GTX260 or HD4870 512MB???

[OmegaStalker]

Ok whats better at a res of 1680x1050 a GTX260 or HD4870 512MB??? i need to know because every benchmark just contridictes each other...

 

[swifty_morgan]

If you think the benchmarks contradict each other, wait til you see what kind of fight this thread puts up.

I own both those cards. Get the GTX260.

 

[sharken]

Agreed, get the superclocked or xfx black edition GTX 260 216, Hands Down, tell those ati's dont hate... oh and quote of the day again today...
"Excuse me i have to use the restroom, i have to take an AMD "

 

[ibenk1379]

if 4850 vs 9800GTX+????

 

[OmegaStalker]

lol great now the fight begins i was leaning towards the HD4870 at the moment soooo why is the GTX260 better then is its fps better?? i play cod5 and farcry 2 alot...

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

Yeah you'll get answers like the first two which aren't surprising, because they're in one camp, and if you look at their posts their strictly in one camp.

Look at what the benchmarks tell you, that neither card wins all the situation.

It depends alot on the games you play and the settings you use.

READ the information, don't just look at the bars, and see how it applies to your situation, questions like this just get you answers from the category of which is better Ford or GM.

They're both good, the question is which is better for you, spend the time to figure that out, because otherwise all people are telling you is what good for THEM.

 

[sharken]

4850 sorry to say lol

 

[OmegaStalker]

thats mr.ape so what would YOU recommend might as well see what the consensus is while im working out whats better for me...

 

[OmegaStalker]

lol heres an interesting question though which ones Crossfire or SLI better??

 

[sharken]

Yeah you'll get answers like the first two which aren't surprising, because they're in one camp, and if you look at their posts their strictly in one camp.

Look at what the benchmarks tell you, that neither card wins all the situation.

It depends alot on the games you play and the settings you use.

READ the information, don't just look at the bars, and see how it applies to your situation, questions like this just get you answers from the category of which is better Ford or GM.

They're both good, the question is which is better for you, spend the time to figure that out, because otherwise all people are telling you is what good for THEM.

4870 512 vs 260, Pay attention, do your homework son....

 

[ibenk1379]

i confused its price VS performance
coz i want buy one of it
4850 vs 9800GTX+????

 

[OmegaStalker]

i cant pay for the bloody SUPERMEGAWEGADEGAOVERWOVERCLOCKED versions lol im talking about the barebones ones!!!

 

[sharken]

exact budget for card?

 

[OmegaStalker]

ummm to be honest around £180 (free del too lol =P) i ve seen a really cool HD4870 thats meant to be the best (force3D supercooled) for £175 and ive havent got around to shop around for the GTX just yet...

 

[sharken]

then do this, find highest clocked card of either you can find, whatever is on sale then, simple enough....

 

[OmegaStalker]

oh yeah random question why do people say the GTX260 216core is there like another version or something??

 

[sharken]

it is a 2nd revision of the 260, first has 192 shade processors, the 216 has 216, higher clocked, beats by a good margin, on par with a GTX 280

 

[OmegaStalker]

ummmm out of curosity is the HD4870 1gb any better then the GTX260216coreeditionthinymagigy remeber i got a moderate rres...

 

[ibenk1379]

btt

 

[OmegaStalker]

BTT? what the hell does that mean and please to god dont be another version of a GPU because at this rate im just going to sell my car and buy an alienware for simplicity...

 

[sharken]

is it better? No, its it worse, few games..

 

[swifty_morgan]

lol great now the fight begins i was leaning towards the HD4870 at the moment soooo why is the GTX260 better then is its fps better?? i play cod5 and farcry 2 alot...

I'll use COD W@W for one example. The 4870 has points where the game stumbles. There are a few places where the textures are missing. There are a few older games that will not load with the 4870 card. You get none of this with the GTX260.

Higher FPS don't mean anything. If the card you're using cant provide a "high" enough MINIMUM frame rate it's useless.

First thing I expected to hear was the fan boy ism. Forget that BS. Most everybody who will reply do NOT have both of these cards. Most of these guys only have one machine and limited hardware to "test things on. If you don't own BOTH of these cards then you truly won't know.

 

[OmegaStalker]

lol looks like im selling something and buying an GTX260 then...

 

[sharken]

all can say, any 260 216 core you get, you will have zero complaints period! Hardly ever hear of the same good comments on alot of the watered down trailer park cards....

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

At that res they're both very close.
The main thing is the two games listed FartCry2 and COD (PS it's COD:WOW not COD5 which comes out later and is the next gen of the game, people always get that wrong, it's essentially COD4 expansion pack [only Infinity Ward will be making number versions of COD]), which weren't listed when I originally replied. COD:WOW mildly favours the GTX260 with a few frames advantage
FartCry2 also mildly favours the GTX260 under current drivers, but better min fps on the HD4870 w/ AA applied, and added there's a slight boost with DX10.1 AA and the updated 9.1 drivers.

Essentially at that resolution it's about a 5-ish-% advantage for the GTX260-216. They're close, but for those games at that res, the GTX260 has the slight edge. Howver, really you might find feature or something else more important, but all things being equal for that situation the GTX260 would be my choice/recco.