1920x1080 , What To Get?

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heatthegreat

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I'm trying to figure out what to upgrade my 8800GT to.

I run at 1920x1080, and I want to know what's the best card to get to really beat the crap out of games. I dunno if the 4870x2 will be a waste at my res, as I will probably have to much horsepower, same with the 280. But maybe I should just to futureproof myself.

What, right now and for the next 5-6 months will beast games with at least 4x AA at 1920x1080 .

Thanks
 
Buy a 260 and OC the heck out of it (easily) to and past 280 levels. Get an eVGA so you can step up if need be. Yesterday, I ordered an eVGA 260 vanilla on NewEgg for $269 after MIR.
I'll be selling my 8800GTX for at least $150, so not a bad upgrade. I only play at 1920x1200 with AA...
 
AndonSage said:
For your resolution, I believe that an HD 4870 would work just fine :)
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I agree. In pretty much everything except for Crysis and AoC, you can run maxed out with a 4870. If you want to be a little more future-proof though, a GTX280 would be the most cost-effective purchase at the moment given that the 4870X2 isn't out yet and 4870CF costs around $150 more than a single 280.
 
It really depends on the game. Even at 1920x1200 (or 1080p in your case) some games can benefit from all of the power that you throw at them, not only Crysis. The best single card overall right now is the GTX 280. Next month it will be the 4870x2 by a good bit overall. Those are your best choices for single card performance in the next month.
 
At 1920*1080, 4870 is fine but the GTX 280 is better (if you do not mind paying extra).
IMO, the 4870 is a better buy.
 
4870 and 1080p here. Seems silly to keep having to say this, but Crysis is the only thing that doesn't max out. That said, Crysis is very playable at 1080p, 16x af and all high settings.
 
semisonic9 said:
What sucker is buying your 8800GTX for $150?

~S
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all kinds, I had an offer myself (buck and a quarter, pretty sure I could get the same) and I was pretty tempted, but I already game at 1920 by 1200 and it plays quite well (its overclocked, see sig) but an overclocked 8800GTX is not far behind a 4850 in playability.

Devil may cry 4 runs avg 73 FPS on an avg at 1920 by 1200 super high on all settings and CQ16. on the worst scene it got avg 45 FPS and in the best it got avg 114

that is why I still have it, haven't found any reason to replace it yet. these are going to keep there value a little longer then I though, not if AMD drops the price though
 
Get a 4870x2 and get some future proofing if you can afford it. The feeling of going to best buy and never caring what the game is, you'll be able to run it is nice.
 
What would be the downside to getting another 8800GTX and SLI? I know the non SLI games would probably suffer, but to what degree. Pardon the silly question just never had SLI before and was wondering.
 
I too have would like to use 1920x1080 (I have the 37" Westinghouse). I was thinking either the 4850 or the 4870. My original build plans had a 4850 because it's a budget build (~$900) and the price/performance on the 4850 is great, but I'm not sure if it can handle things at 1080P. You guys think it's a worthy upgrade for ~$110 more to get the 4870? For like $100 more than that I could do 2x 4850 in CF, right? Or would i need PSU/MB upgrades galore for that to work?
 
one can handle 1080p, but in the future you can put another 4850 in it. Remember 4870 has the same core, the only difference is the clocks and the GDDR5.

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2x4850 most after rebates will take you back around 350$
 
Just get the best card you can afford, and because GTX 280 has crap cost/efficiency the best buys are 4870 and GTX 260.
 
Ozarkboy said:
What would be the downside to getting another 8800GTX and SLI? I know the non SLI games would probably suffer, but to what degree. Pardon the silly question just never had SLI before and was wondering.
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pretty good actually, I thought about doing that but I went with amd for a couple of reasons, but if you already have an SLI board this is actually a pretty good option. most of the reviewers not include 8800GTX but tech report does. http://techreport.com/articles.x/14990/9 and figure that I have a good overclock on mine (626, 1575, 1000) I am actually better then the 4850 (in the canned bench marks) in a lot of places. that is why am waiting, the 4870 would be a nice upgrade but if I had an SLI board I would using that option first, then again the 8800GTX is still running around $150, and you can get an 4850 for that.
 
Yeah, honestly. The nvidia prices have dropped to a point where they are indefinitely competitive with ATI.
 
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