtedly" three times.

Thanks guys..

Still hard to make up my mind really not sure what to go with ha ha.... They all look good to me.

KALSTER wrote:Just see now I used "undoubtedly" three times.

Was there any doubt that you used undoubtedly 3 times? I doubt you noticed it before

What did you say your current graphics card is? And are you willing to wait? And ofcoarse if you have a preferance of AMD over nvidia or vice verse. If you know your system is up to spec I guess all you need to ask yourself is do you want to play anything from now thru 6 months and beyond or stick with what you have and not be in a rush.

I have a Msi 8800GT oc. Its pretty old, i have always gone with NVIDIA had a AMD card once but it bombed out in the first week i have never gone back...

Hey Peoples

I have decided to go with the MSI N570GTX Twin Frozr III Power Edition/OC GeForce GTX570

Thanks for the help and advice !!

Laters

Cool! Enjoy man.

Enjoy. Let us know how you feel when playing your games now.

Yeah i cant wait

Might have to save and buy another one and go SLI

Hehe, no. I don't believe in SLI or Crossfire.

Got my card today woo hoo !!!