4870x2 to 6870 worth it?

[mohawk]

So looking back at my old purchases i notice i bought my 4870x2 from overclockers on the 12th of august 2008 for the princely sum of £325!

i can tell by the noise and heat coming off it that these days its having a bit more trouble! do you reckon its worth the upgrade considering that the 6870 is only ~£200?

Cheers

 

[arc@css]

In terms of overall performance it would be a down-grade, not by that much but it certainly isn't something I would consider.

 

[Scougar]

Try cleaning it out.

Alternatively sell it to fund an upgrade, but bear in mind what arc@css has just said. Better to get something from the 69xx series when it comes out, or a 480gtx otherwise you are just throwing money away for no real gain.

 

[Jibber55]

Wait for the 69XX series benchmarks, then make a decide.

 

[opethdisciple]

Down grade yes.

But upgrade interms of power usage, heat and noise reductions... plus the whole no more crossfire driver issues.

If you dont mind a performace downgrade, and can get a fair price for the 4870x2... I dont think its that bad.... however... in saying that you get all the above and keep your performance with a 5870.

However, I would wait for the higher end 6000 series gpus, before making a purchase, thats of course if you want to spend over 250 maybe 300....

Best thing for you maybe is to just hang on to the 4870x2. Thats still a beefy card.

Fine, its hot, uses lots of juice, is noisey and lacks dx11, but its still got plenty of milage in it.

Get a fair price for it, and then maybe... you can justify an upgrade.

Does it struggle with any games your playing?

 

[skotish|]

Keep the 4870x2 and wait for the caymens or got 480 gtx

 

[Tealc]

Go for cleaning it first. I knocked 15 degrees and a lot of fan noise of my 4890 by removing the plastic cover and dusting the heatsink with a paint brush. It'd only been in the case for 9 months, 4 of them in a filtered case so I was quite surprised by the amount of insulating dust it had captured.

I'd personally want a big increase in performance if I were to upgrade.

 

[mohawk]

cheers for the replies! its not really having too many issues with games, it was having a little bit of difficulty with fallout vegas, but everything was maxed.

i think i will do as you say and wait for the 69xx series to come out and give my current card a clean!

 

[jorzeh]

My 4870x2 was running hot so i got an accelo exetreme cooler on it and now it's totally silent and highest temps are 50C they was over 90C before they tend to need blasting out every 2 months that's the reason i upgraded the fan and im in the same boat i want to upgrade forDX11 but srsly not worth it at the moment i might not even get 6970 since nothing has stressed my card yet.

 

[trisp]

get the 6990 card when it comes out that will be a big upgrade