Originally posted by: User5
thats pretty silly.. If you upgraded to either a 4850 or 4870 you would immediately gain free AA. Whether playing with no AA enabled, or with 4X AA enabled, your fps will be identical.
If you have ~$300 to spend, your best bet imo is crossfiring two 4850's.. unless you end up like me, completely underestimating what a $150 video card can do, in which case you may even hold out on the second card!
Originally posted by: virtualskunk
Brand loyalty just makes absolutely zero sense.
More bang for buck and not to mention a whole other cart load of reasons just get a 4870.
Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
Honestly, it's not worth upgrading if you play at that low of a resolution. 8800GT is no slouch.
Originally posted by: nitromullet
Originally posted by: User5
thats pretty silly.. If you upgraded to either a 4850 or 4870 you would immediately gain free AA. Whether playing with no AA enabled, or with 4X AA enabled, your fps will be identical.
If you have ~$300 to spend, your best bet imo is crossfiring two 4850's.. unless you end up like me, completely underestimating what a $150 video card can do, in which case you may even hold out on the second card!
Free AA on the 4870 is a myth... I'm not sure who first published that load of BS, but it's not true.
1600x1200
Call of Duty 4 ? 1xAA/1xAF: 96.0 fps
Call of Duty 4 ? 4xAA/16xAF: 60.7
Call of Juarez ? 1xAA/1xAF: 43.7
Call of Juarez ? 4xAA/16xAF: 27.9
Company of Heroes ? 1xAA/1xAF: 65.3
Company of Heroes ? 4xAA/16xAF: 55.5
Crysis 1.2 ? 1xAA/1xAF: 22.0
Crysis 1.2 ? 4xAA/16xAF: 13.8
UT 3 ? 1xAA/1xAF: 212.2
UT 3 ? 4xAA/16xAF: 93.7
http://www.computerbase.de/art...4870_oc_overclocked/3/
Originally posted by: Azn
Originally posted by: nitromullet
Originally posted by: User5
thats pretty silly.. If you upgraded to either a 4850 or 4870 you would immediately gain free AA. Whether playing with no AA enabled, or with 4X AA enabled, your fps will be identical.
If you have ~$300 to spend, your best bet imo is crossfiring two 4850's.. unless you end up like me, completely underestimating what a $150 video card can do, in which case you may even hold out on the second card!
Free AA on the 4870 is a myth... I'm not sure who first published that load of BS, but it's not true.
1600x1200
Call of Duty 4 ? 1xAA/1xAF: 96.0 fps
Call of Duty 4 ? 4xAA/16xAF: 60.7
Call of Juarez ? 1xAA/1xAF: 43.7
Call of Juarez ? 4xAA/16xAF: 27.9
Company of Heroes ? 1xAA/1xAF: 65.3
Company of Heroes ? 4xAA/16xAF: 55.5
Crysis 1.2 ? 1xAA/1xAF: 22.0
Crysis 1.2 ? 4xAA/16xAF: 13.8
UT 3 ? 1xAA/1xAF: 212.2
UT 3 ? 4xAA/16xAF: 93.7
http://www.computerbase.de/art...4870_oc_overclocked/3/
Myth is right but it takes much less of a performance hit than any card on the market. 4870x2 might do free AA though if you read Hardocp's latest gpu article.
Originally posted by: zod96
This isn't for my pc its for another one..
Originally posted by: airhendrix13
If he OC's, the GTX 260 would be a better buy IMO. The GTX 260 OC's close to GTX 280 performance. The 4870 and 4850 don't OC that well from what I hear. Also, the GTX 260 runs cooler, quiter, and needs less power.
BUT you only plan to game at 1680 x 1050 resolution, which you say your 8800GT handles very well.
I say hang onto your 8800GT unless you really feel it isn't cutting it, otherwise the GTX 260 is a great choice.
Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
Originally posted by: Azn
Originally posted by: nitromullet
Originally posted by: User5
thats pretty silly.. If you upgraded to either a 4850 or 4870 you would immediately gain free AA. Whether playing with no AA enabled, or with 4X AA enabled, your fps will be identical.
If you have ~$300 to spend, your best bet imo is crossfiring two 4850's.. unless you end up like me, completely underestimating what a $150 video card can do, in which case you may even hold out on the second card!
Free AA on the 4870 is a myth... I'm not sure who first published that load of BS, but it's not true.
1600x1200
Call of Duty 4 ? 1xAA/1xAF: 96.0 fps
Call of Duty 4 ? 4xAA/16xAF: 60.7
Call of Juarez ? 1xAA/1xAF: 43.7
Call of Juarez ? 4xAA/16xAF: 27.9
Company of Heroes ? 1xAA/1xAF: 65.3
Company of Heroes ? 4xAA/16xAF: 55.5
Crysis 1.2 ? 1xAA/1xAF: 22.0
Crysis 1.2 ? 4xAA/16xAF: 13.8
UT 3 ? 1xAA/1xAF: 212.2
UT 3 ? 4xAA/16xAF: 93.7
http://www.computerbase.de/art...4870_oc_overclocked/3/
Myth is right but it takes much less of a performance hit than any card on the market. 4870x2 might do free AA though if you read Hardocp's latest gpu article.
I'd like to add that the difference in performance between 4xAA and 8xAA is minimal on the 4800 series ATI cards.
One other mention, the comparison above is also taking into account AF, and while there is a performance hit between no AA and 4xAA on the 4800 series, part of the difference in those above benchmarks are due to AF.
Originally posted by: dakels
Originally posted by: virtualskunk
Brand loyalty just makes absolutely zero sense.
More bang for buck and not to mention a whole other cart load of reasons just get a 4870.
Why is brand loyalty BS
Originally posted by: User5
thats pretty silly.. If you upgraded to either a 4850 or 4870 you would immediately gain free AA. Whether playing with no AA enabled, or with 4X AA enabled, your fps will be identical.
If you have ~$300 to spend, your best bet imo is crossfiring two 4850's.. unless you end up like me, completely underestimating what a $150 video card can do, in which case you may even hold out on the second card!