What graphics card should i get? - Hardware & Software

Title, around $400 USD at most, I want to play high end FPS, Bad Company 2, Portal 2, Crysis 2, you know. I don't have the full specific specs yet but it should look like, low end i7 2.8GHZ 6gb DDR3 ram windows 7 pro 1tb HDD I was thinking ATI 5870? I don't really care if it's NVIDIA or ATI. I want something with some horsepower, not necessarily something really new.

I'd recommend a Nvidia GTX 570. Or a ATI Radeon HD 6970.

I got a 570 and its pretty good

what's the PSU

Also, if you want HP you should buy a car and not a GPU.

Guessing it's a prebuilt

[QUOTE=Jaehead;28036791]what's the PSU[/QUOTE] Depending on what graphics i get. [QUOTE=FalcoLombardi;28037128]Guessing it's a prebuilt[/QUOTE] No it is not. My budget is $1300 (plus tax and screen comes to $1600)

[QUOTE=bull3tmagn3t;28038746]Depending on what graphics i get. No it is not. My budget is $1300 (plus tax and screen comes to $1600)[/QUOTE] I mean what's your current PSU [editline]13th February 2011[/editline] oh so you didn't buy it yet?

Yeah I'm guessing he didn't buy the parts yet. Anyways $1300 budget? OS/Monitor needed? Games you want to play?

[QUOTE=FalcoLombardi;28040055]Yeah I'm guessing he didn't buy the parts yet. Anyways $1300 budget? OS/Monitor needed? Games you want to play?[/QUOTE] $1300 for the computer only, the rest I will deal with later. Games I want to play in the OP.

1300 For that? Nope. It would be 1165$ Also, You don't need a friggin i7, it is too powerful for you, seriously.

Am I the only one that bought a sandy bridge? they are cheap as fuck and overclock nicely. Don't get an i7.

[QUOTE=xjames0x;28052949]Am I the only one that bought a sandy bridge? they are cheap as fuck and overclock nicely. Don't get an i7.[/QUOTE] Almost every thread you will see a recommendation for Sandy Bridge as one of the first posts.

[QUOTE=tratzzz;28048796]1300 For that? Nope. It would be 1165$ Also, You don't need a friggin i7, it is too powerful for you, seriously.[/QUOTE] HD video editing and recording, and gaming? Also, not a really really good i7, one of the lower end ones, i was thinking the i7 860

you should just get a 2600K when it releases again also with 1156/1155 don't go for 6GB of RAM, go for either 4GB or 8GB

[QUOTE=bull3tmagn3t;28076043]HD video editing and recording, and gaming? Also, not a really really good i7, one of the lower end ones, i was thinking the i7 860[/QUOTE] I have the i7 740 and can run anything on the highest settings with it no problems

Playing at 1600/1440p you can't go wrong with 69xx, better value over 570/580 (basing off a few single card benches). They also handle AA better, extra vram helps especially at higher res. 570 is good if you play at ~1080p/1200p.