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4850 to 6870, worth it?

Ultra_Extreme

Ultra_Extreme

Ultra_Extreme

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Hey guys, u think this is a worthwhile upgrade? I bought my 4850 a while ago and i never gamed. Now i play arma 2 (day z obv) civ 5 aND a bunch of steam stuff not big on mega gfx games but would like to max civ and increase draw distance in day z etc plus wouldnt mind general better poerformance in 3d games.

Will i see the diff here with a Q6600 and 8gig ddr2 on an SSD or should i save for bigger things?
 
never attempted as on stock cooler lol maybe give that a go back in the day was dab hand at OC i think it will be poss as i bought the Q6600 that everyone wanted as it was OC'ble

EDIT AFTER ive bought monster cooler obv
 
3GHz on stock is probably do-able if you didn't care about temps. I just got a 7970 from a 4890 and the difference is impressive. I'm running my Q6600 at 3.24GHz (400x9) at 1.4v in bios which is about 1.3v in windows. I would like more cpu power but, most games just need graphics power which these newer cards have. Can max BF3 with my Q6600/7970.

I'd say it's worth it simply because the 4850 is ancient, kind of a dinosaur now.

Also, isn't 7850 a better choice? Lower temps, power consumption and clocks better? Similar prices too...
 
hey thanks chaps, clocked at 3.25 now seems stable on stock, temps not awful at all (great case cooling on a full size antec 1200) will replace with good cooler tho, will look into 7850 but thought much more expensive seen 6870 at 120 bucks clocking 900mhz core
 
Lynx24 said:
Q6600 is a very good chip but something like a 2500k/2600k and z68 mobo would work a lot better with that card
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New CPU is always going to be better. But if you are on a tight budget, then depending on the type of games you play, it can be acceptable to have a little imbalance bottlenecking as most games are GFX dependent.
 
I did a smaller jump going from a 4870 to a 5850 and it was very noticeable so it's worth it. Overclock your cpu though, stock speed will hold you back. I'm running my phenom 2 x4 at 3.4ghz and it pairs niceley with the 5850 so if you could get something similar out of the q6600 it would be of great benefit.
 
just came across a chap on the old auction site selling his 7850 because "my motherboard didnt support PCIe 3.0" this is news to me will a 7xxx series card even work in my P5QL-Pro board?
 
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