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What to buy?

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V99

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** Before reading please realise I'm in New Zealand where everything is twice if not more expensive

See my specs below, pretty old setup nowdays. I'm holding out for Core i7 but I still think it's too early to bite the bullet and upgrade.

I've recently got another 9600GT and put them into SLI and haven't really noticed a difference, and it's chewing my power bill so it's kinda a waste of time. So until I upgrade my entire setup...What can I get to replace them?

Here are my options:
PowerColor Radeon HD4850 1G DDR3 - $181.80

XFX Radeon HD 4870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 - $249.00

Gigabyte GTX275 896MB DDR3 448BIT - $354.38

Microstar Radeon HD 5850 1024MB DDR5 - $490.78'

New Zealand prices for you - but what's my best option? I play on 1680x1050.
One of those? Or do I hold onto my 9600GT SLi? Would my CPU epicly bottle neck the 5850?

Any help would be appreciated :)
 
The 4850 would be my choice. Any of the more powerful cards would be held back by your current CPU. At 1680X1050, the 4850 has enough power to run just about every game at high settings.
 
how much would it be to buy a 5850 from the states and have it shipped?
 
By the time I convert some New Zealand dollars into USD, ship it over here, probably will nearly cost roughly the same.

After looking at this:
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I'll probably go with the 4870.
 
I'd really compare benchmarks that included minimum FPS per card and not just the average. Because dipping from 100FPS down to 5FPS isn't greatest feeling in the world ;)
 
V99 said:
** Before reading please realise I'm in New Zealand where everything is twice if not more expensive

See my specs below, pretty old setup nowdays. I'm holding out for Core i7 but I still think it's too early to bite the bullet and upgrade.

I've recently got another 9600GT and put them into SLI and haven't really noticed a difference, and it's chewing my power bill so it's kinda a waste of time. So until I upgrade my entire setup...What can I get to replace them?

Here are my options:
PowerColor Radeon HD4850 1G DDR3 - $181.80

XFX Radeon HD 4870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 - $249.00

Gigabyte GTX275 896MB DDR3 448BIT - $354.38

Microstar Radeon HD 5850 1024MB DDR5 - $490.78'

New Zealand prices for you - but what's my best option? I play on 1680x1050.
One of those? Or do I hold onto my 9600GT SLi? Would my CPU epicly bottle neck the 5850?

Any help would be appreciated :)
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I would suggest the following:

The MSI HD5850 (or any other HD5850), since you run at no greater than 1680x1050. In most games other than Crysis, you should still be able to max every sertting (including AA and AF) at that resolution, and even in Crysis you should have things cranked up to Gamer (again, with maxed AA and AF). Unlike most other solutions, you'd only need one.
 
Here are my options:
PowerColor Radeon HD4850 1G DDR3 - $181.80

XFX Radeon HD 4870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 - $249.00

Gigabyte GTX275 896MB DDR3 448BIT - $354.38

Microstar Radeon HD 5850 1024MB DDR5 - $490.78'

New Zealand prices for you - but what's my best option? I play on 1680x1050.
One of those? Or do I hold onto my 9600GT SLi? Would my CPU epicly bottle neck the 5850?
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That is a bloody cheap 5850.

I would say hold on to the 9600GT SLI, and upgrade your CPU first. Then think about getting better GPUs.

By the time I convert some New Zealand dollars into USD, ship it over here, probably will nearly cost roughly the same.
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More. Using Provantage it would cost about $540 to buy a 5850 and ship it here. Not worth it, obviously.
 
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