Logical upgrade from 8800gts?

[miceormen]

Hey guys

Worked my bum off full time for the last few weeks before uni starts, and have a bit of extra cash

No sli motherboard, but I love my reliable ds3r anyway so just have to look at single card upgrades. How noticeable a difference will there be with say a 4870 at 1440x900 in crysis / cod4 over my current gts 512?

Or are there any other cards that would give a better performance, even a 4850?

 

[Pilky01]

Buy a 4870 now
Prices will be going over £200 again soon so buy as soon as you can.

Hmmm actually i have just noticed your res and i wouldnt bother with an upgrade.

 

[Wayne~]

At that res I don't think I'd bother personally...

 

[TheRealDeal]

If upgrading to any card i would get the 4850 for your res. As said above though i don't really think you need to as that gts should be fast enough for now.

 

[TheBrooder]

What about at 1680x1050?

 

[Datamonkey]

I would leave it for a generation.

Wait for the next line of nvidia or ati card.

At your current res its not worth the outlay. If you were on a 24" then yes maybe 1920x1200 territory.

 

[TheRealDeal]

What about at 1680x1050?

What card do you have atm? For that res if you have a 8800gts 512 i think a 4870 would be a nice boost.

 

[TheBrooder]

What card do you have atm? For that res if you have a 8800gts 512 i think a 4870 would be a nice boost.

yeh it's a 8800 GTS 320mb

I may go for 4850 or indeed leave it until the next gen is out

 

[McMav]

yeh it's a 8800 GTS 320mb

I may go for 4850 or indeed leave it until the next gen is out

I went from 8800gts 320 to a 4870.

Have to say I'm loving it Got it b4 the latest price rises so only 158 with the nice 10% off ocuk gave me

 

[Modjo]

I went from 8800gts 320 to a 4870.

Ditto. The card's not even breaking a sweat on my 24"

 

[rjk]

i would leave it personally - theres nothing you wont be able to play for a few months
plus you can get some next gen hardware when the big guns decide to sort their stuff out

 

[Greebo]

You can wait but if you have the money and want to spend it get the 4870 now while it is still only £170.

Okay, I play at a slightly higher res of 1680 x 1050 but even with that I can't play GRID over 8xaa without it affecting the framerate too much.

Company of heroes dx10 with everything on ultra still won't run at 8xaa and I have to only use 4xaa (8xaa drops the minimum framerate down to 10fps on the benchmark wheres 4xaa is almost 30fps)

I am sure at the moment you play most of your games with reasonable framerates but hardly any aa?

You will be able to play everything maxxed out with a 4870 with probably 8xaa on everything, crysis excluded of course)

I used to have a 8800GTS 320Mb before I went to a 4870 (via a 8800GT and 8800GTS 512Mb which were all bought and sold for the same purchase cost of the next one )