It seems that the gap between hardware upgrades is getting shorter and shorter every year... so now it's time to upgrade my graphics card, currently an 8600 GTS that has served me very well (might actually keep it because it has held out so well after overclocking and running at resolutions it really shouldn't run at...)
THG's article on the 4870 has got me looking at ATi in a whole new light, and I would actually consider dropping my 'nVidia fanboy' status for it. Though I do have a few questions that I'd like to have answered before I make any purchases (or start the planning to make said purchases in fact).
I'm running an Asus P5KC and really don't want to chance it and go through the mess of cleaning my CPU and heatsink and re-applying thermal paste (hence my looking at ATi, crossfire 'n' all that).
Most of what I do is gaming at 1920x1200 (WoW, Supreme Commander, Age of Conan and CSS mostly, and no I'm not one of those people that wants to run Crysis at absolute max for e-peen rights, I thought it was a pretty poor game to be honest... shiny as hell, but poor) though I do work with 3D Studio Max a lot too.
Basically I'm wondering which I should go for...
- 2x HD 4870
- 1x HD 4870X2 (when it comes out... and possible getting a second further down the line... or at launch if I have the cash)
Any comments are welcome and appreciated
THG's article on the 4870 has got me looking at ATi in a whole new light, and I would actually consider dropping my 'nVidia fanboy' status for it. Though I do have a few questions that I'd like to have answered before I make any purchases (or start the planning to make said purchases in fact).
I'm running an Asus P5KC and really don't want to chance it and go through the mess of cleaning my CPU and heatsink and re-applying thermal paste (hence my looking at ATi, crossfire 'n' all that).
Most of what I do is gaming at 1920x1200 (WoW, Supreme Commander, Age of Conan and CSS mostly, and no I'm not one of those people that wants to run Crysis at absolute max for e-peen rights, I thought it was a pretty poor game to be honest... shiny as hell, but poor) though I do work with 3D Studio Max a lot too.
Basically I'm wondering which I should go for...
- 2x HD 4870
- 1x HD 4870X2 (when it comes out... and possible getting a second further down the line... or at launch if I have the cash)
Any comments are welcome and appreciated