I play Skyrim on Ultra with my 4870 in 1920 x 1080 and it's fine. Not pulling 60 FPS or anything, but things look pretty sweet. My card is crazy loud, though.
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Very happy I saw this. Used my $40 newegg credit I paid $20 for to take it down to $35 out of pocket.
really, im not sure if we were ever at a point where a $50 video card could play virtually every game at hd res with great framerates even when paired with a budget cpu. i bet you could build a real gaming rig now for $400 brand new
I did just that. $330 shipped (hardware only no Op system) using this card. Pieced it together since Black Friday til this video card.
I also included the Monitor, keyboard, and mouse in the price as I have extra sets of speakers.
$60 AMD Triple Heka core running at 3.4ghz with 4 cores active. Egg
$30 8gb G-skill ram. Egg
$20 case shipped. Tigerdirect
$15 DVD burner. Egg
$50 500gb HD. Egg
$55 Asus AM3 mATX mobo. Egg
$15 Rosewill heat pipe cooler. Egg
$55 ATI 4870. Egg
$30 Corsair CX430 ps. Egg ( had this for months )
$55 Emachine 19" monitor. Tigerdirect
$15 Iogear USB keyboard mouse combo. (I think tigerdirect)
$400 total shipped and no rebates.
Good holiday shopping. Its not the best gaming system but it sure will work very well.
I also included the Monitor, keyboard, and mouse in the price as I have extra sets of speakers.
$60 AMD Triple Heka core running at 3.4ghz with 4 cores active. Egg
$30 8gb G-skill ram. Egg
$20 case shipped. Tigerdirect
$15 DVD burner. Egg
$50 500gb HD. Egg
$55 Asus AM3 mATX mobo. Egg
$15 Rosewill heat pipe cooler. Egg
$55 ATI 4870. Egg
$30 Corsair CX430 ps. Egg ( had this for months )
$55 Emachine 19" monitor. Tigerdirect
$15 Iogear USB keyboard mouse combo. (I think tigerdirect)
$400 total shipped and no rebates.
Good holiday shopping. Its not the best gaming system but it sure will work very well.
Here's a link without a referral.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...k=4870%20512mb
I didn't think referrals were allowed?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...k=4870%20512mb
I didn't think referrals were allowed?
Make sure you have a Beefy power supply if ya do. Otherwise one would be a fine replacement. This is faster than a 9800GTX which isnt too shabby considering this price.
http://arstechnica.com/hardware/reviews/2008/06/ati-4800-series-review.ars 4870 vs 9800gtx
http://arstechnica.com/hardware/reviews/2008/06/ati-4800-series-review.ars 4870 vs 9800gtx
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I subbed the Xfire MB from SuperBiz for $65, 550W Xfire ready PSU for $65 from the Egg, throw in a second card for Xfire rig, and Rosewill gaming case for $35 (more and bigger fans to push cool air). My son will enjoy this new rig for Xmas.
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This was an upgrade so had some parts already on hand. But seems I jumped in some of the same deal as Macgyver guy while shopping for parts.
ON-HAND
$60 AMD 2.8 Athlon X3 (unlocked to 4 core Phenom)
500 GB HDD (est $50?)
23in LCD monitor ($120 last year BF)
mouse/keyboard ($15?)
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$245 estimate
UPGRADE
$30 8gb DDR5 ram/Egg
$17 DVD burner/Egg
$15 Rosewill heat pipe cooler/Egg
$65 Xfire AMD MB/SuperBiz
$65 PSU Xfire ready/Egg
$55 ATI 4870/Egg
$55 ATI 4870/Egg
$35 Rosewill gaming case
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$337 upgrade
Still darn cheap for a kicka$$ gaming system I'd say for about less than $600 total.
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I'm considering getting 2 of these for crossfire, however I only have a Corsair 400W power supply. It's an older rig, processor is Phenom X4, 2.5 GHz (125 W).
What power supply would you recommend for my situation? Also, if my mobo supports crossfire, do I need some sort of cable to connect the two 4870's together?
What power supply would you recommend for my situation? Also, if my mobo supports crossfire, do I need some sort of cable to connect the two 4870's together?
Nice job. I think you got the idea here. I actually enjoy piecing together a system over time more than buying one all at once.
FYI, ATI 4xxx serise video cards cannot deliver un-decoded DTS-HD or DTS-MA audio signal to receivers. I had to buy a 5570 added to my 4850 because of that reason.
How big of a difference should I expect going from my 8800 gts 512 to this on an OC'd Q6600? Skyrim pushes my 8800gts to it's limits.
I could be wrong, but I don't think he was asking if it was worth $55 as much as he was wanting to know if the performance gain would be quite noticeable compared to a 8800GTS. i.e., should he get something that is substantially higher in performance to see an improvement in Skyrim.
edit: oh and thanks, OP. Great deal.
Good point but yes he will see a substantial increase as the OC Q6600 should not limit the cards potential. Remember the 4870 is better than a Nvidia 9800GTX.
Here is the proof.......
http://www.hwcompare.com/2383/geforce-8800-gt-512mb-vs-radeon-hd-4870-512mb/
http://www.hwcompare.com/2351/geforce-9800-gtx-vs-radeon-hd-4870-512mb/
Here is the proof.......
http://www.hwcompare.com/2383/geforce-8800-gt-512mb-vs-radeon-hd-4870-512mb/
http://www.hwcompare.com/2351/geforce-9800-gtx-vs-radeon-hd-4870-512mb/
I have an HD4890, which is similar, but a little faster. Mine was way too noisy with the stock fan. I bought an Accelero, and now have it mostly passively cooled- just a slow spinning quiet fan blowing across the Accelero. With the stock cooler, I was downclocking the card to keep the noise down or wearing headphones. So these aren't great cards if you like a quieter system while gaming. The card is quiet while not gaming with the stock fan.
I just got mine today, I'll have to test it out later. The packaging from Newegg was certainly overkill. The video card box itself though was just medium white box with foam padding protecting the video card in an anti static bag. Its a big video card though, particularly compared to my 4670.
Lots of thoughts and comments. Like said previously, the graphics card is huge; it successfully fits in my Antec 300, but the positioning is awkward with my motherboard. I foolishly had not checked what the card required for pci-express power connectors. I thankfully had 2 X 6 pin pci-express power adapters on my backup power supply. I played Skyrim on High at 1920 x 1080 without issues. I can hear a periodic wind up of the graphics card fan, but I do not think the graphics card is loud. At idle it might be slightly more noticeable than my 4670. When playing Skyrim, I still did not think it was very loud, though more noticeable than at idle. Granted, I have yet to seriously stress the card.
Suffice to say, I think this was a good deal.
Lots of thoughts and comments. Like said previously, the graphics card is huge; it successfully fits in my Antec 300, but the positioning is awkward with my motherboard. I foolishly had not checked what the card required for pci-express power connectors. I thankfully had 2 X 6 pin pci-express power adapters on my backup power supply. I played Skyrim on High at 1920 x 1080 without issues. I can hear a periodic wind up of the graphics card fan, but I do not think the graphics card is loud. At idle it might be slightly more noticeable than my 4670. When playing Skyrim, I still did not think it was very loud, though more noticeable than at idle. Granted, I have yet to seriously stress the card.
Suffice to say, I think this was a good deal.
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