XFX 4870 xxx edition - 512 or 1 Gig ??

[Captain Nemo]

Hi everyone, i am looking to upgrade my GFX card to a 4870 and i have kind of narrowed my choice down to these xxx xfx models as they have a higher default clcok and memory speed then the others in the same price zone.

What i am wondering though is it worth spending an extra £15 on the 1 gig version over the standard 512MB version?? I know all you speed demons will always say bigger is better but will it realisticalyl make any difference at all?

I would like to play games in 1600 X 1200 res as thats my default monitor res, i only really play FPS (bf2, tf2, cod) plus a few RTS (mostly C&C variants)

I know this is a top end card but money is a bit tight these days so i don't want to sspend £15 extra just for the sake of it, only if i will see a difference in framerate. Thanks in advance for any replys.

 

[pcpietrek]

In most games there is little or no difference, but some games (ie Far Cry 2, Grid) like extra memory. Personally i would stretch and buy 1 GB version - it is more futureproof.

 

[Darren_uk]

I Went for the ...
XFX ATI Radeon HD 4870 XXX 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card 3 Days ago ,Being 1024MB @ £113 & this Overclocks Great to 134.4GB/s
Memory Bandwidth

so Worth going for the 1024 for alittle more ...better on Higher Resolutions.

http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/12656/1/1/2/

 

[arc@css]

Imo get the 1gb, no question.

 

[Captain Nemo]

Thanks for all your replys so far, i am swinging towards the 1GB version but it will mean waiting an extra week or 2 so i don't go overdrawn if i spend an extra £15

I don't suppose anyone has any direct comparison results between 512 and 1024 version of the same cards in real world tests (not 3dmarks or similar) even for different brands.

 

[Angst]

you will only notice a difference between 512mb and 1gb version in higher resolutions like 1080p and above or in very memory intensive games like gta 4.