4870x2 overkill?

[Akubane]

Probably. I don't see much in the way of game releases that'll be too demanding, besides anything crysis related, or maybe FC2. unless he plans on getting a 24" monitor I don't see a reason to worry.

 

[ricanflow]

And you can always voltmod/oc the 4870 for increased performance.

 

[alehkcis]

thanks for all the replies...

 

[thirdshiftdj]

Maybe he wants the 4870x2 to benchmark too.

 

[Wildside]

Maybe he wants the 4870x2 to benchmark too.

got it covered:

Legion Hardware

 

[alehkcis]

Maybe he wants the 4870x2 to benchmark too.

he doesnt even know what benchmark is , his just a gamer

 

[baron5]

in that case we can keep it simple
4870 + gamer = good fps
which results in happy you

 

[alehkcis]

will there be a big difference between the 1gb and 512mb version of the 4870? because right now the 1gb version is not yet available in our area i can tell him to hold out for the 1gb version.so do you guys think there is a big performance boost?

 

[35g700]

^Yes, the 1GB one will not preform as well as the 512MB one.

 

[zedman3d]

^Yes, the 1GB one will not preform as well as the 512MB one.

I cant imagine how badly one of those 2GB 4850's perform...