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#1 Halak41
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Okay, so I've been out of the "know" graphics-card-wise for a good six months now, as I had taken a bit of a break from gaming. When I built my PC a year and a half ago, I built it with a GTX 480 and i7 930. At that point in time, the three best cards were the 480, the 5870, and the 5970 (if you had the money). CPU-wise, there were a few i7 models above the one I currently possess (950 and 980 methinks), as well as a few AMD chips.

Now, what I would like to know at this point is, which cards (and chips for that matter) are top of the line? I'm not exactly looking for an upgrade, as my 480/930 combo works well with almost every game, but it would still be nice if someone could give me a quick update.

Thanks in advance.

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#2 GTR12
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i7 2600k and GTX580

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#3 chertoo
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all it takes is a quick search on newegg or something

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GTX590 (basically dual GTX 570 chips) - overpriced for what it's worth HD6990 (dual GPU) - tad better then the GTX 590, but overpriced Personally, I'd avoid both and stick with the high end single GPU cards which would be: GTX 580 or HD 6970. However in your case, you wouldn't see much of a performance increase in moving to either of those cards. The GTX 570 is basically a more efficient GTX 480 - it overclocks better then the 480, runs cooler and uses less power. As for CPU, the best consumer one on the market right now is the Sandy Bridge i7-2600k. In about a months time, AMD's Bulldozer line is supposed to be hitting the shelves and we're waiting on benchmarks to see how they perform. Supposedly should be as good as the SB from Intel - possibly a touch better, but that's just speculation. In the end, you'd just be wasting your money on a new GPU or CPU. If you really wanted a GPU upgrade, you should go with dual GTX 570s in SLI or crossfire two HD6970s. Or find a second GTX 480 for SLI, since you already have one. If you do that though, you might need a slightly more powerful PSU.
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#5 Halak41
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Thank you very much for that neatfeet, was exactly the type of answer I was looking for. As for upgrading, like I said, I'm not really planning on it (adding another 480 is the most I would do at this point). I'm just the type of person that needs to know about all the newer products on the market xD.