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Radeon HD 4870 1GB vs Radeon HD 4870 512MB

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For only an extra $5 bucks I would get the 1GB card.

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Reply to sturm

Depends on the rest of your system especialy your monitor size/res and what games you want to play.

Mactronix

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mactronix wrote :

Depends on the rest of your system especialy your monitor size/res and what games you want to play.

Mactronix



Crysis in 1680x1050

Reply to baskinghobo

There is some performance different, by about 5 FPS i'd say

Reply to computernewbie
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For an extra $5 the 1gb version is a no brainer.

Reply to jennyh

Im assuming the others are not taking the rebate into account, i have heard its hard to actually get but dont know.
I think on ballance of price and what you want it to do that its a bit of a no brainer that you should get the 1GB version.

Mactronix

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