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wanted a 570 GTX but $370 (plus) for the better built (and therefore quieter/cooler) cards turned out to be a bit too pricy for me. So I'm looking at a used MSI HD 6970 Lightning for $300 at the moment and began looking at the 6950 flavor. I almost always have bought nVidia but had some HD 4870's in the past ... nice card but seemed weaker than the 260 GTX when AA was added. I use lots of AA, Anisotropic x16, etc

been using 460 GTX SLI but want a single card solution for under $300

MSI R6950 Twin Frozr III 1G/OC is currently $230 after MIR and is affordable. Is the MSI HD 6970 Lightning worth the extra $70 with respect to fps ?

What do you suggest ?
 
300 for that card is not bad at all.

570 would be an okay upgrade i geuss, but you might be loosing performance coming from a gtx 460 sli setup.
 
6970 2G is great, I recommend it. Amazing card runs everything I need @ max settings @60 Fps, I also have a i5 and and can do rendering as well.

Good deal right here on amazon

http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-DL-D...66A4/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1326763644&sr=8-3

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risqu3 said:
300 for that card is not bad at all.

570 would be an okay upgrade i geuss, but you might be loosing performance coming from a gtx 460 sli setup.
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Just needed a nudge to press the Buy It Now button ... thanks { 8^D

$290 + $10 Priority ship and it's the lightning version (should hold good re-sell value). Comes with retail box, all accessories and 1.5 year part/labor warranty (ad says 2.5 years but that's parts only). Haven't used an ATI game card since the 4890 release so this will be a fun experience
 
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