Quote Originally Posted by bhavv View Post
High end GPUs are really only a requirement for people running at 2560x resolutions, or surround setups. For most gamers playing at 1920x1200 or below, there are havnt been any advantages to be had from buying high end cards for a long time.
I'd have to disagree about that. If you're playing cutting edge games, you certainly have a use for the horsepower of the high-end offerings. Battlefield 3 is a good example of a good PC game that needs GPU power. One 6970 isn't enough to play multiplayer on maximum settings at 1920x1200 in my experience. Two 6970s together break over the point where it's doable, but just barely. There are also any number of games which are poor console ports that need a lot of extra horsepower just due to how badly they've been put together for their PC version, not necessarily due to cutting edge graphics. It sucks that such games exist, but they're a part of what we have to deal with if we want to play them.