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GTX260 VS HD 4870

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So now that ATI's high end GPU has been been released and Nvidias coming very soon it's time to get to the point of the 2 cards.
They are both enthusiasts cards, people that are willing to spend about £1000 pounds on a computer and have it last them 2-3 years.

The question now is what card? The GTX260 should be coming down in price shortly (only thing for nvidia to do atm to remain able to compete). Whilst Ati's card will drop as well. So they both will fall into the 100-200 pound price range (eventually, well sooner than people think i reckon).

So what card OCuk? I've been checking out a few benchies and it seems that the HD 4870 out performs the GTX260 on games, but the GTX260 seems to have more power that just doesnt seem to be used in modern games (from the 3d mark scores), If i had to guess i'd say it was a driver problem. Whilst the HD 4870 uses catalyst drivers which some people seem to have a history with.
 
The ATI of course.

It's the choice that makes sense logically and lastability wise as well.

They have DX10.1, Crossfire scales very well in more modern games than fewer and Crossfire features in more motherboards than ever before.
 
4870 over the GTX260. Cheaper and arguably faster (in games, 3dmark can suck my... Well you know how it goes), what's not to like?
 
LoadsaMoney said:
Definately the 4870, but don't expect Dx10.1 to make much of a difference, not with Nvidia paying everyone off to not use it.
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Don't see how they can do that now considering the price of the ATI cards and the vendor/dev partners the 48xx lineup will open doors to!
 
mrk said:
Don't see how they can do that now considering the price of the ATI cards and the vendor/dev partners the 48xx lineup will open doors to!
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Money talks. Devs will take the cash and not implement 10.1 even if it makes their games look slightly better.
 
was considering a gtx 260 to replace my current 8800gts 512. but having read a few reviews of the 4870 it seems a better choice. (bit cheaper to) currently game @1920x1200 and the gts struggles a bit with aa/af enabled.
 
I was all set to click buy now on the GTX 260 but with it not releasing till this week some time and the 4870 still to release I waited. And I am glad I did, the most expensive 4870 on here is £50 cheaper than the cheapest GTX 260, and the ATi card is quicker.

Nvidia would have to drop that GTX 260 to £199 for it to even have a whiff of being competative. Appart from those on SLI, or using the step-up etc, I cant see why anyone would get a GTX 260 over a 4870 unless you find one cheaper and/or have an Nvidia tattoo somewhere 8-)

Martyn
 
With the performance of the 4xxx cards and the fact that most gamers have intel chipset mobo's nvidia is going to find it harder and harder to sign any new "twimtbp" partners and may lose some of the ones it has. Also most companys like to feel they back the winner and at the minute that doesn't look like nvidia with the way it seems to want to figt everyone and then releases cards that are not that good in comparison to it's competitor.
 
finally, after years of (IMO) being behind Nvidia, ATi has the upperhand...and this is a extremly large upperhand, 2x ATi HIS 4870 for £440? Now that is a seriously sick bargin when the cheapest GTX280 is £336 (in sale too)

woo go ATi, i hope they dominate the market from now on! this is a major setback for nvidia :D
 
Lightnix said:
If ATi has EA as a partner then Crysis: Warhead and its tweaked CryEngine 2 may support DX10.1. Interesting.
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Would that not fall under Nv's The Way Its Meant To Played though, and EA doesn't really excite me for Dx10.1, what they gona do, Fifa 2009, 2010, 2011 etc... etc... all with Dx10.1, YAY. :D
 
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It's interesting because EA is the publisher, is currently backing ATi, but Crytek, the developer, is in bed with nVidia.
 
I would love Dx10.1 to start getting used, as we saw in Ass Creed the boost it gives, but with Nvidia not being able to do it, you just know they gona stop it from being used (or try).
 
To put it simply 1X4870 is nearly as fast as a GTX280 (equal in a couple of games) 2X4870's blow the GTX280 out the water.

GTX280 = £400 (all prices are competitor E-Retailers)

1X 4870 = £180 " "

2X 4870 (GTX280 Killer) = £360 " "
 
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