Highest-end card without bottlenecking?

[Joel]

Hey folks

I want to get better FPS on my system, and I'm pretty sure the graphics card is what's holding me back

Spec

AMD Phenom II x6 1045t (I think it's been clocked a little to 2.9GHz)

ASRock 970 Extreme3

Corsair Force 3 SSD + WD Green 2TB

Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) 1600MHz

Sapphire Radeon HD5570

New card must

- Support eyefinity (don't surround game much, but have 3 identical monitors)

- Support my monitors (Which have DVI, DP, and VGA)

- Not be bottlenecked much

- Be AMD (No fanboyism, but it's an AMD build)

What's the best card I can get without going over the top compared with the rest of the components?

Thanks

[Dr3amVs]

How much are you willing to spend?

With some OC to the CPU, you could go for a Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 XT With Boost ( Tahiti LE chip, like the one on 7950): http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/?cid=1&gid=3&sgid=1160&pid=1790&lid=1

[Joel]

How much are you willing to spend? With some OC to the CPU' date=' you could go for a Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 XT With Boost ( Tahiti LE chip, like the one on 7950): [url']http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/?cid=1&gid=3&sgid=1160&pid=1790&lid=1

It does look like the 7870 is the sweet spot for what i'm willing to pay. I'm in the UK so I will probably end up buying something from this page.

Which of these do you think will give me the best FPS for my money?

Thanks

[Joel]

The link to the 7870s im considering is http://www.scan.co.uk/shop/computer-hardware/all/gpu-amd/radeon-hd-7870-pci-e-(1280-cores)

[Dr3amVs]

Forgot to ask you : what case do you have? ( it's important because a huge GPU may not fit inside ) and what PSU? ( the 7870 needs some juice to get powered up )

[Joel]

Forgot to ask you : what case do you have? ( it's important because a huge GPU may not fit inside ) and what PSU? ( the 7870 needs some juice to get powered up )

Zalman z11+ (with plenty of room for up to about 230mm of card)

OCZ ZS 650W (it has a 6+2 and a 6)

[mathijs727]

Forgot to ask you : what case do you have? ( it's important because a huge GPU may not fit inside ) and what PSU? ( the 7870 needs some juice to get powered up )

230mm is quit small for a graphics card.

The 7870xt from sapphire is 275mm: http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/?cid=1&gid=3&sgid=1160&pid=1790&lid=1

[Joel]

Forgot to ask you : what case do you have? ( it's important because a huge GPU may not fit inside ) and what PSU? ( the 7870 needs some juice to get powered up )

That was only an estimate. Now I look at it, 275 would probably fit.

[Joel]

Forgot to ask you : what case do you have? ( it's important because a huge GPU may not fit inside ) and what PSU? ( the 7870 needs some juice to get powered up )

infact newegg says 'Spacious Interior for 290mm Card Installation' so go for that.

[Dr3amVs]

I've got a Z11 and it has 290mm, and with that PSU you MUST get the 7870 XT with Boost, maybe from ebay for a good price, considering is performs as well as a 660Ti, which is in a different price range.

[TechFan@ic]

HD 7870 Tahiti LE without a doubt.