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Hey guys, i am getting a new desktop pc soon. Its a Dell XPS 8300 and i want some help on getting a graphics card.

This graphics card needs to:
Be able to run 2/3 or more screens,
be able to run games at a good standard e.g. LFS and F1 2011

The standard one it comes with is a NVIDIA® GeForce GT 545 1GB DDR5.

Some of the other ones that can be fitted by dell for me are:
AMD Radeon™ HD 6870 1GB DDR5,
NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1.25GB GDDR5,
AMD Radeon™ HD 6770 1GB DDR5.

So my main question was, what one would be the best one to have ?

6870.

I would do even a 6950 and install it yourself

Thanks Knight, do you know how many screens the 6870 would run ?

Eyefinity runs up to 6 I think.

You don't need much to run LFS (trust me, Gt 240 at max settings with various graphics mods and still 100fps), so you can expect quite great performance from a 6870.

NVIDIA cards only handle 2 monitors apart from the GTX 590, which handles 3.

If I were you, I would get the cheapest card from Dell and install a 2gb 6870 or 6950 if you plan on a trimonitor setup.

Thanks for your help guys, just ordered the computer and i got it with the AMD Radeon™ HD 6870 1GB DDR5 card. Should be here in a few weeks.

No problem. Have fun with it when it arrives.