True. I personally would have a hard time recommending any card over $300. But I'm a stickler for performance efficiency rather than performance period.And Wow isn't the only game in the world. Nor would I recommend buying two GTX580s with todays pricing. 570s, sure.
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WoW most certainly does support SLI, it has a profile starting with Cataclysm, and we proved it here on MMO. So try again. It does not support Crossfire.
I am not spreading any misinformation, I think it's you who are trying to spread the misinformation, and trying to be some form of AMD GPU fan boy.
I own both, and can speak from those experiences.
I think you also need to visit more computer oriented forums with more valid information than just mmo
Well the price in the UK of AMD's 6970 seem to suggest otherwise, since it's pricing seems to match/compete with Nvidia's 570 GTX. Their performance is also similar but now this thread is becoming a little offtopic.
@Zanez, your £600 budget will certainly be tight for what the first responder suggested, and since I may assume you have little knowledge about overclocking and such, buying components such as Corsair's H70 is a waste in my honest opinion.
I would recommend an alternative, but i'm going to have some lunch now...
With £600 budget here in the UK any i5 build is out of the question it will blow his budget out of the water.
You should wait until the 9th of january and take a look at the new Sandy bridge technology. The i5 2500 should fit your budget, maybe a bit overkill tho.
CPU- http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...roductId=39930 = £115
Motherboard- http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...roductId=40261 = £69
Ram- http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...roductId=42422 = £48
PSU- http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...roductId=33610 = £50
GPU - http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...roductId=38286 = £105
Case - http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...roductId=38515 = £30
HDD - http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...roductId=37759 = £30
Total = £450
I am here in the UK so know my way about sites and with the single delivery charge this was cheapest set- up i could find to play wow @above high settings. You could add an aftermarket cooler if you are going to overclock but on its on out the box it will be enough. If you want also you could go for a better graphics card like AMD 6850 or Nvidia GTX460 but the one i linked is more than enough.
No, it wasn't.The 6970 was most definitely built to compete with the GTX 580
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Romandix's setup is very good, but here is an alternative, which is more powerful and within budget, provided you are willing to install your old IDE DVD drive (or ask someone to lend you £15 to buy a new one)
CPU: Intel i5-760 £157.95
Motherboard: MSI P55-CD53 P55 Socket 1156 £ 85.04
GPU: Sapphire HD 6870 1GB £174.99
HDD: Seagate ST3500418AS 500GB £ 30.95
PSU: Corsair 650W TX £ 64.77
RAM:Kingston 4GB DDR3 1600MHz HyperX 1.65V CL9 £ 49.99
Case:Coolermaster Elite 430 £ 36.99
Total: £600.68
Now I have no idea what the size of your monitor is, but if you're playing at resolution of 1920x1200(24" monitor) or lower then this setup will provide excellent gaming performance.
Most of those components listed are pretty stable, however if I were to omit any component (given that i've already omitted the DVD drive) then it would probably be the case, since the ANTEC 300 case costs about £10 more.
The supplier in this case is Ebuyer, but similar prices could be found from Overclockers, Scan or aria.
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OP - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...d=1444&subcat=
This is what I just bought, Gives me solid FPS near enough everywhere in WoW (60 fps constantly) drops to 40 fps in stormwind but holds 50-60 fps with ease in 25 man's
I got the Asus 460 GTX OC'd edition also and upgraded from the h50 to the h70, CPU temps never go above 50.
Also overclockers are one of the best retailers out there for the UK anyway and I would recommend them to anyone hands down
Edit - Also running WoW @ 1920 x 1080 via HDMI, all settings to ultra with 8x multisampling and 16xAA
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First of all, the 6970 isn't the top of the line Radeon. the 5970 is. Yes it is a dual GPU board, but the industry tends to focus on card versus card, not gpu count vs gpu count.
Second, the HD 6970 isn't a 500 dollar card. The 6990 will be a 500 dollar card, THAT is what will compete with the GTX580.
Third, the GTX570 is around the same price as the 6970. They offer the same performance on average, with one card passing the other by a small amount depending on the title or application. This is what's called a price bracket.
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