Graphics Card Upgrade

I'll be going from an Nvidia 460 to an Radeon 7870.

I'm going from low budget last generation to mid budget next. Holy Jesus i'm gonna be playing games again on ultra just because I can.

Skyrim is gonna look fabulous again.

I'm trying to think of games that will push the graphics...

 

I recently upgraded my 460 to a 660 and unf so happy with it. I manage Farcry 3 on high in glorious 5760x1080.

 

That's exactly what I was originally going to do, but my friend who built my PC convinced me to switch to AMD since most of the next gen games will be built with AMD based hardware, apparently. And it was cheaper for around equivalent performance

Ooo, Far Cry 3. Putting that on 'benchmark testing' list.
Ah Hitman Absolution should look beautiful too, that China town scene is magnificent. On list too.

Give me games to test please guys.

 

I'm not that knowledgeable on pc gaming, but I've heard the Crysis games were graphic heavy.

 

This is a truth, I own it and the game is a bit ropey on my current graphics card, let's see what I can do with an upgrade.

 

Tomb Raider. Even my computer can't handle all of the highest settings.
Max Payne 3 is also quite demanding.

 

I have Payne 3 to download, will see that crisp and fresh.
Tomb Raider is just hogging the hair tech!

 

I can't hear you over my 660ti outperforming you.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/857?vs=860

 

Oh you're one of those FPS snobs? XD
We'll see how Watch Dogs plays, then come back to me.

I don't really notice the difference until it falls below about 20 FPS, anything much higher is just a bonus.

 

Try to run Crysis at maximum settings. If it works, sell your computer to NASA.

 

Let me tell you, that card makes the computer play skyrim beautifully. Especially with the mods installed.

 

a 7870 could probably run Crysis at max settings pretty easily​

 

Either you missed the joke, or you got it and decided to reply seriously for humorous effect. I'm choosing the believe it was the latter.

 

I guess a bit of both.​

 

you should probably play ffxiv man there's some lovely people up in dat ultros server

 

Crysis is still the best test for a new graphics card.