- Jun 15, 2001
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Hey all.
I've been doing some looking, and I'm having a hard time deciding between the ATI 4870x2 and the nVidia GTS280. I'm replacing my vintage 2005 7800GTX. I'm planning on upgrading to a 2560x1600 monitor (also keeping my 2x1920x1200 displays as non-gaming screens on the system). I'm going to be upgrading from Vista 32 to Vista 64, as well as adding a new PSU.
My 7800 has served me well, but it's showing its age. I have to turn everything down in WoW (except for draw distance), and I haven't even installed Crysis because the demo ran so horribly. Left 4 Dead runs at very low settings and Supreme Commander makes me cry.
If I needed to, I wouldn't be against Crossfiring/SLI-ing several months down the road. I'll probably be upgrading to a Core i7 next year at some point. It's hard to tell.
Here are my playability goals:
WoW-2560x1600, Max everything, flawless performance
Crysis - 1920x1200, High settings
L4D - 2560x1600
Supreme Commander - 2560x1600 or 2x1920x1200
So would you pick a GTS280 or a 4870x2? I thought there would be some good head-to-head comparisons of these two, but I'm not finding them.
If this is a repost, I'm sorry.
I've been doing some looking, and I'm having a hard time deciding between the ATI 4870x2 and the nVidia GTS280. I'm replacing my vintage 2005 7800GTX. I'm planning on upgrading to a 2560x1600 monitor (also keeping my 2x1920x1200 displays as non-gaming screens on the system). I'm going to be upgrading from Vista 32 to Vista 64, as well as adding a new PSU.
My 7800 has served me well, but it's showing its age. I have to turn everything down in WoW (except for draw distance), and I haven't even installed Crysis because the demo ran so horribly. Left 4 Dead runs at very low settings and Supreme Commander makes me cry.
If I needed to, I wouldn't be against Crossfiring/SLI-ing several months down the road. I'll probably be upgrading to a Core i7 next year at some point. It's hard to tell.
Here are my playability goals:
WoW-2560x1600, Max everything, flawless performance
Crysis - 1920x1200, High settings
L4D - 2560x1600
Supreme Commander - 2560x1600 or 2x1920x1200
So would you pick a GTS280 or a 4870x2? I thought there would be some good head-to-head comparisons of these two, but I'm not finding them.
If this is a repost, I'm sorry.