Graphics card for BF3?

[bombomlee]

Hey all! As above, any recommendations? I wanna pre-order BF3, but my current card is a GT440 ( crap ) and can't play the good stuff for nuts.

Would the 4890 1GB be able to power BF3 with an average of at least 35fps?

Would you choose Powercolour's HD4890 1GB DDR5 or EVGA GTX 275 896mb Superclocked if they are priced the same?

Cheers!

 

[Lotus_Darkrose]

Here's some benchmarks for an alpha version of BF3. Remember the game is also going to be pretty CPU demanding.

And a discussion of the requirements/experiences with the alpha: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/323654-33-battlefield-benchmarks-alpha-trial-settings

 

[ARG]

Sheesh. My 6850 just isn't as good as it used to be.

Edit: looks like triple monitors is out of the questions then

 

[Lotus_Darkrose]

I'm very glad I dropped 370 bucks on my GTX 570 SC from EVGA a while ago, after seeing these charts. The 5770 I upgraded from does VERY poorly in this, lol.

 

[bombomlee]

Those are some really expensive cards to run it smoothly....

Looks like the gtx275 would be a better choice. Can't stand this 440 much longer, argh!!!