Help with PC gaming build

[Tanstalas]

Squilliam said:

Tanstalas said:

Squilliam said:

ZenfoldorVGI said:

PS: If possible, I just want 1 singe card. If those 6870's are good cards, I'd likely buy one tonight and be done with it, lol. Should I wait for future itterations of the card since they are just released. I have no problem waiting till decemberish(Cata comes out).

If you want the one uber card you have about a month to wait. So hold your horses because you should be able to pick up a 6970 by the end of November. Its probably 2-3 weeks from availability right now. Should give you plenty of time to save.

I would so get one except im rocking a Saphire Vapour-X 5870! Whats the point for someone like me?

Same card as me! :)

Very nice card, was a good upgrade from my 4850

Now just need to upgrade my CPU/MB/RAM

Yeah, awesome card. Im afraid I own an 8800GTX in that I'll probably have it for years without anything decent to upgrade to! Anyway it'll take a year but the 28nm products are the ones I am waiting for. I never rebuy on the same process node, it feels like im not buying anything better.

What CPU etc? It takes a lot to get CPU limited if you have a decent quad core.

I have a Q6700 with an Asus P5Q-E board.

Co-worker has same CPU and had it OC'd to 3.3 but ran  bit warm so he put it down to 3.0 and it runs cool