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Is it worth the upgrade??????

Th3D0n

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I would say so, you get a decent gain in FPS, however, the GTX 275 is a little more than the GTX 260 and has been successful in beating the GTX 285 in some scenarios, so you may want to consider going for a GTX 275, but the GTX 260 is still a good upgrade.

Edit: What about a 4870 1GB?
 
'Wes said:
I would say so, you get a decent gain in FPS, however, the GTX 275 is a little more than the GTX 260 and has been successful in beating the GTX 285 in some scenarios, so you may want to consider going for a GTX 275, but the GTX 260 is still a good upgrade.

Edit: What about a 4870 1GB?
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By decent how decent do you mean ? and how much better is the 4870 1GB then the GTX260.

Plus id like a change from ati to nvida due to PhysX
 
Can you clock your CPU any higher?

I don't think a new GPU will show the increased performance you may expect with the CPU you have now. If you do get a GTX260, I would say you should try to get a minimum overclock to 3GHz before you consider a new GPU.
 
The GTX 260 just edges the 4870 1GB, but the 4870 1GB takes the lead in resolutions above 1600 x 900.
 
jak731 said:
Can you clock your CPU any higher?

I don't think a new GPU will show the increased performance you may expect with the CPU you have now. If you do get a GTX260, I would say you should try to get a minimum overclock to 3GHz before you consider a new GPU.
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I would just overclocking further TBH - what games do you play that require a new graphics card?
 
If you get decent enough fps, then wait, as your 4850 should be enough to see you through to the next gen.

if you say you sometimes play games on 1920x1080, what do you play on the rest of the time?
 
Its not worth the upgrade at all considering the money you'd spend for it.
HD 4850 still plays almost every game you throw at it with almost everything on high settings at 1920x1200.. I've had the HD 4850.. Its a brilliant card.

Wait for next gen, then you'll get better performance with your upgrade for less money.

I do not think Its worth getting constant 60+fps in all games unless you play them competetively. 30-40+fps is fine for most games.
 
I wouldn't suggest upgrading your card just for physx, I've got a gtx280 and have used Physx once since I've had it, it is an utter gimmick, a bit useless. If the 4850 runs everything fine, stick with it until the new cards come out. If not, I'd suggest a 4890 which will run everything nicely, clock like a beast and not cost the eart
 
Hardly any games support PhysX, ATI cards have better support for Havok so i would stick with them, after playing TFU. I wouldn't upgrade from a 4850 now, i would wait for DX11 cards, see how they price and perform.
 
jak731 said:
Can you clock your CPU any higher?

I don't think a new GPU will show the increased performance you may expect with the CPU you have now. If you do get a GTX260, I would say you should try to get a minimum overclock to 3GHz before you consider a new GPU.
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I can get around 3Ghz no more out off it im only on air cooling.

My mate told me that most games now use the GPU much more then the CPU so iv got enf power with the cpu at 2.7. If i want better fps i need a better GPU.


beh* said:
I would just overclocking further TBH - what games do you play that require a new graphics card?
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Things like Grid and CM Dirt on my hdtv

anant_shah94 said:
If you get decent enough fps, then wait, as your 4850 should be enough to see you through to the next gen.

if you say you sometimes play games on 1920x1080, what do you play on the rest of the time?
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I get Decent Fps when i use my moniter at 1280*1020 all on full. But
when i play Grid and CM Dirt on my hdtv all on full it slows down and with NFS Shift and Dirt2 comin out ill need more power!


Superewza said:
Hardly any games support PhysX, ATI cards have better support for Havok so i would stick with them, after playing TFU. I wouldn't upgrade from a 4850 now, i would wait for DX11 cards, see how they price and perform.
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Wish i had the money for a DX11 card if i waited but i wont have it lol


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How much will it help if a had a Quad Core and a new mobo to run my ram at 1066 insted of 800
 
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Th3D0n said:
IMy mate told me that most games now use the GPU much more then the CPU so iv got enf power with the cpu at 2.7. If i want better fps i need a better GPU.
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You still need a fast enough cpu to "feed" the GPU otherwise it will bottleneck the card
 
Is the OC limit due to your motherboard or your CPU cooler? Those cards can usually do 3Ghz+, possibly spend a bit of cash on a new CPU cooler? I'm guessing the 4850 would be bottlenecked at those speeds, as in my experience ATI cards tend to get affected more by CPU speed than Nvidia ones do
 
Mojo said:
Is the OC limit due to your motherboard or your CPU cooler? Those cards can usually do 3Ghz+, possibly spend a bit of cash on a new CPU cooler? I'm guessing the 4850 would be bottlenecked at those speeds, as in my experience ATI cards tend to get affected more by CPU speed than Nvidia ones do
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it do more then 3Ghz but its only stable at 3Ghz its all the chip can do
 
No don't bother there's no must have must play games coming that will require it for a long time yet.4850 to gtx260 is hardly worth it at least wait until your 4850 is struggling on a game you play everyday or a lot.I have a 4850 and I wont be upgrading it until battlefield 3 or if operation flashpoint 2 turns out to be actually worth playing online which i doubt it will be.

Stick with what you got put your upgrading money aside and see what happens with the whole corei5 thing and boards as I think that should be your next path rather than throwing money on that rig.
 
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C64 said:
No don't bother there's no must have must play games coming that will require it for a long time yet.4850 to gtx260 is hardly worth it at least wait until your 4850 is struggling on a game you play everyday or a lot.I have a 4850 and I wont be upgrading it until battlefield 3 or if operation flashpoint 2 turns out to be actually worth playing online which i doubt it will be.

Stick with what you got put your upgrading money aside and see what happens with the whole corei5 thing and boards as I think that should be your next path rather than throwing money on that rig.
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thanx
 
Hi Th3Don - from my experience I had an E2180 on that same mobo (the v3.3 one), with an 8800GTS 512. The max I could get stable was 3.06GHz (a number burned on my brain lol) so I changed to a low cost E5200, and now have it running at 3.7GHz pretty stable (after 4 hours Orthos was stable enough for me) never going above 60'C with an AC7 cooler and a slight increase in volts. The primary game I play is ArmaII under XP and I find the setup pretty good for all medium settings.

I am holding out for either a quad core 9550 or maybe GTX275/4890 if/when the prices drop a bit with rumoured Autumn GPU announcements, so you might squeeze another gHz or so out of a different CPU for half the cost of a GTX260 or 4870 (less if you flog the 2180), which could help in the short term depending on the games you play. I'm also keeping an eye on what i5 will bring.

Hope this offers a slightly different perspective.

cjph
 
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