Radeon HD6850 2GB or 6870 1GB

[Loaded_Dice]

Hi Everyone,

 

I'm about to update my anyway obsolete system so that I can squeeze a bit more from it for a while since I don't have much time lately for playing sims to justify the investment in a completely new rig at this moment.

 

My current configuration is a Core2Duo E8400@3,6Ghz with 4GB RAM and ATI HD4850 with 512 VRAM.

 

So far it has served me well, but I feel that the graphics especially the 512 VRAM is becoming the main bottleneck for limiting performance, so I have decided to switch to a more modern graphic card.

 

The choice is between the Sapphire HD 6850 with 2GB or the HD 6870 with 1GB GDDR5 both going for roughly the same price (around 150 eur).

 

I have read that DSC: A-10C requires around 1,5 GB at airports and 1GB VRAM under normal flight conditions to store textures at high settings with AA on. iIf that's true I suppose the HD6850 with 2GB of VRAM and a slighly slower GPU would be the way to go.

 

Thanks in advance,

Ilija

[Mustang]

I would go for the 2gb card, DCS will make good use of it with higher settings.

[cichlidfan]

These days I would pass on any video card with less than 1.5GB especially if your monitor is 1920x1080, or greater (2GB min in that case).

[Loaded_Dice]

Thanks guys, will go with the 2GB 6850 and I think that it will be sufficient for 1680 x 1050 with 8x AA. Futureproofing my current configuration is not so important since is already outdated so I suppose will have to go for a new pc if switching to a larger screen/multiple screen configuration ...