*** 4870 vs 4850 Battle! ***

[NosBoost300]

i could tell you exactly what kind of results they get.. lol

1920x1080 all enthusiast max motion blur i average above 30 fps and peak at 60 dx10 of course

 

[Hussein19891]

Actually, 2 768mb 9600 GSO's (basically 8800GTS's). And 35fps @ 16:10 @ high setting with 1 $65 card is pretty **** good if you ask me. Considering that it only has a 192 bit interface. These 9600's OC very well, easily 30%, could possibly get more if I volt modded. Dollar for dollar it has more performance than most if not all available cards.

Im building 2 more rigs in the very near future, 1 crossfire and another nvidia machine. When I step my cards up to the 260's Ill run 1 260 in each machine, new build and current rig. But just for kicks and giggles, Ill sli them on my current rig and see what kind of results I get.
As for the xfire rig, I might go with comething cheaper for the time being 3870's perhaps, then get 4870's when the 5xxx series come out, basically when the price is right .

**** you got a lot of money lying around :freak:

 

[P-Zero]

**** you got a lot of money lying around :freak:

Actually, I have a lot of parts lying around. And when I step up to the 260's they'll wind up cost me quite a bit less than they would new from newegg and such. I think theyll wind up costing me like $160 each shipped. When youve got DVD/cd drives, RAM, CPU's, HDD's laying around it makes it easier to build new rigs as all you really need is Mobos' and cases. And thats where ebay comes in, I got 2 mobos for $120 shipped and one came with a thermalright xp120 cpu cooler and a panaflo 120mm fan Im getting new cases for christmas so... they're free.

So all in all it'll wind up costing me $440 for 2 rigs and 2 pretty good video cards.

 

[gurusan]

I suppose, but I do have my global settings set to quality in nvidia's control panel. I bet if I set it to max performance I could even exceed 35fps with 1 card relatively easily.

high is for wusses Put on very high/enthusiast

 

[BongWizard]

high is for wusses Put on very high/enthusiast

that's what im saying man!! whack it on as high as it'll possibly go and watch your rig suffer! lol

 

[NosBoost300]

mine doesnt suffer so much

 

[BongWizard]

you've got dual 260s tho! mine doesn't suffer too bad... gets about 30-35fps on Enthusiast @ 1680x1050... but with 8800s you're gonna be in pain!!

 

[NosBoost300]

ya imma have single 260 in a day or two

i'm still wondering if i should sell this last 216 and go with a 280 or not.. i might just hold onto and save some dough for the 295

 

[BongWizard]

hold onto it until the shrink... it'll have plenty of power to play games with... you just wont be breaking any records...

 

[synergy]

I read that the 295's are not going to be anything special though. They are just a 280 beefed up a little. Is that true?