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4870 512mb to 1gb - worth it?

At 1680x1050 I dunno...I used a 512mb 4870 on 2048x1152 though and thought it handled it ok, then changed to 1gb 4870 and was surprised to see a substantial difference.

At 1680x1050 the story may be different though...
 
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Try rivatuner for monitoring memory usage in a game, it can display program and video memory used, graph and log it for you

Some old game engines are inefficient but I think it would need some high res textures to reach that level of consumption.
 
not worth upgrading at all... and if you did decide to ''upgrade'' to a 48701GB...id get the GTX260 instead.

you seen the prices recently?
 
gurusan said:
4870 1gb > GTX 260 imo
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Stock vs stock maybe, clock the knackers off the 260 and I'd have the 260. The fact just about all of them will do atleast 700MHz core is a major buying factor whereas the 4870 only does 50MHz~ OC without insane fan speed/noise.
 
I made the change from the 512mb version when the 1gb were cheap the first time round. Quickly sold my old card and the upgrade cost me £25!

I saw a big different in games like fallout 3, things do seem a lot smoother generally too. I also think the trend will continue when the newer games come out, I think it all depends on how long you intend on keeping it for.

I saw a massive difference in vantage too, It ran totally smooth whereas it was VERY jumpy with the 512. Although strangely the score only saw a slight increase...

Although looking at the current prices of the 260gtx, i'd go for that in a heart beat :)

EDIT: I game at 1920 x 1200
 
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