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Upgrading from an 8800GT -- My eternal turmoil

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angry hampster

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I've had my 8800GT for well over a year now, and now that I've gotten a 1080p monitor, I've found its limitations. Here's what I've been thinking:

1GB HD4850 -- The egg's got one one sale for $145AR with a very good cooler.
512mb HD4870 -- $159AR
1GB HD4870 -- $199 AR or $215 for one with heatpipes.


I didn't list the 512mb 4850 because frankly I don't think it's a worthwhile upgrade from an 8800GT. I play FPS games daily at 1920x1200. I will be overclocking, and maybe voltmodding. Does the 1GB 4850 overclock well? When is the next series of cards coming out from ATI?


Also, I didn't include nVidia cards because they're not very competitive at this price point. I'm trying to stay under $200, and under $175 would be great.

edit: sorry the rest of my system is:
Gigabyte P35-DS3L
E6420 @ 3.00 GHz
6GB DDR2 800
WD 320gb HDD
 
Its not much longer until the new cards are released. If your 8800GT still works well, I would just wait. There is not enough performance increase to justify a new card IMO. I run a 24" monitor, and that card. There is nothing it will not run acceptably. Crysis plays good on high.
 
Originally posted by: angry hampster
Originally posted by: conlan
1GB HD4870 -- $199 AR or $215 for one with heatpipes.
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@ 19 x 12 that would be my choice.
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Any clue how these overclock? Just trying to get the best bang for my buck, and I've read that the 4850 can outclock the 4870 sometimes.
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I doubt it - the 4850s use the same cores but are typically built on lower quality boards that won't support as clean/high of volts as the 4870 cards.

Right now the 1GB 4870 for ~$200 is the sweet spot for price/performance.
 
Another vote for 4870 1gb. Anything less won't be very much of an upgrade, not worth the trouble imo. The 8800GT is already such a good card as it is
 
Originally posted by: cubeless
and the 1gb 4870 is $185 ar at ne right now...
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What?! Link me please?

edit: NVM found it in hot deals. Very very tempting.. I may still wait a couple weeks though and see what kinda tax return I can get.
 
Originally posted by: james1701
Its not much longer until the new cards are released. If your 8800GT still works well, I would just wait. There is not enough performance increase to justify a new card IMO. I run a 24" monitor, and that card. There is nothing it will not run acceptably. Crysis plays good on high.
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I agreed with everything you were saying, up until the crysis part. I had my 8800gt in this rig for 2 weeks while I was trading up, and Crysis Warhead on enthusiast 1920x1200 wasn't playable by my standards. But ya, crysis isn't exactly the game worth upgrading for.


 
Originally posted by: james1701
Its not much longer until the new cards are released. If your 8800GT still works well, I would just wait. There is not enough performance increase to justify a new card IMO. I run a 24" monitor, and that card. There is nothing it will not run acceptably. Crysis plays good on high.
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I'm with you on this. I will be holding out on any new video card upgrades. I have two 8800gt in SLI and it plays all I need it too play.
 
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