4870 512mb @ £170 4870 1gb @ £188 or 280GTX @ £242??

[craptakular]

Hi,

Which of the three represents the best vaule and allow to game pretty highly for the next 12 months.

The 8800GT has been a monter this last 12 months, but my yearly upgrade has arrived!

 

[Indy500]

What resolution to do you play games at?

 

[Pilky01]

what res?

 

[craptakular]

What resolution to do you play games at?

oh balls forgot to mention that 1900 x 1200.

Mostly play tf2, warhead, cod4, css..... but will wanna play farcry2, fallout 3, demigod etc etc etc on higher graphics settings.

Rest of system:

2gb ram
q6600 @ 3.4ghz

 

[londonbairn]

4870 and spend the extra on RAM

 

[easyrider]

For that res I would get 2 x 4850's if your mobo supports it.

If not get the 1GB 4870

 

[craptakular]

For that res I would get 2 x 4850's if your mobo supports it.

If not get the 1GB 4870

i have a p35 board so only one pci-e slot

 

[easyrider]

i have a p35 board so only one pci-e slot

The either the 1 GB 4870 or 280

 

[LoadsaMoney]

4870 1gb, beats the 280 at that res with lots of AA, even the 512mb one does.

 

[[TW]Fox]

4870 1gb, beats the 280 at that res with lots of AA, even the 512mb one does.

Link to that?

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Link to that?

One of many.

4870 512mb beating the 280 at high res with 8xAA.

http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/ati_radeon_4850_4870_performance/page14.asp

 

[londonbairn]

4870 1gb, beats the 280 at that res with lots of AA, even the 512mb one does.

Do this and as I said earlier, with the extra you would have spent on the 280, get yourself 4gb of RAM, hell with the difference you could probably get 4gb RAM and a single platter 320gb WD or something

 

[LoadsaMoney]

280's are not worth the extra.

 

[craptakular]

well flogged my 8800Gt tonight and ordered a 4870 1gb version.

Up until 2 months ago I did have 4 x 1 gb ram but my Q6600 overclocked cried. So sold on 2 sticks. I am going to get 2 x 2gb sticks next month. 4gb ram is so nice

I also need to install then dual boot XP-64bit with XP-32bit. I know, I know Vista64 bit is out but I dont need DX10 mostly as it rubs like poo by all acounts, I also cba to learn another OS and find vista's file structure really annoying..... anyway thats another thread for another forum

All hail XP and ubuntu and OS X and stuff!!!!!!