Well, this is a hard decision. Hard enough for a lurker like me to create an account on here! I'm upgrading my GPU due to the purchase of a 2560x1440p monitor and these cards are more or less in the same price range. The HD6950 and GTX 570 will both be second hand.
For the HD6950 I'm currently eyeing a 2GB MSI Twinfrozr, which is already shader unlocked. The HD7850 will be the Club3D RoyalKing 2GB version, just because it's the only 2GB version of the card that fits in this price range. With the Nvidea cards I don't have a specific model in mind yet. (The GTX 570 doesn't have a lot of nice deals from what I've seen, the GTX 650 Ti is the cheapest of the bunch so if I were to go for that it'd be one with 2GB and a quiet cooler) Don't know much about the different manufacturers, so any advice is welcome.
It's going to be used for gaming and not much else. I do some photo-editing, but even my old late-2009 Macbook is suffice for what I do. Will probably end up video-editing sometime in the near future, that could be a consideration though.
As for prices, both the 7850 and 570 are in the top-end of €200. The HD6950 and 650 Ti range from €120-150. So really, which will be the be the biggest bang for the buck and will last me a while? (with high-res. gaming in mind)
For the HD6950 I'm currently eyeing a 2GB MSI Twinfrozr, which is already shader unlocked. The HD7850 will be the Club3D RoyalKing 2GB version, just because it's the only 2GB version of the card that fits in this price range. With the Nvidea cards I don't have a specific model in mind yet. (The GTX 570 doesn't have a lot of nice deals from what I've seen, the GTX 650 Ti is the cheapest of the bunch so if I were to go for that it'd be one with 2GB and a quiet cooler) Don't know much about the different manufacturers, so any advice is welcome.
It's going to be used for gaming and not much else. I do some photo-editing, but even my old late-2009 Macbook is suffice for what I do. Will probably end up video-editing sometime in the near future, that could be a consideration though.
As for prices, both the 7850 and 570 are in the top-end of €200. The HD6950 and 650 Ti range from €120-150. So really, which will be the be the biggest bang for the buck and will last me a while? (with high-res. gaming in mind)