9800gx2 or ATi 4870?

the XFX 9800GX2 is pretty good value for 379.99 now and I love XFX, and the Visiontek HD4870 is good too, I would even upgrade my Ultra 600 Watt ATX PSU for the GX2 if need be. What do you guys think?

im just asking a serious question these 2 cards are close and I want video card owners to answer, I don't need that...

@ cjl - Agreed. How many times can you ask the same questions?

@ mf2385 - I spent a good deal of time one day trying to help you make an informed decision, though I am not completely sure you really want to listen to everyone's advice. I think you have all of the information you would need to make a choice.

It's your money. If you want to buy a card that isn't as good of value, but you can boast it's "the best" - go ahead and spend your $$$.

If you want to listen to advice, read articles, and benchmarks and choose the "best bang for the buck," Go ahead and spend your $$$ on that.

We are not discouraging people from asking questions, but have over 10 threads to ask the same basic questions (I think it can be summed up like the: "I'm thinking of spending around $600 and want to get a new graphics card - which one(s) should I get?"...follow this by specs and ask another question about motherboards and PSUs as a follow up.)

Please stop starting the same thing over and over again.

Pick a card, plug it in, and play some games.

ATI might get better but, I have had trouble getting catalyst control to work, if at all. nVidia 9800X2 is more than you need if your resolution is where you say it is. Think of this,if you get a XFC or EVGA 790 motherboard(which has slots for three cards) you can just slap in two 9800x2 cards and have a quad core system easy as 1 2 3 .

my mistake,meant to say xfx board. Man go with nVidia 9800x2 card,didn,t you hear me say ati catalyst control sucks.

I think my PSU has 2 6 pins

you need one 6 pin and one 8 pin for 9800, both with at least 20 amps each.

mf2, are you serious? this is the second utterly useless thread i've seen..

your obviously not taking anyone's advice, so why continue spamming the forums?

be a real enthusiast and go get you a 1000 watt psu , 790 evga board and quit buying crap from tigerdirect(ultra gave you away) newegg is the place you ought to go and they,re not paying me to tell you this.

Iam, if you reallly want to help newegg is a good site I know link me to some good PSUs and stuff I should get from my stuff I have now I def need new video card above all else, I don't NEED SLi, i'd settle for 1 powerhouse for now too..

i just looked up specks and your psu is not big enough for either card.

someone just tell me what I should do already and let it be done with! heh

quit looking at watts and start paying attention to amps on the rails

you need a another power supply or less of a graphics card

call yourself the budget enthusiast

279.99 for the psu, then 270 towards the best nvidia u can get!!! like....

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814133229


GOGOGO!! Buy it now!!! and give a full report by morning.

and why do I need a really powerful PSU with like a mid-range-high end card

you need that PSU to be safe for future power needs!!!! it will handle the FUTURE!!!! ....and save yu money in the long run... Don't skimp on a PSU.

Cardinal rule#1

/bow.

Right here before your eyes......


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814133229

and any other upgrades within the budget

errr it may be a damn good psu, but I don't need it now... for that card I don't even need it gtx 280 is a diff story

but you can tri sli 260's !!!! it's the future i tell you!! Build your system now to be able to take advantage of future upgrades !!

Where is your credit card? Time to start shopping!

I don't need tri-sli if i had a lot of money lol maybe but im strictly not going over like 600 right now

I didnt take you over 600.... do you really have it to spend? You know the end of the month is drawing near... almost bill time again....