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Hey all, a friend of mine as asked whats the best graphics card around for playing the most recent and most demanding games regardless of price as he's saving for a high spec rig after Xmas? I've heard the 'ATI 4870' is amongst the top cards currently. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814103061 But G ...


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Old 8th Dec 2008, 19:14
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Default Best G card around?

Hey all, a friend of mine as asked whats the best graphics card around for playing the most recent and most demanding games regardless of price as he's saving for a high spec rig after Xmas? I've heard the 'ATI 4870' is amongst the top cards currently.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814103061
But G cards aren't my strong point so any advice, links etc would be greatly appreciated.
He's going to be using the computer for everything from hard gaming & graphics/video editing to browsing Google :).
Cheers in advanced.
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Old 8th Dec 2008, 22:56
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The 4870x2 is the fastest
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Old 9th Dec 2008, 06:31
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Default Best G card around?

4870x2, GTX 280, 9800GX2 are some of the best, I think.
But in higher resolution with full AA, like the above reply, the 4870x2 is the one.
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