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maney266   09-30-2009 at 07:55:02 PM

I am thinking of buying a 1GB ati radeon 4870
My specs
8 gb corsair/dell ram
Intel core 2 quad q8200
1 TB sunsung f1
Gigabyte ep45 ds3p
600W Corsair IGREEn
XFX 8800GTS 320mb

Is it worth upgrading and selling the old 8800gts

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Bronze Graphics badge hunter315   09-30-2009 at 08:31:20 PM
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What isnt it doing that you would like it to? What resolution do you play at? Its a 6 tier jump based on the hierarchy chart, but the c2q q8200 isnt a very fast quad so that may be your limiting factor. Consider getting a heatsink to OC a bit too.
http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] 404-7.html

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PsychoSaysDie   09-30-2009 at 08:35:01 PM
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no. Answer the above questions and look at the 4770. It's 94 dollars on newegg

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maney266   09-30-2009 at 08:49:56 PM
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hunter315 wrote :

What isnt it doing that you would like it to? What resolution do you play at? Its a 6 tier jump based on the hierarchy chart, but the c2q q8200 isnt a very fast quad so that may be your limiting factor. Consider getting a heatsink to OC a bit too.
http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] 404-7.html


I can play crysis at 800x600 res which is very low i would like to play new demanding games at a better res and higher detail
Also i am getting a new core cooler so i will be overclocking q8200 from 2.33 to 3ghz

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Bronze Graphics badge hunter315   09-30-2009 at 09:08:53 PM
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Whats the max resolution of your monitor? Dont use crysis at very high as your benchmark, it requires obscene amounts of horsepower. Assuming you arent running into a CPU bottleneck you will be able to play crysis on high at 1280x1024 with a 4850, and at 1680x1050 and possibly 1920x1200 with a 4870. Whats the native resolution of your monitor?

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Bronze Graphics badge coozie7   09-30-2009 at 09:44:05 PM
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The OC is a good idea.
For 16x10 or less I'd recommend something like this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814161244

It's not the cheapest but makes up for it with a very good cooler.

And at 1920x1200/1080 resolution:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814161265

Unless someone can tell me different, avoid this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814150436

I had one and returned it after 2 days, 92c at 100 LOUD percent fan was just not good enough!

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maney266   10-01-2009 at 11:04:54 PM
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hunter315 wrote :

Whats the max resolution of your monitor? Dont use crysis at very high as your benchmark, it requires obscene amounts of horsepower. Assuming you arent running into a CPU bottleneck you will be able to play crysis on high at 1280x1024 with a 4850, and at 1680x1050 and possibly 1920x1200 with a 4870. Whats the native resolution of your monitor?


My native resolution is 1920x1080
could i play crysis at this res? (1080p) on high
my relative said it could easy even with the 512mb one
New question should i get 1gb or 512mb (1gb is 20 pounds more)

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maney266   10-01-2009 at 11:08:26 PM
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coozie7 wrote :

The OC is a good idea.
For 16x10 or less I'd recommend something like this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814161244

It's not the cheapest but makes up for it with a very good cooler.

And at 1920x1200/1080 resolution:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814161265

Unless someone can tell me different, avoid this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814150436

I had one and returned it after 2 days, 92c at 100 LOUD percent fan was just not good enough!


These cards are not available in the UK to my knowledge i was looking at either the XFX eddition or the saphire edit

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Bronze Graphics badge hunter315   10-01-2009 at 11:49:02 PM
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For 1920x1200, you can run it with a 512MB card but the minimum FPS will be significantly lower, stick with the 1GB card though as it provides a boost in most other games
http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] 428-5.html

By the sapphire edition and the XFX edition do you mean these two?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/show [...] subcat=939
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/show [...] subcat=939
As the sapphire one doesnt come with a vapor-x cooler or anything i would go for the XFX since its cheaper and has the better warranty.

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PsychoSaysDie   10-02-2009 at 12:07:35 AM
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XFX > Sapphire

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