1680 x 1050 with 4850 or 4870

So guys quick question for 1680 x 1050 resolution should go with 4850 or shell out $100 more and get 4870? Will the gddr5 do miracles at that resolution?

4850 is the best value
for alot more money the 4870 gives u 30% more performance over 4850

Yeah 4850 is enough for 1680 x 1050. 4870 would be overkill.

Q6600, 4850 (no AA of course) runs smoothly. Only setting that needs to be turned down is shadows. It really chews up the FPS.

Very BAD idea getting a 4850 for a 1600+ resolution monitor. Look up the benchmarks yourself, they are all over the internet. In some games, you really need crossfire/SLI to get AA/AF cranked up and looking good.
Do some research first. Look up benchmarks for similar resolutions.

Be interested in knowing what Alvine currently has.

-Wolf ponders

It depends on what your ok with. I'm ordering my wife's new comp this weekend and she only has a 1600x1050 screen but I'm going with a 4870. SLI scaling tends to not kick in tell res over 1600x1050 much, so I went with a single card, 4870. Even at 1600x1050 you will see a big step up with the 4870 vs its little brother. The question is is the step up worth it for you, I don't mind paying the extra cash so my wife can play with better FPS at higher settings. Look at the benchmarks for different games/settings for what you will be playing, but remember that any fps over 60 with be a mute point, barring you having a very nice screen and super human good eyes. So if at the game/settings you want both cards get at lest 60 FPS or higher its not going to matter much. Check out the benchmarks first though before you make up your mind.

My monitor is 24'', but i always find it to be overkill to play games at native res. ( 1200 x )

Personally, I rather enjoy gaming with my 4850 and 22" LCD. All the games I own, I can max out ('cept Mass Effect, and that's close. xD) But it provides a very good experience. :3

I have the 4850 with 1680X1050 and I have not run into a problem. I have not run Crysis, but Assassin's Creed runs great.

Get the 4870 for Crysis and 4850 for everything else.

I could not justify the over $100 Difference to myself. Plus If I want to I can Crossfire another 4850 if I need to.

Just look at anandtechs review of the 4870 and 4850, Look at the 1680X1050 FPS.

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i have a 4850 and i play all my games at 1680x1050. everything runs like a dream except for crysis, but i'm going to blame that either on my cpu (only an athlon x2 4200+) or the catalyst drivers. nvidia cards always outperform the ati cards in this game. also, i noticed a performance drop when i upgraded from the 8.6 hotfix to the 8.7 drivers. that might be more subjective than anything else though.

I don't get why people refuse to use proper grammar and punctuation. But, I guess that's a topic for a different forum.

One-shot, I totally agree, but I think it is accepted anymore that you can start sentences with "but" and "and." However, I could be wrong.

We could start a "Tom's Guide to Grammar and the English Language."

LOL, thanks guys, good laughs. I have always been taught to never use "but" to start a sentence. I place very high in writing and grammar. Nice job Husky starting your sentence with "but". The young grasshopper has much to learn. lol. This is a pretty informal forum. I don't use the best grammar sometimes although I never cram ten sentences into one. Let's get back to the topic. I currently own an ATI 4850 right now. I wish I would have bought a 9800GX2 instead but the 4850X2 looks great too. The 4870X2 looks great on 30" screens but who has those anyway. I have a 22" Samsung with 1680x1050 for my res. A 4850x2 might do well at lower resolutions that more people play on. I don't know, we can only speculate

Im thinking of getting the 4870. Am I going to run into an issue since my 19" LCD's native resolution is 1280x1024? I don't play Crysis, Mass Effect, Assasin's Creed or any FPS but I plan to re-enter MMORPG's like Star Trek Online and APB. I might even go back to City of Heroes.

Should I look to balance it out or my eyes won't even detect the difference. I was looking at the LCD's higher than 19" but the prices were rediculous----over $800 and the response times weren't very impressive. I thought that since I don't play FPS's that this 19" with a response time of 2ms would be more than enough.

Where were you looking? 1680x1050 20" and 22" monitors should run around $220-$380 for the most part. 24" and up get expensive, at least for the good ones, but you should be able to pick up a decent 20" for a heck of a lot less than that, and the extra resolution should be quite nice (1680x1050 vs 1280x1024). I'd say a 4850 and a 1680x1050 monitor would be a good combo for you.

Speaking about Fallout 3, it will be out before next graphic card generation came out.
I am going for 4870x2 because mine 8800GTX dont have enough power to play all my games on max settings with 1600x1200 and i am planning on getting 30" LCD in few months whitch will definetly need this beast.