Upgrading from 9800GT to HD4870...

[ReeVo.uK]

nVidia GeForce 9800GT @ 512mb

to

Sapphire Radeon HD4870 Vapor-X @ 1GB

For £120...is it worth it?

Thanks.

 

[ReeVo.uK]

What will be the performance differences?
Percentage of FPS increase?

 

[Rroff]

Bit steep for £120 IMO... but it should be around double the performance give or take unless your running at 1280x.

 

[ReeVo.uK]

I'm running at 1680x1050

 

[Rroff]

Roughly £120 will get you a 4890 or nvidia 260 both of which are probably faster than the 4870 even the vapor-x model.

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

I'd go with a 4890 seeing the prices of them now.
Selling the 9800 or keeping it as a physx card?

 

[ReeVo.uK]

I will be selling the 9800GT to make up the cost of the card I will be buying.

What if I could get the HD4870 Vapor-X for £80? Snap his hand off?

 

[ReeVo.uK]

Bump*

 

[jorzeh]

I will be selling the 9800GT to make up the cost of the card I will be buying.

What if I could get the HD4870 Vapor-X for £80? Snap his hand off?

I would for £80 they can overclock even more then what they ship at. hell i'd buy that for 80 and use triple xfire.

 

[bees]

not worth, go for HD4890. better card and the price is about the same.

 

[ReeVo.uK]

Thanks for all the comments guys, I think I will hold onto my 9800GT for a while longer

 

[rolypolyman]

not worth, go for HD4890. better card and the price is about the same.

Are we talking new or used?

 

[evoyear]

120 for a 4890, that's what I would do

 

[Jakstaar2007]

Yep, i managed to get the 4890 Vapor-x for £120.

Upgraded from the 9800GT 1GB and it is a pretty big improvement and the card is much quieter.