The 4850 in Crossfire mode (2x4850) seems like a really great buy at $400.... I'm just wondering if the GDDR5 and the other improvements the 4870 has is worth the extra $200?
Right now, benchmarks seem to say that it's not a worthwhile investment. Were the 4870 a 1gb card, I would definitely see the benefit of having better memory bandwidth. I guess my real question is whether or not the boost memory bandwidth on the 4870 would ever be realized with only 512mb of video memory.
Right now, benchmarks seem to say that it's not a worthwhile investment. Were the 4870 a 1gb card, I would definitely see the benefit of having better memory bandwidth. I guess my real question is whether or not the boost memory bandwidth on the 4870 would ever be realized with only 512mb of video memory.