graphics card/processor help!

[Zorlin]

lol you guys are really techincal lol


anyways next questions is this. Nvidia or radeon?

AMD = more bang for buck
NVIDIA = Best highend cards therefore alot more expensive

what other games do you play other then ff14? cause if its just for ff14 go with AMD6950 or a Nvidia GTX560TI both perform about the same.
If you go with the 560 make sure its the TI version the non TI is alot weaker, also if you can wait a month AMD 7xxx series are being released in january.

[Coldfire]

Yeah just wait for the 7000 generation of AMD. It's a gamble but definately better than the 6000 generation.
Btw stop talking about gpu usage percentages... no software can show that accurately anyway. But if you have a debugging tool for the hardware, go ahead ^_^

[neorei]

AMD = more bang for buck
NVIDIA = Best highend cards therefore alot more expensive

what other games do you play other then ff14? cause if its just for ff14 go with AMD6950 or a Nvidia GTX560TI both perform about the same.
If you go with the 560 make sure its the TI version the non TI is alot weaker, also if you can wait a month AMD 7xxx series are being released in january.

I play DC online universe and wow (though you can play wow at ultra with my gcard) but FFXIV is my main game on computer for sure I play FPS on consoles.

i'm also interested in Rift and the new starwars game.

but again thank you all for the suggestions, i am getting alot of knowledge (esp from the 2 guys arguing lol)