Upgrading my 4870

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rsantos97

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Ok fellas, I am thinking of upgrading my 4870 512mb to either a gtx280. At the moment I only play COD 4 and COD 5 on a 28" hanns-g monitor at 1920x1200.

My system specs are:
Abit IP35-E
Q6600 @ 3.0GHz
4 x 1GB G.skills
WD RaptorX 150gb Hdd
320GB hdd
500GB hdd
Lite On DVD Burner
SB Audigy 4
4870 512mb
All powered by a Corsair HX520 PSU

Can my PSU handle a gtx280 with all the shit I have?
 
I am pretty sure the HD4870 plays any COD titles out now just fine....

And yes, you're PSU will power the GTX 280 just fine.
 
Seems like a rather pointless upgrade. The performance difference is anything but huge between the two cards, and my 4850 has absolutly no issues maxing out COD4/5 at 1920x1200 so your 4870 certainly shouldn't sweat it in the least.
 
I must have 15 viruses(I don't) because I get lag(Under 50 fps) in CoD4 on occasion(going through smoke, extremely heavy fire+sound+air strikes) running the setup in my sig at 1680x1050. Upgrading to a GTX280 at that resolution seems like a good idea to me...
 
S3th13 said:
I must have 15 viruses(I don't) because I get lag(Under 50 fps) in CoD4 on occasion(going through smoke, extremely heavy fire+sound+air strikes) running the setup in my sig at 1680x1050. Upgrading to a GTX280 at that resolution seems like a good idea to me...
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You must have something wrong. If my old 2900xt's I just replaced can run 90fps with all high settings at 1920x1200, your 4870 should be more than over kill at 1680x1050. and I would not complain about lag until you go under 30fps. You should unistall you drivers, run in safe mode and run driver cleaner, then install you drivers again.
 
HardwareGuru said:
Not a good idea.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/force3d-hd-4870_8.html#sect1

http://www.guru3d.com/article/call-of-duty-world-at-war-vga-graphics-performance-test/6

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-geforce-comparison,2007-12.html

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3341&p=14
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HardwareGuru, why are you so awesome and know so much about? I always see you in threads offering advice and I think "Hmmm... I'm not sure HWGuru is necessarily spot on here" But then I look into it and you are always right. You are not the only one, I see Dannybui and sometimes enginurd always posting great advice.
 
Hey thanks man for that comment. Part of it is because of this forum and learning from you guys. That's how each of us learn a new thing everyday. Plus, I figured if I come on here with a name like HardwareGuru, you better back it up! LoL.
 
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