3870 or 4870

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I am considering upgrading my 1900XTX card to either a 3870 or 4870. I have my eye on a 126$ MSI 3870 (open box)

I could get the 3870 and have one in each machine, then when I up grade I could crossfire two identical cards, or, i could just move the 3870 to my 8400 machine and get a 4870 to run the more taxing games on my quad. If i did two 3870s I could do almost exact comparisons minus the DDR3 vs DDR2; between the quad and dual... which would be kinda interesting and the cheaper route... What do you think?

I play UT3, COD4... I have Crysis, Bioshock (not opened yet, goin on 3months) UT2k4, COD2, and the ususal steam games CS:S, DOD:S, DOD, TF2

Thanks

 

[tuteja1986]

nah get , 4850.

http://www.firingsquad.com/har...performance/page14.asp

HL2 episode two 2560x1600x32 8xAA/16xAF
$400 4850CF : 124.8
$300 4870 : 58
$560 GTX280 : 57.8

Oblivion HDR 2560x1600x32 8xAA/16xAF
$400 4850CF : 46.3
$300 4870 : 29.6
$560 GTX280 : 25.9


ET QW 2560x1600x32 8xAA/16xAF
$400 4850CF : 72.6
$300 4870 : 52.4
$560 GTX280 : 51.9

Company of heroes 1920x1200x32 8xAA/16xAF
$400 4850CF : 66.5
$300 4870 : 40.6
$560 GTX280 : 57.7


You pretty much can play CS:S, DOD:S, DOD, TF2 , UT3 and COD4 @ 1280x1024 all high with 8xAA/16xAF which a single 4850.

or, i could just move the 3870 to my 8400 machine and get a 4870 to run the more taxing games on my quad. If i did two 3870s I could do almost exact comparisons minus the DDR3 vs DDR2; between the quad and dual... which would be kinda interesting and the cheaper route... What do you think?

Don't , its waste of money unless you really really want to do it.

 

[Sentry2]

Yeah, try to pick up a 4850 if you can. You won't regret it. I had a 9800GX2 and sold it because I assumed(I know, I know) the GTX 280 would be a much better card. Bought a 280....decent minimum frame rates...but it just wasn't what I expected. Sent it back and bought two HD4850's to hold me over for a couple of months(4870X2 CF ). I've got them vmodded and running at 925MHz gpu/2400MHz mem. These cards are insane for the price!

:thumbsup:

 

[musicetime101]

+1 4850

 

[Sylvanas]

Not even a contest, get the 4850.

 

[error8]

Originally posted by: Sentry2
Yeah, try to pick up a 4850 if you can. You won't regret it. I had a 9800GX2 and sold it because I assumed(I know, I know) the GTX 280 would be a much better card. Bought a 280....decent minimum frame rates...but it just wasn't what I expected. Sent it back and bought two HD4850's to hold me over for a couple of months(4870X2 CF ). I've got them vmodded and running at 925MHz gpu/2400MHz mem. These cards are insane for the price!

:thumbsup:

What volt mod did you use? The pencil one?