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siuchi
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n°1836394
07-01-2008 at 03:41:13 PM

I am thinking to buy a ATI Radeon HD 4870. But will my Computer slow down this card?
My computer spec as follow:

AMD Athlon x2 6000+
Asus M2R32_MVP
A-Data 2x1GB DDR2-800

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n°1836399
07-01-2008 at 03:45:08 PM

maybe a lil bit but u can always oc ur cpu but dont worry ur system will run fine maybe a slight bottleneck.
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n°1836401
07-01-2008 at 03:45:35 PM

Imo, the 6000+ will not bottleneck the 4870. I am currently running the 6000+ stock, and for games, by bottle neck is my 7600GT, which I will be upgrading soon to a 4850.

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n°1836405
07-01-2008 at 03:51:56 PM

Unless your running a" looks like mud " resolution you shouldn't be bottlenecked at all.

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siuchi
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n°1836407
07-01-2008 at 03:55:53 PM

But in fact, i'm already running with HD 2900 Pro, Is it worth to buy 4870.
Should I expect a big improvetment for it?
thx

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n°1836416
07-01-2008 at 04:09:54 PM

yes, it'll be a markable improvement - the 4870 is at least 2-2.5 times the card in capability/technology


If you find your cpu "bottlenecks" your video cards - then just turn up antialiasing/anisotropic filtering/resolution :P

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n°1836417
07-01-2008 at 04:10:35 PM

^Yes expect a huge improvement over the 2900 pro

siuchi
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n°1836476
07-01-2008 at 06:48:40 PM

Then how about 4850?
how much faster does 4870 over 4850?

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n°1836477
07-01-2008 at 06:51:17 PM

Read some reviews if you are looking for detailed information:


www.anandtech.com
www.hardocp.com
www.tweaktown.com
www.guru3d.com

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n°1847340
07-26-2008 at 05:01:13 AM

Good day, i have now a sparkle 8800gt 512 mb with a amd 6400+black edition.
Is it wise to upgrade to a ati 4870 or makes it no diff .
i play on 1650x1080 22icnh wide, vista 4gb ram.

Greetings lonegunner

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n°1847343
07-26-2008 at 05:06:03 AM

no

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n°1847470
07-26-2008 at 05:38:11 PM

Ogdin wrote :

Unless your running a" looks like mud " resolution you shouldn't be bottlenecked at all.


+1
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n°1847472
07-26-2008 at 05:40:39 PM

Anonymous wrote :

Good day, i have now a sparkle 8800gt 512 mb with a amd 6400+black edition.
Is it wise to upgrade to a ati 4870 or makes it no diff .
i play on 1650x1080 22icnh wide, vista 4gb ram.

Greetings lonegunner



I wouldn't. The 8800GT is only a year old, and still a great card. You might find a 30% increase in performance- whether you find it worth it is your opinion.


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n°1847492
07-26-2008 at 07:09:07 PM

i dont think it is wise to upgrade from a 8800gt to a 4850 like doomsdaydave11 said. at the resolution u play at 8800gt should play most games on high settings.


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n°1850537
08-05-2008 at 03:45:31 AM

thanks all for you're advise, after some thinking and calculating i find out that it isnt worth it, i get maybe a performes boost of 10tops 15% 12300 now to say max 15000 with a 4870.
A 8800gt alfadog from xfx cost here new 99 euro, so i will get nothing for my 2ehand 8800gt (maybe 40-50 €) and must put a 175€ extra for the 4870, here 220-240€.

And as they say above, i still can play evrything on high(except crisis, but who can play crysis ultra high anywhay with good fps 50-75 LOL.

Many thank's all, see you later on toms :).


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