Upgrading from 4870 512mb to 4870 1G?

[the_electrician]

I have had a Sapphire 4870 512mb (new cooler type) ive had it for a few weeks and it plays everything on my 19"" Tft.
I can get a cheap new sapphire 4870 1G
Is it worth upgrading? i dont plan to increase my Tft size unless it breaks down.
Any advice would be appreciated.

 

[james.miller]

nope!

 

[VaderDSL]

Not worth it, keep your 4870 512 till you upgrade your TFT, when you finally upgrade the screen there will be better cards out then.

 

[Duke]

No point at all.

 

[TaKeN]

Heh someone has found the Sapphire 1G priced at £169

£159 for the 512mb.. < Which I bought a week ago when the 1Gig was £179

and.. yes.. as above, No point at all. The reviews show naff all difference between the 512mb and 1gig at that resolution (same as mine) , the 1Gig comes out top at much higher rezes

 

[wsh]

This week I 'upgraded' from a 512Mb 4870 to a 1Gb. I've play Crysis at 1920x1200, high settings, 4x AA and it has made no difference at all. Not a single FPS has been gained in during gameplay and in the GPU benchmark I've lost 2 FPS.

On a 19" a 1Gb would be even more pointless. If your thinking of buying from that cheap place take a look at the reviews, I wouldn't hate to have to return anything to them.

 

[the_electrician]

Yeah that is card i had in mind. There is a £5 off voucher that can be added plus 5% quidco. That will bring the card @ £173 delivered with approx £5 quidco back makes the card £168 for 4870 1g