HD 4870 + 24 in display - Page 2

**arisythila** · #21 (**permalink**) 10-31-2008, 08:26 AM

I didn't really notice anything from 22 to 24 inch display, but i did notice 24 to 30 inches....

**huddy** · #22 (**permalink**) 10-31-2008, 10:03 AM

I voted no because I would recommend at least a 1 GB 4870 or dual 4850's for a 24" monitor.

**Eurasianman** · #23 (**permalink**) 10-31-2008, 10:11 AM

*heads to Mike's house to steal his monitors while Mike's not home to avoid being shot at*

*takes Farhang as a decoy just for good measures*

m25 · #24 (**permalink**) 10-31-2008, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by logainofhades

4850 in CF would be nice but another option would be a 9800gx2 and that monitor.
Newegg.com - Recertified: EVGA 01G-P3-N891-RX GeForce 9800 GX2 1GB (512MB per GPU) 512-bit (256-bit per GPU) GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card

Good but 4850 CF still rules; apair of these cost just $30 than the GX2 but simply demolish that card in performance.

Phoenix · #25 (**permalink**) 10-31-2008, 11:26 AM

Okay guys, I need to elaborate a bit:

This rig only needs to last to suit my gaming needs for one more year. I plan to transfer to a university next year, which means I'll be bestowing this rig on my parents and no longer have access to it. They don't game, so waiting to save up for a new rig makes little sense.

I want to avoid any card that's 10.5 in (27 cm) since that would run right up against my hard drive cage, necessitating moving my RAIDed Raptors up into 3.5 bays, something I don't want to do, since the HD 4870 is only 9 inches and seems to suit my purposes. This eliminates most longer, newer Nvidia cards (GTX 260 and 9800 GX2).

Crossfire initially seemed like a good option, but I'm thrown off by the extra heat in my case and the extra power. Plus, it uses PCIe 1.0, which I'm not sure can deliver the necessary bandwidth. Though it does have two 16x lanes (975x chipset). Actually, two of those ASUS TOP cards is starting to sound good. Comments? Are there serious benefits over a single HD 4870? Benchies?

**Eurasianman** · #26 (**permalink**) 10-31-2008, 12:04 PM

4870s in crossfire PWNZ ALL

Besides, when you move out, just take the cards with you and put them in your new build

m25 · #27 (**permalink**) 10-31-2008, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Phoenix

Crossfire initially seemed like a good option, but I'm thrown off by the extra heat in my case and the extra power. Plus, it uses PCIe 1.0, which I'm not sure can deliver the necessary bandwidth. Though it does have two 16x lanes (975x chipset). Actually, two of those ASUS TOP cards is starting to sound good. Comments? Are there serious benefits over a single HD 4870? Benchies?

Found some nice figures and 2 x 4850 in CF are really worth over a single 4870, especially if you consider that you get them for the same price. There are games when you gain nothin but theres games like Crysis or CoD4 where you get stellar gains and the heat output/power consumption, if you look at it at the end, it's just ~15W more than a GTX280, for superior performance and much lower price, considering two TOPs will perform slightly better,.... I'd grab them.

prozac26 · #28 (**permalink**) 10-31-2008, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by m25

There's ALWAYS something down the road and if you always wait you could have easily ended up today with a Pentium Pro and a PCI card. On topic, I'd spend money on a couple of those asus 4850 more probably than on anything else, ATis 5000 series is just 6-8 months away but that is another story...

I didn't necessarily mean "wait for new hardware", by saying save the money. He could do that, but money isn't only for PCs you know.

**wuzy** · #29 (**permalink**) 10-31-2008, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by aliG da taco

I disagree, tests have shown that the 4850 DOES need more bandwidth. A stock 4870 beat a 4850 oc'd to 800 core because of the lack of bandwidth. He's better off finding a used 4870x2 than 4850x2 for that matter also unless if he doesn't plan to do an ocing, if that's the case, then the 4850x2 is a fine card for the price. Just keep in mind 4850 @ 750 =! 4870

Ah yes, 'used'. That's my specialty.

Not recommended for normal people.
I assumed we were talking about new cards here. I'm basing on performance/$ for 4850CF/X2.

The performance/$ of 4870CF/X2 is nearly as outrageous as GTX280.

**wuzy** · #30 (**permalink**) 10-31-2008, 04:08 PM

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This rig only needs to last to suit my gaming needs for one more year.
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I want to avoid any card that's 10.5 in (27 cm) since that would run right up against my hard drive cage

That's extreme...
Well, GTX290 is about a month away. *hides*

kwalker · #31 (**permalink**) 10-31-2008, 06:38 PM

[quote=arisythila;226784]I didn't really notice anything from 22 to 24 inch display, but i did notice 24 to 30 inches....

That 30" monitor looks impressive.
How is it with HD movies.