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Finding all the specs of cards confusing in selecting a new card
Hi,
I want to buy my kids a new graphics card for Christmas. Something that will last a couple of years. They are currently running GTX460 OC 1GB. New games coming out say they need at least GTX 560 cards.
So I'm looking at a GTX 560 or 570, with a budget of around $350 each. I'm not interested in ATI cards, only nVidia.
Looking at the specs, no two GTX 560's are the same. There is shader, gpu, memory clocks and memory bus specifications.
The 560 Ti appears to be better than the plain 560, but then there's superclock, ultra durable and others, Then there is v1, v2, v3. I'm guessing I would always go for the latest version, though when looking at the specifications all versions were identical.
What is the most important specs for performance?
Brands I've been looking at are ASUS, Gigabyte, EVGA, and Gainward. We've always used Gigabyte, but I'm willing to change if I can get better performance/value for money.
I'm in Melbourne Australia. We all run dual 24" BenQ LED monitors; 1xHDMI and 1xDVI. They run at 1920x1080p, 50hz.
They want to run Battlefield 3, the latest call of Duty, NBA 2K12, and other new games.
thanks
Tanya