graphic card experts... please help me out...

M

hey.. finally have frozed the specs of my rig.
the following are the things..
asus sabertooth
i7 930
4gb ram
crosiar 650w psu

and i can spend another 30k on a graphic card.
so the options for me are
1.saphire 6870 x2
2.gtx 580
3.hd 5970 2gb

which one is the better option as all the 3 fall in the same price range..

A

1) Saphire 6870 X-Fire is better. but wait for arriving AMD 69XX on Dec 15

2) Nvidia 580 GTX is 32k

max.4u said:
4gb ram
crosiar 650w psu

Which 4 gigs kit? Which corsair series?

max.4u said:
and i can spend another 30k on a graphic card.
so the options for me are
1.saphire 6870 x2
2.gtx 580
3.hd 5970 2gb

Which screen resolution?

If you take my suggestion then it will be HD 5870 (for gaming) + 9800 GT (for PhysX). The other option is Zotac GTX 460 in SLI setting. The total setting will be within 27K.
It will let you enjoy the sheer power of HD 5870 and a dedicated PhysX card to enjoy all the benefits of Nvidia PhysX.

M

The Sorcerer said:
Which 4 gigs kit? Which corsair series?

Which screen resolution?

presently am on 1920x1080. but plans to go further in later months.

The Sorcerer said:
Which 4 gigs kit? Which corsair series?

Which screen resolution?

crosair- HX650W
and any 4 gig ram kit. will ram make any significant diffrence in this one.?

max.4u said:
presently am on 1920x1080. but plans to go further in later months.

6970 supposedly is going to launch at december 13th. After a week or 2, should be available here. Would recommend to wait for this but can't say anything about the cost.

max.4u said:
and any 4 gig ram kit. will ram make any significant diffrence in this one.?

Yup, ram timings do.

M

The Sorcerer said:
6970 supposedly is going to launch at december 13th. After a week or 2, should be available here. Would recommend to wait for this but can't say anything about the cost.

Yup, ram timings do.

i shall surely wait for that release..as idont have to repent later. :grin:

and some where i read that 580 outperforms 6970.. but if price is optimum should be a better choice.. like if its around 18k in india.

Hardly going to be around 18K. Atleast 25k+, probably lot more.

And I too will suggest to wait as you are spending a lot.

@max.4u

I think u shud consider the i7 950. Its only about 400 bucks dearer.

Wait for thr AMD HD69xx series to arrive.
Rather,wait for Jan 5th 2011 for Sandybridge to launch. Should make prices more appealing...