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Single 512MB GDDR5 ATI® Radeon® HD 4870
will it be able to play crysis and other top of the line games?
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Yes.
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Dual ATI Radeon HD3870 512MB GDDR4 [add $200 or $6/month1]
is 200$ worth a single to a dual?
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I just got my GDDR5 ATI® Radeon® HD 4870
Its a great video card should run most games on max but maybe not crysis.
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| Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 4:24 am Post subject: |
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| The 4870 is a much better deal. A 3870X2 will most likely be slower than a 4870 anyway.
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| Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 5:11 am Post subject: |
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| RusBoi wrote: | I just got my GDDR5 ATI® Radeon® HD 4870
Its a great video card should run most games on max but maybe not crysis. |
 my 4850 plays crysis maxed out why wouldn't a 4870?
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| sup3r wrote: | | RusBoi wrote: | I just got my GDDR5 ATI® Radeon® HD 4870
Its a great video card should run most games on max but maybe not crysis. |
my 4850 plays crysis maxed out why wouldn't a 4870? |
Maybe at 1280x1024, no AA or AF
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1280x1024 (lol 17" monitor  ) 8x AA and everything on very high
i don't know how to check for AF
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also are these better than an dual ati 3870?
Dual nVidia GeForce 9800 GT 512MB [add $100 or $3/month1]
nVidia GeForce 9800GX2 1024MB GDDR3 [add $200 or $6/month1]
nVidia GeForce GTX 280 – 1024MB [add $300 or $9/month1]
im thinking about just getting a 27in flat screen monitor
are these good specs for gaming?
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Oh yes, that's a pretty good graphics card right now. All you can really do right now to make it better though is to crossfire it. Don't need to upgrade that sucker for a while.
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| Ajax wrote: | | Oh yes, that's a pretty good graphics card right now. All you can really do right now to make it better though is to crossfire it. Don't need to upgrade that sucker for a while. |
which one? ati single 4870? i can only get that on alienware
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Go for the Quad Core
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so should get this? how is it better? and what is the ghz compared to a regular processor
Intel® Core™2 Q6600 Quad-Core (8MB L2 cache,2.40GHz,1066FSB) add $0
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| famousmassacre1 wrote: | so should get this? how is it better? and what is the ghz compared to a regular processor
Intel® Core™2 Q6600 Quad-Core (8MB L2 cache,2.40GHz,1066FSB) add $0 |
Definetly go with the quad
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