@ PaulStorm. add me to xfire m8 (ellis23) and ill help you to choose components if you realy want to upgrade PC.

No! lol

Post up your current spec and your budget tbh.

But in a new thread.

right noiw guys im loook @ GPu's later the Mobo and CPU, I7 or I5 is on the cards, Mobo will be Gigabyte and the best they got, ram will be XMS3

6GB i seen they do a 3 stick set, for just over £100, but im looking @ Nvidia 400 cards, maybe the 480 is a little ott, with my 22" wide screen, maybe even upto 24" them 480 are wasted ! but we will see,

What a mean is ! if im still using my 22" then the 480 will not be using its full power, and a lower/cheaper card can run the same FPS @ 1680 x 1050

Lots of things to think about, but Id say £600 for main components
Mobo, Ram, CPU, and another £600 for GPU,

My PSU and case are top end so no need to change them @ present

What CPU you got again? If its not a fast one with a high OC then it will probably just bottleneck a 480/5970 etc.

Its a AMD Phenom(tm) 9950 Quad-Core Processor (4 CPUs), ~2.6GHz

sometimes clocked to 3GHz if im trying to push BFBC2, its old and past its best, so looking @ intel next time, I7 or I5 not sure what one yet need more reading

i would show my case but it looks like down town bagdad at mo got dropped after tripping over the doog moving it

my rigg feels dated n old to yours lol anyway got a AMD Phenom 8450 x3 cpu / gf8100vm-m5 mobo / 4gig cheapo ram and a ati hd4670 1gig ddr3 gfx i still can run stuff on high so looks ok running win7 home premium and a 22" acer H223hq monitor .

Will eventualy do a big upgrade if and when i win hte lottery

PaulStorm wrote:

Its a AMD Phenom(tm) 9950 Quad-Core Processor (4 CPUs), ~2.6GHz sometimes clocked to 3GHz if im trying to push BFBC2, its old and past its best, so looking @ intel next time, I7 or I5 not sure what one yet need more reading

Taht will deffo bottleneck a 5970/480.....

PaulStorm wrote:

, and another £600 for GPU,

dont be daft wait untill the end of march start of april and you shall see the 4800 nvidia seris show up.

but anyone who buys the the top end cards now should be shot!

Thats the 600 quid GPU he has his mind on...

its 480 btw not 4800.

lol at the reviews for the 480..... not to mention the price and power consumption!!!! ha ha ha.


**My 5870 is no longer for sale**

Good job im off the the USA in a month ! can save £100

And get the 480 for 355.034 GBP

Cant grumble @ that price, plus my PSU will handle that no problem, Might even pick up a new Mobo with the savings

Its all well and good buying from the states just make sure you buy a decent brand that would offer support here otherwise your screwed when it comes to warranty and that £100 saving doesnt sound so nice then.

Yer thats a good point m8 recon i need to check that out !


Thanks

www.guru3d.com/article...80-review/

Not sure what reviews you have read, this is the most compreshensive review yet. Power consumptions is from the entire PC not the card.

www.ebuyer.com/product/202280

GTX 470 Above will do the job required against a 5850

GTX 480 competes against the 5870 and beats it in most tests. Would love to see what a dual processor 400 series would do against a 5970, if anything is to go by the above tests, then i think it will be faster.

Again down to choice ATi or Nvidia

gtx480 is in betveen ati 5870 and 5890 www.techradar.com/revi...artc_pg=4.
as it shows in that review, 480 is power hungry and runs very hot too, so higher fan speeds or aftermarket cooling would be needed.
personaly , id get 5870. its good for money,get it from uk suplier so nothing to worry about support and waranty.
but then gain Paul, you would need to change CPU coz what uve got at the moment would botleneck that GPU.you need more powerfull CPU m8.
you said you have 600 quid to spend on GPU. but if you get this www.overclockers.co.uk...ubcat=1502 card, you would have left 280 quid to spend on other components.