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new cards vs. 4800

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apoppin said:
Take a look - a HD 4870-1GB compared with a HD 6770 (identical to HD 5770; same settings are used - HD 6770 run on DX11/HD 4870 run on DX10.1). Of course, i benched with an i7-920 at 3.8GHz. The OP would need a good OC on his CPU and we don't know what 4800 series GPU he has other than it is 512MB vRAM
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Do you have a direct link to the latest time(before this test) you tried drivers for the HD4000 series? I guess your testing settings are different now than 1-2 years ago, but it would be a pointer regarding if AMD still tries to squeeze more performance out of them
 
j-slo said:
SOrry for the double reply crap! Computer was acting up. I have no clue how to check which motherboard I have. How do I do that? I added 3 gigs of ram a year back to bring me up to five.

To the person who talked about my CPU, no offense taking. Would a $50 CPU upgrade be worth it? Also, is it hard to do and how do I tell what motherboard I have if the upgrade would work? Thank you!
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it's not hard to do at all. do you have a name brand computer like HP or Dell? if so it may be a bit of an issue. let us know the brand or better yet, the motherboard model with CPU-Z. if you have an AM2+ at least, you should be golden for a phenom 2. you can get them super cheap. if you're in the US but no microcenter near you, i would be happy to stop by my local place and grab one for you for $50. just pay me for the cpu and like $4 to ship it.
 
No clue what any of this means but here ya go, thanks!
Manufacturer: Pegatron Corporation
Model: Viola 2.03
Chipset: Nvidia Nforce 720a
Package: Socket AM2+ (940)
 
j-slo said:
No clue what any of this means but here ya go, thanks!
Manufacturer: Pegatron Corporation
Model: Viola 2.03
Chipset: Nvidia Nforce 720a
Package: Socket AM2+ (940)
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You're in luck, you can get one of the Phenom II AM2+ CPUs. Just make sure you don't an AM3 model, as that won't work.
 
PrayForDeath said:
You're in luck, you can get one of the Phenom II AM2+ CPUs. Just make sure you don't an AM3 model, as that won't work.
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Did'nt AMD make the AM3 Phemon 2 cpu backwards compatible with AM2+ motherboards? It can handle DDR2 and DDR3 memory.

If upgrading cpu, go with a better AM3 Athlon2 X3 or X4. Much faster clocks stock.
 
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I'm in the same boat with an old ASUS TOP 4850. I don't game much, but upgrades are always nice.

I have a watercooled E8500@3950mhz and 4gb of ram on a solid GB EP45-UD3P. This old girl has been running 24/7 since I built it 4+ years ago- thats 35K hours on the pump. Maybe it's time for a new Liang pump just in case?? LOL??
 
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