1200p budget gaming

[ZombifiedPyro]

Hey guys,

 

More noob questions. I have a 1200p monitor and am still not sure if I want a gaming rig now, or save up for a great one. But, since I am leaning more towards budget right now, I have more questions because I do not know much about these cards. I was thinking about getting the 7850 or 650ti boost, but I do not know if I really need 1GB or 2GB. I am thinking I will need 2GB since I will be gaming at 1200p. But, that leads to more questions, the price difference between a 2GB 7850/650Ti Boost and a 7870/660 is not that much. So, what should I do?

 

EDIT: I do not think I will be doing any Xfire or SLI, but it is not completely ruled out yet. I know I will have to go with nvidia if I do multi GPU though. So another question for somebody to answer.

 

Thanks if you read this,

Keith

 

edit: I have decided to go with a 7870 or a 660, the question now is do I pay a couple more for the 7870, or get the slightly cheaper 660 with the option to sli in the future. I might wait for the 750 to come out, but that is just a thought.

[extremescouter]

I would say wait and save up for a great one. You will be much happier, and the rig will last for longer, so you will actually probably get more out of your money. Even for now, I would say save up for something like the AMD 7950. 

[ZombifiedPyro]

Yes, but as I also need to save up for a car, the computer is priority 2, so I will already wait a while to get this.