Gaming What is the best graphics card available today

[c0wcommander]

I currently have an ATI 4890 graphics card and would like to upgrade to a better card. What is the best model currently available?

 

[omgdaniel]

Question is, can you afford the best one today? It's a Radeon Ares 5870X2 4GB. $1299.99 on Newegg.

 

[Thoob]

You'll need a second mortgage if you want the best graphics card available...

 

[Rayder]

It's very subjective.......how important is stuff like PhysX to you? Nvidia has PhysX and Radeon does not, but Radeon was the first with DX11 support. Obviously, I'm leaving out a lot of other factors, but I'm too lazy to research and report all the variables.

It all depends on your preferences......you'd probably be better off asking this type of question on a computer hardware forum, rather than a video game forum.

 

[Joe88]

wait till november
amd is pushing out new radeon cards with 28nm sizes and most likely faster cards

 

[cobleman]

GeForce GTX 480 is at the top of the high end card list $599 http://pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=...;cPath=193_1066

 

[murkurie]

for Nvidia the 480
for ATI the 5970 or something like that, engadget had a review on it

 

[Joe88]

GeForce GTX 480 is at the top of the high end card list $599 http://pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=...;cPath=193_1066

actually as omgdaniel pointed out
the 5870x2 ares is the top dog followed by the 5970 then the 480GTX in third

 

[dinofan01]

Question is, can you afford the best one today? It's a Radeon Ares 5870X2 4GB. $1299.99 on Newegg.

*hugs my 360* im okay having crappier graphics and worse controls after seeing that. I iz butt a semplez gamorz!

 

[how_do_i_do_that]

I'd be sleeping in the garage for a week if I went and bought one of those any time soon.

 

[myuusmeow]

4 GTX 480s in quad SLI.

 

[Originality]

4 GTX 480s in quad SLI can, in 70% of situations, be enough to power an entire geothermal energy plant.

And when you take into account the amount of power it uses, you'll have just enough power left over for a USB fan, no hampster wheels required.