should i switch from the 8800 Gt i have to Ati 4870 ? ive always been a fan of nVidia m and am afraid because of ati drivers and the heat ! .. what do u recommend
well if you have enough cooling airflow there no danger. look 8800GT Sli vs 4870. im not gonna judge you. but. a 8800GT superclocke edition aint so bad. what ur resolution ur playing ? for know the power a 8800GT SLI bring vs 4870. plz look this review in all game detail. more mathematic number. ---> higher number = better. the basic of frame rate per second. http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3354&p= my point of view. ur 8800Gt aint so bad A little off topic fell free to read 60fps is the most common know perfection for-gaming experience. but with some lag-spike having over 100fps. usually immunize you of lag spike but at cost of lowering graphic . ur monitor max resolution greatly change how the video card performs how fps work much is by minimum = in loading or heavy mass of unit or the-lag-spike average = what it reach half of the time or more as fps. maximum = the top it get for few second in the test. frame rate always fluctuate from lag to good usually. with an average like said above that explain the gaming experiances but the more video power and ram quality and cpu overclock can change it to be less common like if your running wow 60fps. there chance you can get at some time. 30-40fps. but it still very playable. far enough to not complain too much ;) 30-40fps gameplay is reasonable. 60fps perfect anti screen-tearing or stuttering when it under it more fps. just loading game faster and less lag spike or any of those or at last it what i heard and seem to see my self by look with Fraps a programs to see fps in every-game or Xfire 2.0 game in window.
am playing at 1280X1024 , am only upgrading because my bro is traveling and he can get it for me
am playing Crysis on High settings ( with 1 or 2 options on medium) the other games on highest settings , i want to get it for the upcoming titles , would there be a huge improvement ? i read some reviews and it seems so but am afriad of ATI and their drivers (and heat and noise)
1280x1024 im not sure how much of a difference you would see. theres way more peopel on here that know more than me, but unless you plan on going to higher resolutions im sure the 8800 gt should be fine. how many fps are you getting on crysis?
am playing at 1280X1024 , am only upgrading because my bro is traveling and he can get it for me
am playing Crysis on High settings ( with 1 or 2 options on medium) the other games on highest settings , i want to get it for the upcoming titles , would there be a huge improvement ? i read some reviews and it seems so but am afriad of ATI and their drivers (and heat and noise)
sentenced83
The HD 4870 does create some high heat, but it's within operation range for the card. Also I've had no real problems with ATI's drivers. There seems to be the stereotype that ATI's drivers are absolutely horrible when they aren't. CCC is easy to use and setup, and games run great.
look the review to know. select crisis http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3354&p=5 he should wait tough for 4870x2 for 500$ the R700 on the review but that him i don't judge if a peopel is dessaprting to have more power for 120-150$ more buck for second 8800GT if he got poweruspply for it an motherboard with sli. else i dunno man. but you should know at last ur hardware spec and post motherboard & poweruspply you should try to know what you have
should i switch from the 8800 Gt i have to Ati 4870 ? ive always been a fan of nVidia m and am afraid because of ati drivers and the heat ! .. what do u recommend sentenced83
HD4870 has a fanfix. Mine runs really cool. A lot cooler than my old 8800GT. And the fact that I can control the fan speed and have it run cool as I want, is a huge plus. Drivers are young. This card barely came out,, What do you expect? Magic?
If you play at 1680x1050 or lower it is NOT an appreciable upgrade. You will see major improvement in Crysis, some improvement in benchmarks, and little improvement in other games besides cranking AA/AF.
HD4870 stock idled 70C load 85C or so for me 35% 48C / 60C Anything higher than that was unacceptable, as it sounded like a hairdryer.
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