Notable upgrade to CF 4870?

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Vincent Vega

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I currently have Crossfire 4870 512MB cards running in my i7 setup.

I am looking for an upgrade, preferably in the form of a single card. Would the GTX 295 accomplish this? Or a GTX 285 2GB?

Thanks for the input.
 
Not at this moment in time no.

Wait till the new cards come out, shouldn't be more than a few months.

Seriously, there is nothing out there that for the money will give large enough improvements.
 
if you are gaming in 25x16, a gtx285 or gtx295 would be a noticable improvement, however if you game at 19x12 any improvements would be minor, I would suggest waiting till next video card gen in the fall.
 
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Rats, I do have a 30inch, gaming usually at 25x16.

If the next generation of graphics is due in a few months, I guess I can wait up for GTX 3xx to hit the shelves.
 
Minor ?? GTX295 is about 15% faster then 4870X2 which is faster by same 10% then
2X 4870 Crossfire, so its not minor.But yes i do agree wait for the new generation cards ;)
 
the 512mb 4870, even in crossfire does not handle 25x16 too well, however this late, the next gen is looking to be a few months away, since it appears that the ati 5x series will launch with windows 7 at the latest, might even come sooner.
 
psyside said:
Minor ?? GTX295 is about 15% faster then 4870X2 which is faster by same 10% then
2X 4870 Crossfire, so its not minor.But yes i do agree wait for the new generation cards ;)
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GTX 295 is not 15% faster in any possible way.... unless 4870CF is on 512MB, that is different story..

its more like 5% ish to 8% compare to X2..

anyway, since you are on a i7 rig, and if you are welling to spend the cash, 285 SLI or 4890 CF would be a really good choice..

I upgrade my ATI rig from 4870CF 512VRAM to XFX 4890 XT CF, I have to say I am really impress of how this beast works..

but if you still want a dual GPU with single card, GTX 295 will be a choice when you can find a single PCB, else its not really a option..
 
shansoft said:
but if you still want a dual GPU with single card, GTX 295 will be a choice when you can find a single PCB, else its not really a option..
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The EVGA COOP 295 board is single PCB, as far as I know... I think I may pick it up and later complement it with another one, when the time comes.
 
Vincent Vega said:
The EVGA COOP 295 board is single PCB, as far as I know... I think I may pick it up and later complement it with another one, when the time comes.
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quad SLI is not really a good option..

most game takes up SLI, some Tri-SLI...Quad SLI is out of answer...

so my best suggestion is if you really going for GTX 295, don't make a Quad SLI out of it....
 
shansoft said:
quad SLI is not really a good option..

most game takes up SLI, some Tri-SLI...Quad SLI is out of answer...

so my best suggestion is if you really going for GTX 295, don't make a Quad SLI out of it....
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True, I have read the same. I, in no way, have the desire to run tri-SLI. Following your setup, I actually looked into CF 4890s, seems like a potent dual setup and cheaper than dual GTX 285s.
 
Vincent Vega said:
True, I have read the same. I, in no way, have the desire to run tri-SLI. Following your setup, I actually looked into CF 4890s, seems like a potent dual setup and cheaper than dual GTX 285s.
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4890CF is a beast I have to say, and I have bought 4 of them.. 2 of them replace my on my 8800 GTX rig
4x4890

2 of them OC up to 960Mhz in core without a problem, the other 2 up to 985/990 ..

this is all without voltage increase, with RivaTuner, all of them can go up to 1G without a problem...

and I have to say, 4890 is a cheap card, and it runs like a beast..

but I have a problem with it while running Crysis benchmark, it have no fps drop when I push up fps up to 8xAA with 43fps on very high DX10 1680*1050.... and there is no way to be CPU bottleneck....
 
psyside said:
http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-295-review-bfg/15

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTYyMyw3LCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==

5%?
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what are you trying to prove, we all know Quad Crossfire does not scale well in Crysis...

and for some reason Crysis benchmark is way off chart....

I had my GTX 295, its a bit better than 4870CF, but there is no real improvement in gaming experience...

remember, GTX 295 is a strip down of GTX 275, performance a bit higher than GTX 260..

no idea what you trying to prove there..

and please post some legit review next time, not some review with random numbers on there..

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTYwOCw5LCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTU5OSw2LCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==
 
Too bad you don't have 1GB cards. 4870 1GBs in CF are monsters. It'll be a while before I upgrade.
 
Thats from my personal experience,i dont try to proof anything i just got alot better
gameplay with GTX295 smooth/more fps then 4870X2 in my case is more then 10/15 %
just like those reviews.Dont know about yours tbh.
 
psyside said:
Thats from my personal experience,i dont try to proof anything i just got alot better
gameplay with GTX295 smooth/more fps then 4870X2 in my case is more then 10/15 %
just like those reviews.Dont know about yours tbh.
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you probably have some old driver install, or bad one, or maybe some bad cards..

I have purchase a 4870X2 in the past, and it gone a bit worse than my 4870CF... no idea what is going on there..so I send it back for replacement..

after they send it back, its a whole different story....

so this might be the same for your case....
 
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