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18th Jan 2009, 22:28
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I have always thought and got nVidia
I am not sure how ATi system works Basically, i need an ATi card that is somewhat equivlent to the 9800GTX++ or something a High end ATi I need the price to be capped about 200 Dollars. a little higher wouldnt be a problem Thanks |
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19th Jan 2009, 04:03
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9800GTX+ isn't exactly high end. The 4850 is equivalent. Why do you need ATI?
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19th Jan 2009, 10:46
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Do you just want the ATI purely because in the past you've chosen nVidia?
That's not a great reason to change over - particularly as you're talking of getting an equivalent card, it's not even an upgrade. PS love the sig carbon 
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19th Jan 2009, 11:45
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I am changing to ATi because my mobo is meant for it and only takes crossfire (thats what it says on its site)
so thats why... well i would like something to play all modern games today on ultra high such ass farcry2, gta iv, maybe even crysis if u can do that i currently have a Intel core i7 2gb ddr3 So i have a good computere and all, but my vid card is makin a bottle neck u no? |
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19th Jan 2009, 13:07
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I wouldn't expect to play GTA4 smoothly, its terrible, doesn't work in Crossfire either..
A good video card (HD4870 or HD4870X2) will see you through Crysis and Far Cry 2 pretty easily. |
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19th Jan 2009, 13:12
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I don't think it could only take crossfire, I could understand say, if it accepted a singular nVidia card, or multiple XFire's, but I don't think theres any motherboard that pointblank refuses to take a single GCard..
Do you have any other spec thats must-have? ie. HD, or Dual monitor support?
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19th Jan 2009, 15:22
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Yeah, nVidia is better high end, and by the time that you want to do Crossfire there will be a single card that beats whatever you bought in Crossfire anyway. Banking on expensive, unreliable multi-card = bad idea. As always, buy for today, not for tomorrow - in which case you may want to expand your budget a bit and get a GTX 260.
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