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Graphics Cards. Nvidia or AMD?

mb666

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Posted Yesterday at 10:43PM

Hi guys.

Looking at getting a custom built Vortex IV from PC Specialist.

Spec price is now up to about £1900. 32gb Kingston Ram, i7 Quad Processor, 120gb SSD, 1tb Seagate Hybrid, plus other enhancements I have chosen.

However, the graphic card is a mystery in truth. Standard NVIDIA GTX 770M 3gb makes the cost around £1913. The AMD Radeon HD 8970M 4gb makes it just under £2000. Both are DDR5 Video Ram - DirectX 11.

There is a 4gb NVIDIA card, but another £200 more - no chance!

Basically, out of the NVIDIA 3gb and AMD 4gb - which should I go for?

Main uses for new machine - multi displays, gaming (Skyrim and other similar 3D graphic intensive games) video and image editing.

I would like to arrange the building of this unit soon, but want to make the right choices for the components.

Any help or advice is, as ever, hugely appreciated.

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mb666

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Posted Today at 11:20AM

Anymore help from the daytime Techies, please?

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Mr Mistoffelees

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Posted 28 minutes ago at 2:11PM

The diferences between the two graphics cards, in use, are likely to be too small to notice. I would go with the 770M and save a little money. See this basic comparison: 770M vs 8970M.

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