Gaming 2600x1600 4870x2 or 5850

[stanceh]

I have a ASUS crosshair III am3 motherboard and a phenom II 955 x4 8 gig ddr3
a visiontec 4850 graphic card now, a dell 30" monitor. what would be the best card
for the price to drive 2600x1600 res. gaming.

 

[clever_noob]

2600x1600 res. gaming you kidding get a better processor

 

[strangestranger]

2600x1600 res. gaming you kidding get a better processor

Just wrong.

OP: the 4870x2 is equal to the 5870. However, 25x16 gaming is still a challenge and out of those two the 4870x2 is still the best bet if you cannot get a 5870.

At that res the processor really does not come into the equation.

 

[brett1042002]

I have a ASUS crosshair III am3 motherboard and a phenom II 955 x4 8 gig ddr3

2600x1600 res. gaming you kidding get a better processor

Thanks for the good laugh.

 

[stanceh]

I have had a VisionTek 5850 on order from dell dell since 01/12/2010
they have changed est. delivery date once to 02/12/10. they have a
visiontek 4870x2 in stock. i have thought about changing my order
to it, but i really wanted a dx11 card. directcompute and Tessellation
might be very nice in up coming games ie. Aliens vs Predator

 

[stanceh]

2600x1600 res. gaming you kidding get a better processor

some of us remember Intel"s 8088 and when motorola came out with the 68000 when i was
fifteen years old.

I had an Amiga when in 1986 back when most IBM machines were DOS only.

Just for laughs i remember when intel would charge $500.00 for 80386 running
was it 100mhz.. A lot of people forget or do not know how much we owe AMD
for bring price down for quality processors and making Intel really work for
there money.


I do remember.......... Stance