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Is this Stupid? 4870 >>>> 275 GTX??

lettuce

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I currently have a PowerColor 4870 1GB card, shall probably be building a new system within the next few weeks. With quite a few new games using nvidia physx, i am tempted to go Nvidia. But not 100% sure how the 275GTX compares to the 4870?.

I used to be a Nvidia man, the last card i had was the 8800GT, but was having problems with the Nvidia Control Panel and get different resolutions to my PC monitor and my HDTV, seemed i could only get 1 resolution across the 2 monitors, this was 1 of the reason i went over to ATI, did everything i wanted in regards to 2 display setup and was a breeze to set up. Has this changed now and is the Nvidia Contorl Panel a lot more user friendly?
 
275GTX is the better card... but its not a huge increase in performance... I deffinatly wouldn't base purchasing a card on physx.

nVidia has always been better for multi display in my experience.

Personally I'd say stick with the 4870.
 
Yeah i might do, i mean im happy with the performace of the 4870, plays verything i throw at it on high settings, so if the 275 is a little bit better then thats good, im guess the extra 104meg DDR5 the 4870 has wouldnt make a scrap of difference??

Thats said, im building a whole new system and demand all shiny new components :D
 
The extra VRAM would only make a difference if you were playing at very high res or a game with a huge texture/model load... in which case both cards would be brought to their knees anyhow.
 
lettuce said:
I currently have a PowerColor 4870 1GB card, shall probably be building a new system within the next few weeks. With quite a few new games using nvidia physx, i am tempted to go Nvidia. But not 100% sure how the 275GTX compares to the 4870?.

I used to be a Nvidia man, the last card i had was the 8800GT, but was having problems with the Nvidia Control Panel and get different resolutions to my PC monitor and my HDTV, seemed i could only get 1 resolution across the 2 monitors, this was 1 of the reason i went over to ATI, did everything i wanted in regards to 2 display setup and was a breeze to set up. Has this changed now and is the Nvidia Contorl Panel a lot more user friendly?
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had the same experience with the 8800GT and 9800GX2 :(
I feel your pain.. one of the reasons why I'm going to buy either HD 4870 or HD4890 pretty soon.. or If I can wait, see how the DX11 cards will be priced, and base my decision on that...

don't know if its just us, but I think Nvidia's multi display support is rubbish based on my experience... tried all different drivers and always had at least 1 annoying bug with multi display :(
 
If you really want a new card lettuce, then atleast get something of a worth while upgrade. Go for a 285 or SLI some 275's.
But you may aswell just keep the ATI for a bit longer, and get a DX11 card when they're out.

BTW, yes you can set individual monitor resolutions with NV cards/drivers.
 
MR.B said:
If you really want a new card lettuce, then atleast get something of a worth while upgrade. Go for a 285 or SLI some 275's.
But you may aswell just keep the ATI for a bit longer, and get a DX11 card when they're out.

BTW, yes you can set individual monitor resolutions with NV cards/drivers.
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+1 new cards are like a few months away tops card you buy will be worth half what it is today prolli less secondhand.

get yourself a 8800/9800 card for dedicated physics ;)
 
Use ultramon or even vista for setting up resolutions ?

I honestly can't see the problem, my monitor ( recognized as a hdtv) runs 1920x1080 and my 2nd monitor runs 1280x1024, never had any problems... With any drivers and I've gone through many over the years !


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Keep the 4870, difference is negligible. Physx is barely visible in games imo, overmarketed.
 
TheMorningStar said:
regarding the desktop.. I'm guessing that you have spanned your desktop rather than just replicated it? so two compleatly different workspaces?
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I cant honstly remember, it was over a years ago

snowdog said:
Keep the 4870, difference is negligible. Physx is barely visible in games imo, overmarketed.
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Looking at this comparison vid of the new Batman game, theres a far few more effects added,
 
With regards to swapping a 48701GB with a GTX275, it's a waste of money, don't waste your money.
 
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