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Hello all.

I have a question.
I don't to upgrade my graphics card in the next year or two and wanted to know which gpu can hold out till then?

Im stuck between the 4870 and the gtx260.
Plus i dont really know if my case will support them because they are large.

I have this case.
http://www.cluboverclocker.com/rev [...] /index.htm

Can i see the size comparison of the two cards.
Just pictures of them side by side.

thnx.

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The HD 4870 and GTX 260 are very close in performance. For example one wins in Crysis and the other in World in Conflict, but they change relative positions depedning on AA level and resolution too. Either will be enough for the next two years IMO unless you're playing on a 1920x1200 monitor and want lots of fps.

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The HD 4870 is about 9.5" long. The GTX 260 is about 10.5" long.

Reply to aevm

i have a 22" and a Intel Pentium d 820 :S
I know there is going to be some CPU bottle necking
well allot.....

which one is better with AA on and with AA off

Reply to alfrido

Crysis:
With AA on, the HD 4870 wins by 2 fps. With AA off it loses by 2 fps. That's a tie.

World in Conflict:.
The HD 4870 wins by 5 fps without AA and by 7 fps with AA. That's a win for ATI. Not big but it can be noticed. (38 fps vs 31 fps).

Devil May cry 4:
The HD 4870 wins by 7 without AA and by 5 with AA. This is actually a tie because the GTX 260 gets over 100 fps anyway and you won't notice a difference between 122fps and 129fps.

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Can my cpu push the gpu to max?
my mobo is a p35-ds3l gigabyte.

Reply to alfrido

there both good cards. i would just get which one comes out cheaper.

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Reply to invisik

It depends on game, settings, resolution. If you play at 1680x1050 and enable all the eye candy, then the video card will get a chance to show what it can do and the CPU will matter less. Well, you were going to do that anyway, weren't you

Tell you what: buy the card, install it, download FRAPS, play one of the usual games for which you can find benchmarks easily (Crysis, CoD4, UT3, Oblivion, etc.) If your numbers and the numbers on the Web are very different then you have either a CPU bottleneck or a PCI-E 1 slot bottleneck. Maybe you won't have either. If it's bad, you can wait for a Nehalem MB+CPU or get something like GA-EP45-DS3L or Q6600 or both.

Message edited by aevm on 08-12-2008 at 11:11:24 PM

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The Nehalem sounds yummy
Plus the new Nehalem isnt going to use LGA 775
Which sucks bawlls btw.

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