maybe a dumb question but i'm running on 5 hours sleep over the past 2 nights :(
this 4870 will work with my 680i? i did a quick google but found nothing to say it wouldn't.
edit: and what kind of mobo would you be looking at to go along with that card and an LGA775 chip?
i know newegg isn't the only place to buy but...
all the 4870's on newegg were around $200 (before MIR) and i just can't afford that. a more feasible option for me is to buy a PCIe 2.0 MOBO when I sell my 8800 and then get another 9800 in a few months.
(i just realized you wrote 4850)
thanks for all the replies!
i decided to get the 9800. compared a few cards on the Egg and this is in the price range. i would have loved to have gotten a gtx260 but they were a bit out of the wallets grasp.
as for the games i play, mostly COD.
this is still going to be a pretty great...
been a lurker for a while, time to post...
i currently have one 8800gts 320 but can get a b-stock card from evga for about $100 shipped. Or, I could get a 9800 GTX+. I game and encode video so what would be the best option? the MOBO would be an EVGA 680i SLI. Eventually i plan on upgrading to...