Less build, more upgrade on slim budget

[sethiol]

So here is my situation:

I have about $200-$300 USD and have a decent build.

I use it primarily as a gaming system, second as a browser of webpages. I game on a Dell U2410 LCD @ 1900x1080/1200 game dependent. I also have a second monitor, but do not game on it. Would eventually like to do 3 screen gaming, but only if I have the GPU to support 60+ FPS.

Current system:
i5 2500k O/C'd w/ Corsair H60 cooler
Asus ROG Maximus Gene IV-Z
8GB RAM
EVGA GTX 560 (non-ti incase someone asks)
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB SSD (OS)
WD Black 1TB (programs no on SSD)
WD Green 1TB (general storage)

[Zka17]

I think, your best investment would be a new graphics card... at least for gaming...

Nvidia GTX660Ti or Radeon HD7950 would fit in that budget... - but not sure that any of those will support 60+ FPS on 3 monitors... On a single monitor though, any of them would be superior of your present card...

[sethiol]

Thanks Zka17, I have been thinking the same thing. I have heard alot of ppl saying the 7950 is superior to the 660Ti. I have had a 6870 in the past, liked it alot but hated the driver support and glitches in the drives. Is there a noticable difference in say BF3 between the two of them?

[Zka17]

Well, the drivers on AMD side are getting better... 🙂

Unfortunately, can not give you any input on BF3... you will need to wait others to jump in the discussion...

[Arne_Saknussemm]

Hmmm I would look very closely at maybe getting a second 560 for SLI...will probably outperform those single cards....and you can save up for a big upgrade towards multi screen gaming down the line you can SLI any 560 with the same VRAM amount (1024 MB I presume)

If you want to move to multiple screens you will need 2GB Vram at least and possibly 4GB better for triple screen so if that's the way you want to go you should head that way with your next card.

For a comparrison of the two cards above in BF3 see http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/550?vs=647

[sectionate]

for multi monitor I'd go amd, they own that market

[IntoxicatedPuma]

NVidia surround is pretty disappointing

[sectionate]

You also can run 3 monitors on single ati cards starting with the 5,000k series. You can also try and find the 5870 eyefinity 6 edition that supports 6 monitors. Nvidia just caught up with the 600 series not needing 2 cards for 3 monitors..