Looking for a "Best Bang for Your Buck" GPU for Skyrim

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Re: Looking for a "Best Bang for Your Buck" GPU for Skyrim

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fuctfuct wrote:I eventually settled on a 6770.. but then bought a used 5770 for $30. It played it perfectly fine on high.. With a few small tweaks. My girlfriend bought it for 360 and the old "chillin on the couch" took over and i am playing it on that lol :)
Your monitor must be tiny. Skyrim makes my system sweat at 1920x1200 on high... Get about 30-40 fps.
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Niode wrote:
fuctfuct wrote:I eventually settled on a 6770.. but then bought a used 5770 for $30. It played it perfectly fine on high.. With a few small tweaks. My girlfriend bought it for 360 and the old "chillin on the couch" took over and i am playing it on that lol :)
Your monitor must be tiny. Skyrim makes my system sweat at 1920x1200 on high... Get about 30-40 fps.
I used my old 22 1680x1050 :mrgreen:
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fuctfuct wrote:I eventually settled on a 6770.. but then bought a used 5770 for $30.
They're the same card, unless you plan to play 3D Blu-Rays through it (6770 has some firmware tweaks for that).

You could always hook up your PC to your TV too, get the best of both :lol:
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isiolia wrote:
fuctfuct wrote:I eventually settled on a 6770.. but then bought a used 5770 for $30.
They're the same card, unless you plan to play 3D Blu-Rays through it (6770 has some firmware tweaks for that).

You could always hook up your PC to your TV too, get the best of both :lol:
Yea i know they are.. that's why i got the used 5770 for 30 instead of the 6770 for 99.99 plus tax and shipping lol
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