Is A 7870 OverKill?

[Monti]

I was thinking about buying one of these (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202025). But I thought if I really needed that card for a 1240 by 1080 monitor. I trying to get into PC gaming and a my GPU is holding me down. Do I buy this card or buy a 7850 or a 650 ti boost? Thanks for any replies.

 

 

 

[CoolBeans]

No it's not "overkill", nothing is "overkill"

[Samdb]

No it's not "overkill", nothing is "overkill"

4 Titans...

[s3ns3]

No it's not "overkill", nothing is "overkill"

yes it is. he will not change the monitor. the gpu will be used like 60%-80% .

 

what is your cpu ?

[Samdb]

I would get the 7870.

[M-ursu]

4 Titans...

Even one titan...

(Because of 780)

[WoodenMarker]

I would get the 7870.

I second this^

 

It should max out pretty much everything at that resolution. 

[CoolBeans]

yes it is. he will not change the monitor. the gpu will be used like 60%-80% .

 

what is your cpu ?

Well if he wants to play at over 60 FPS all the time then no it isn't overkill.

[defunkt]

4 Titans...

Depends on what your doing,

[CoolBeans]

4 Titans...

4k... or if you are talking about 1280x1080 if you want to play at over 300FPS.

[Samdb]

4k... or if you are talking about 1280x1080 if you want to play at over 300FPS.

 

Of course! I have a 300Hz monitor.

[s3ns3]

Well if he wants to play at over 60 FPS all the time then no it isn't overkill.

that doesn`t work that way. take bf3 mp, low the ress,the cpu will hold back the card. 

[Samdb]

Depends on what your doing,

 

Gaming by the look of it.

[CoolBeans]

Of course! I have a 300Hz monitor.

Just so you don't dip below your 144HZ monitor.

[defunkt]

Gaming by the look of it.

4K... 4K multi monitor

[CoolBeans]

that doesn`t work that way. take bf3 mp, low the ress,the cpu will hold back the card. 

What CPU does he have?

[s3ns3]

thats what i want to know too. but even with fx 6300,lets say,even a card like hd 7790 is overkill. at high res the gpu does like everything,at low res is the cpu.well in most games 

[Dr3nz4r]

4 Titans...

not as overkill as 2 ARES II

[Langdon]

I'd say take that money and upgrade your monitor first, then get a graphics card.

[s3ns3]

he has intel core 2 quad, hd 7770 or 7790 is enough at that res.more than enough

[KneesWeak]

no get it, or at least a 7850, I would get a 660 over a 650ti boost for the extra $20 bucks (you _{should really get a 2gig card anyway) I had my current build hooked up to a 1280x1024 monitor for awhile and really its not overkill if you want good frames.  it's stil a marginally higher res than 720p.}

[brownninja97]

Get a 7870 XT, its the same price but has better performance. Its known as tahiti le and will be displayed if the gpu is present. its also has around 1500stream processors while the normal one has 1200.

[FluffyNuggets]

No but it's a terrible value.

[QcDExtreme]

It will really depend on what games you are gonna be playing and if you want higher settings

[Monti]

Well if it do get a 1080p montior do I get the 7870. I need to know because the sale ends tomorrow. I want to play the new big titles. Also at $170 the card is the same price as a 2gb 7850. The rest of my system is a intel core 2 quad,nfoce 680i lt, and 4gb of ddr2 ram.