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ATI digital vibrance is called: AVIVO Colour Correction. Set it to 200 and its give a big boost to the vibrancy (much more so that I remember my old 8800GTX doing on its max 100 setting).
I would get a 4870 as much cheaper than GTX280 and if it does not work out then you will not lose much money but if you get a GTX280 and have to sell it then you will lose more money as it costs more to begin with (both cars will lose around 10-15% once 2nd hand). Personally I have not had any problems with a 4870, the drivers are rock solid stable, no issues in any games either. They do run hot by default but thats not an issue to avoid it as the GTX280 is even hotter and needs more power. At least the 4870 is not as obsolete as a GTX280 which lacks DX10.1. TBH unless you game @ 1920x1200 anyway a 4850 would be enough for now and you can always add another for crossfire to give more FPS later.
Yeah m8 200 makes it look really sweet!
For games that will support it around 20% faster performance as it bypasses a render stage.cynic
how important is directx 10 over directx 10.1 anyway? i cant believe that it is that great a deal....yes ceratin games did scale better under 10.1. but with directx 11 being backward compatable i cant see if there is any bonus to had.
Touche just like Physx cough cough
At least there is one game out which does support DX10.1 and it makes a big difference to performance............
