Radeon 4807 or GTX X260

[randomnewb]

Hello all. This is my first post on these forums, so hope this aint too newb.

Been searching for a graphic card for my new rig and it's coming down to either:

- The radeon 4870 1GB
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-091-PC

or

- The BFG Geforce GTX 260 OC 896MB
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-078-BG

Thing is, I've read that although the radeon performs well with larger displays (will be playing on a full HD tv), I've also heard that it runs very hot, with some reports of loud fan / "scraping" noise.


Any advice you folks can offer on the pros/cons of each card would be much appreciated.

 

[randomnewb]

Thanks for the information, folks.

Just read loads of benchmarks/tests pitting the x280, x260, 4870 against each other with crysis dx10, COD4 etc.

From what I've seen I've decided to buy:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-077-EA&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=927&name=EVGA%20GeForce%20GTX%20260%20"Core%20216%20Superclocked"%20896MB%20GDDR3%20TV-Out/Dual%20DVI%20(PCI-Express)%20-%20Retail

Looks like a winner.

And yes, I meant "4870".

 

[randomnewb]

Could you provide the link to that etailer please Sarge78?

Thanks!

 

[randomnewb]

Ah, I did not realise that, apologies.

One more question:

The board I have is:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-281-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1155&name=Asus%20P5Q-E%20Intel%20P45%20(Socket%20775)%20PCI-Express%20DDR2%20Motherboard

Afaik there are no compatibility issues/problems using an Nvidia card with this board? Or if there are, could anyone offer an alternative please?

Thanks again.

 

[randomnewb]

Thanks psychas.

I'll look into that.

 

[randomnewb]

So the asus p5q boards are actually PCI E 1.1?

The description on overclockers mentions that the board comes with PCI E 2.0 compatibility:

"1 x PCIe 2.0 x16"

Think I need to do some more reading..

 

[randomnewb]

So what (after all this) is the general consensus on the asus PQ5 board then?

I'm basically looking for some accurate advice on a decent board, around £75-£90 that is socket 775 and has pci E 2.0 (Decided to go with the BFG GeForce GTX 260 OCX MAXCORE 896MB).

I appreciate all the advice posted here, and there is really no need to argue over it imo.

Thanks folks.

 

[randomnewb]

Cheers for the advice.