Hardware nerdz pls ( graphiccard )
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25 Sep 2008, 10:25
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Since barely noone posted in my last journal I will give it a 2nd try:
Iam in need of a good graphiccard, neither SLI nor Crossfire, it should be ~200€ and desinged for gamging ( no photoshop utlrasupercard ).
Further more I need to switch from my Current AGP motherboard to a PCIe Motherboard. I got a AM2 socket and DDR2 Ram. The price should be arround 40-60€.
Iam in need of a good graphiccard, neither SLI nor Crossfire, it should be ~200€ and desinged for gamging ( no photoshop utlrasupercard ).
Further more I need to switch from my Current AGP motherboard to a PCIe Motherboard. I got a AM2 socket and DDR2 Ram. The price should be arround 40-60€.
ati 4850/70
I guess you have an old one so buying a 4850/4870 is pointless... I'd suggest 3850 (or 3870 if you want to waste some money)
edit: for the motherboard... the Gigabyte GA-MA790X-DS4 looks fine although she's maybe a bit expensive for you (~80€ but if you buy a 3850 you can have more money to spend on the mobo). The nice thing is that she's evolutive... she's able to handle CrossFire, supports DDRII PC8500 and she also supports the new Phenoms
why?
well, better go for a hd 3870 then ! The GDDR3 version (512 Mo) costs around 70€ now. I believe it exists in GDDRII version which is cheaper but it's not worth its price (~65€).
What's your opinion?
For these reasons :
1) Your actual proc is too weak to fully use your gfx, and even if you change your proc in ~4 months, you'll have to buy an AMD which sucks a lot D: (= waste of money !).
2) The HD 3870 is still a really good card (you'll be able to run crysis on high without any problem, same for the upcoming games like Far Cry 2, Wolfenstein, Bioshock 2, CoD5, ...).
3) That's my opinion, but the HD 4870 is a bad choice. Or you want to save some money and still want to have nice perfs => in that case, you choose the HD 4850. Or you want crazy perfs, no matter the price and then you buy HD 4870 X2. HD 4870 costs about 80€ more than a HD 4850. Having a look at the perfs, the gain is only up to ~15%, definitely not worth its price!