Apology... and a question..

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heatthegreat

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Well, I was the one, if you all remeber, that said he could get a 4870x2 for around 100 with a employee discount from a friend. Well, I was wrong, I'm man enough to admit it. Sorry to whom I berated about it, but I wasn't exactly lying... this is the price he told me, and of course, when your attacked, you defend, but I was wrong. Anywho, hopefully, no one thinks im a absolute idiot and can be kind enough to answer this for me.


I'm about to sell my 8800GT for $100, was thinking of which card to get to replace.

Heres a list : 4870, GTX260 .

The question is, I want to play absolutely play Fallout 3, Farcry 2, mercenaries 2, spore, and the new FEAR and also STALKER. Now I know we don't know the specs these games require to run at max . The only problem I have is that Im gonna be upgrading in and around christmas time to one of those new i7 and a Xfire Mobo.... will the 4870 still be a good card for the games around there ? I know we dont know for sure, but anything close to one will be greatly appreciated.


Current Specs :

E6750 at stock (gonna OC with new card )
2GB of gskill PC6400 DDR800
btw I game at 1920x1200
 
Why would you want to go with an i7. If you are into playing games, I would suggest going with the 45nm out right now. Intel has said that the i7 will not see any improvements with playing games. But if you are to get a xfire motherboard, I would say that the 4870 would hold you off pretty nicely... And if it doesn't, you can get another one down the road, by which time the price should be down big time. Right now, I am playing on 2 x 2900xt's on a 6400+be, My new project coming up will be a q9600 and a 4870x2 on a mini itx. If only I can find a mini itx board that supports am2+ with pci x16.
 
i've read the thread about 4870x2 for $100 before, i accept your apology though.

if you're thinking about crossfire, why the hell would you even consider a gtx260? also, i'm pretty much sure that a HD4870 could hold until christmas.
 
yea, well whatever card I was gonna get, 260 i would go SLI, 4870, it would be XF, my bad, didnt include it.
 
You can get a 4870 x2 if budget permits.
You then dont need an X38 / X48 board to get the full performance so you will save cash on the motherboard which you can put towards the gfx card.
ie the P45 chipset only has PCI-E x8 for each PCI-E slot in crossfire which does hurt performance.
P45 can supply x16 to a single PCI-E slot though so is perfect for a dual GPU card.

I'm a bit torn myself between a new NVidia card or ATI as there is a 55nM refresh with extra performance enhancements coming from NVidia soon, it looks like it might be worth waiting.
However with NVidias manufacturing problems the release date might not be as soon as hoped.
 
Ok, let me clarify, If I do indeed purchase a 260, when I upgrade near x-mas, I will go the SLI mobo route, if I decide to buy the 4870 this week instead, near xmas, I will go the CF mobo route.
 
now that's a tough choice, both gtx260 and 4870 are a great card. personally i prefer nvidia over amd/ati, but i do think HD 4870 the better choice if you like to crank some AA.
 
heatthegreat said:
Ok, let me clarify, If I do indeed purchase a 260, when I upgrade near x-mas, I will go the SLI mobo route, if I decide to buy the 4870 this week instead, near xmas, I will go the CF mobo route.
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What motherboard you have now? You sure it won't do CF?
 
You also have to account for an nvidia sli chipset is more expensive comepared to an xfire chipset plus the fact that nvidias chipsets have a great deal of problems (even though I never had any problems). Ati has no fees for allowing companies to support xfire. The second question is, Which one scales better. As of right now, xfire scales way better than sli in most games except for the one'(s) we already know that are poorly coded for it... Crysis. Look at some reviews of the scaling going for a single 260 and a 4870 to a sli'd 260 and a xfired 4870. In most cases, the xfire runs all over sli.
 
nösferatu;1032986073 said:
now that's a tough choice, both gtx260 and 4870 are a great card. personally i prefer nvidia over amd/ati, but i do think HD 4870 the better choice if you like to crank some AA.
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Agreed, but official 8.8 drivers are a bit shakey right now at best. I don't think this applies to 4870CF though...probably more so the 4870x2. Best to wait and see what happens when the official 8.9s come out before making a decision. If it were me personally, I'd go the 4870 route as intel chipset motherboards are more reliable...and their chipsets run cooler passively. Hopefully when the x58 motherboards come out we can finally run nvidia cards on intel m/bs.
 
read that thread, anyone who gets pushed to the back against the wall will defend or fight back, but it takes a humble man to admit when he is wrong, props to you

if i had a better budget i would get a 4870x2 because i like to go for the underdogs
 
if he goes with the new i7's though, wouldnt he have the option to get one that has SLI certification or w/e, and also crossfire on it?

that was my whole understanding on those SLI certified motherboards. correct me if im wrong though.
 
I think that sli will only be on the l33t motherboards. Not all of intels boards are going to have sli... Nvidia is not that stupid. Nvidia's chipset is all they have.
 
Hmmm, seems like I'll be ordering a 4870 this week... It seems to beat the 260 on most benches ( not by much ) and seems to be pretty close to the 280 when AA is cranked ( in some tests ). Remeber, this card is just to replace my 8800GT that I'm selling to a friend this week. When I do my major upgrade this Nov-Dec, more than likely I'll upgrade the card if the games warrant , but I just wanted to see what would be best if I decided to SLI or XF in Nov-Dec instead of buying the latest and greatest. Thanks for your replies.
 
you know you can crossfire a 4870x2 or a 4850 with a 4870?
 
I'm glad that you are brave to admit that you were wrong.

Go with a 45nm quad, if its too expensive buy q6600 .

4870 would be a good card .
 
BravO))) said:
I think that sli will only be on the l33t motherboards. Not all of intels boards are going to have sli... Nvidia is not that stupid. Nvidia's chipset is all they have.
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and they can kiss the license to high end "Nehalem" mobo's goodbye...Intel isn't the "salavation army".
 
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