I'm starting to get excited!

[imported_cinder]

Originally posted by: videogames101
Grats! I'm still on a 7800gt, but i'm upgrading to a 4870 soon, gonna be a giant leap

Hints the title of my post "I'm starting to get excited!" Gonna be a massive upgrade!

 

[dakels]

Originally posted by: cinder

Originally posted by: videogames101
Grats! I'm still on a 7800gt, but i'm upgrading to a 4870 soon, gonna be a giant leap

Hints the title of my post "I'm starting to get excited!" Gonna be a massive upgrade!

Please post before and after benchmarks

 

[imported_cinder]

can do.

 

[FalseChristian]

If you have the money I say go for it. Get a Geforce GT 260 now, overclock it to GeForce GT 280 levels and then get another 260 for some SLI madness in the future!

Congrats!

 

[dakels]

Originally posted by: cinder
can do.

I am really curious what before and after benchies look like for people just upgrading their video cards, same ram, MB, CPU. We're seeing a lot of evidence in games of being CPU limited.

Regardless, you should see a HUGE improvement. Similar to my 1950 Pro to my 4850 upgrade. I upgraded my entire rig though to a Q6600 @ 3.1ghz, P5Q Pro, 4gb OCZ 1066, 4850. I wish I could see what the different between the 1950 Pro to 4850 was but my old 1950 Pro is AGP. And I think that was heavily CPU limited in WoW with the P4 3.0ghz. I'm still CPU limited with WoW on the quad... but I have everything maxed now and it's still very high fps.

 

[idiotekniQues]

i can tell u going from a 3870 TOXIC to a 4870 i am getting solid improvements.

in 2142 i had about 5 settings set to medium, rest on high, no AA and my fps were fine until there was an artillery strike when it would stutter. i now play with everything on high, 4xaa and while my fps lower during arty strikes, they stay above 30. game looks noticeably better.

in world in conflict with the 3870 i also had about 5-6 settings on medium or checked off, rest on hgih, no AA on - id get terrible stuttering when a nuke dropped and a few other slowdowns but not much - mostly nuke time - i now run everything on high, 4xaa and 4xaf and even when a nuke drops i dip to 28fps for a moment then back up which is fast enough to not stutter at all. game looks noticeably more polished.

 

[dakels]

Originally posted by: idiotekniQues
i can tell u going from a 3870 TOXIC to a 4870 i am getting solid improvements.

in 2142 i had about 5 settings set to medium, rest on high, no AA and my fps were fine until there was an artillery strike when it would stutter. i now play with everything on high, 4xaa and while my fps lower during arty strikes, they stay above 30. game looks noticeably better.

in world in conflict with the 3870 i also had about 5-6 settings on medium or checked off, rest on hgih, no AA on - id get terrible stuttering when a nuke dropped and a few other slowdowns but not much - mostly nuke time - i now run everything on high, 4xaa and 4xaf and even when a nuke drops i dip to 28fps for a moment then back up which is fast enough to not stutter at all. game looks noticeably more polished.

very interesting! thanks.

 

[tvdang7]

get the 4870 man! better performance for the price and better drivers. Cod4 runs slightly faster on 4870 too.