8800GTX versus 4870 1 Gig

*johnrr6* · 11-06-2008, 08:59 AM

Am thinking about upgrading my main box and the price of a nice ATI 4870 1 Gig is VERY resonable. And the power requirements are not heavy at all----perfect for my existing box....

But I have a wonderful old 8800 GTX that has stood the test of time and I'm wondering if it's worth the upgrade.

Will I see a fairly large performance jump???? Advantages??

I play mostly First Person Shooters
Crysis
FarCry2
Stalker
FEAR
HL2
Etc.....

Opinions welcome......

John

**Sandog** · 11-06-2008, 09:47 AM

Well you would be going from DX9 to DX10. Also almost everybody says the image quality of ATI cards is better. Performance wise the 4870 1GB appears to handle the higher resolutions well on newer games, not sure about the 8800GTX any longer. Power wise you shouldn't be adding to much more coming from a 8800GTX.

ATINUT · 11-06-2008, 09:49 AM

The 4870 is faster, and does have 1GB of memory, which means you can get away with more, when it comes to the graphic options, plus if you decide to get a second one, you can easily do Crossfire, if you have an Intel chipset motherboard that has two PCI Express X16 slots on it. I would think about the 4870, and possibly doing Crossfire.

I'm running two GDDR4 3870's in my machine

jaketerminate · 11-06-2008, 10:37 AM

The upgrade to the 4870 seems like a reasonable choice, and from what I have heard its an overall great card. With the added memory and the speed of DDR5 youll be able to snag some extra frames too.

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Originally Posted by Sandog

Well you would be going from DX9 to DX10.

Sandog - If I remember correctly the 8800GTX was one of the first DX10 compatible cards out there so he woulden't be experiencing that kind of a difference. Please correct me if im wrong.

**Sandog** · 11-06-2008, 02:52 PM

Your right, it is DX10. I had an 8800GTS 640 which I guess was DX10 also.

*johnrr6* · 11-06-2008, 05:40 PM

Thanks Fellas.....

4870 1 Gig looks like the perfect little upgrade.....

Am going to reformat my machine and go to Vista Ultimate 64 Bit

And bump up the RAM to 8 gigs.....

With my existing q6600, the whole upgrade will cost me like $300 and should give me a nice little boost----a clean new OS----and the ability to get another couple years out of the machine.....

Or at least till Windows 7 is released.....

ATINUT · 11-06-2008, 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnrr6

Thanks Fellas.....

4870 1 Gig looks like the perfect little upgrade.....

Am going to reformat my machine and go to Vista Ultimate 64 Bit

And bump up the RAM to 8 gigs.....

With my existing q6600, the whole upgrade will cost me like $300 and should give me a nice little boost----a clean new OS----and the ability to get another couple years out of the machine.....

Or at least till Windows 7 is released.....

john, I went 8GB's of ram back in June, and then over a month ago got my two 3870's. I figure this will do me at least another couple of years, and I'm keeping an eye out for the second Vista Service Pack, which if all goes well, should be out next year.

I''ll get Windows 7 when it comes out, but I'm not going to be so fast about putting it on my system, not when I have Windows Vista 64 doing just fine for me.

Drufuss · 11-06-2008, 07:03 PM

Excellent upgrade.

I'm very pleased with my rig on Vista 64, 8GB of RAM and an 4870X2 card.

Now that everythiing is watercooled (midi tower stuffed with tubes), no more noise and heat problems.

Greetings

Dru

*zapionics<alt>* · 11-07-2008, 03:34 AM

Likewise I am happy with Vista 64, (for gaming), 4GB of ram and my HD4870... and its only a 512MB version... I can only expect the 1GB version to be even better

jaketerminate · 11-07-2008, 07:25 AM

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Originally Posted by johnrr6

Thanks Fellas.....

4870 1 Gig looks like the perfect little upgrade.....

Am going to reformat my machine and go to Vista Ultimate 64 Bit

And bump up the RAM to 8 gigs.....

With my existing q6600, the whole upgrade will cost me like $300 and should give me a nice little boost----a clean new OS----and the ability to get another couple years out of the machine.....

Or at least till Windows 7 is released.....

Sounds like an upgrade I should be willing to do soon, hope you enjoy!

11-06-2008, 08:59 AM	#1
johnrr6 Lucky Amateur Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Virginia Posts: 2,934	8800GTX versus 4870 1 Gig Am thinking about upgrading my main box and the price of a nice ATI 4870 1 Gig is VERY resonable. And the power requirements are not heavy at all----perfect for my existing box.... But I have a wonderful old 8800 GTX that has stood the test of time and I'm wondering if it's worth the upgrade. Will I see a fairly large performance jump???? Advantages?? I play mostly First Person Shooters Crysis FarCry2 Stalker FEAR HL2 Etc..... Opinions welcome...... John __________________ i7 920 @ 3.5 Ghz Win 7 Ultimate Edition 64 Bit Asus P6T Deluxe, BIOS 1701 Vigor Monsoon III LT 6 x 2 Gig Mushkin PC12800 ATI HD 4870 X2 2 x 500 Gig Seagate SATA II HDs in RAID 0 Samsung SATA TruDirect DVD Burner w/Lightscribe Seasonic 600W PSU Creative X-Fi Titanium sound Lian Li AO5B Black Case Hauppage 1800 TV Card
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11-06-2008, 09:47 AM	#2
Sandog Moderator Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 6,688	Re: 8800GTX versus 4870 1 Gig Well you would be going from DX9 to DX10. Also almost everybody says the image quality of ATI cards is better. Performance wise the 4870 1GB appears to handle the higher resolutions well on newer games, not sure about the 8800GTX any longer. Power wise you shouldn't be adding to much more coming from a 8800GTX.
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11-06-2008, 09:49 AM	#3
ATINUT Just Plain Crazy! Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 3,277	Re: 8800GTX versus 4870 1 Gig The 4870 is faster, and does have 1GB of memory, which means you can get away with more, when it comes to the graphic options, plus if you decide to get a second one, you can easily do Crossfire, if you have an Intel chipset motherboard that has two PCI Express X16 slots on it. I would think about the 4870, and possibly doing Crossfire. I'm running two GDDR4 3870's in my machine __________________ Intel D975XBX2 Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 8GB's of Mushkin HP2 6400 memory(DDR2 800) two Sapphire GDDR4 Radeon 3870 videocards HT Omega Claro(Cmedia 8788HD chip) 120GB&200GB&320GB Western Digital harddrives LG DVDROM & LG DVDBURNER HP Deskjet 920C Logitech X-540 speakers Viewsonic VG2030wm 20inch Widescreen LCD Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit with Service Pack 1 Who'se the fool that approved the design for this place. - The Dwarf, Sacred Underworld.
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11-06-2008, 02:52 PM	#5
Sandog Moderator Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 6,688	Re: 8800GTX versus 4870 1 Gig Your right, it is DX10. I had an 8800GTS 640 which I guess was DX10 also.
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11-06-2008, 05:40 PM	#6
johnrr6 Lucky Amateur Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Virginia Posts: 2,934	Re: 8800GTX versus 4870 1 Gig Thanks Fellas..... 4870 1 Gig looks like the perfect little upgrade..... Am going to reformat my machine and go to Vista Ultimate 64 Bit And bump up the RAM to 8 gigs..... With my existing q6600, the whole upgrade will cost me like $300 and should give me a nice little boost----a clean new OS----and the ability to get another couple years out of the machine..... Or at least till Windows 7 is released..... __________________ i7 920 @ 3.5 Ghz Win 7 Ultimate Edition 64 Bit Asus P6T Deluxe, BIOS 1701 Vigor Monsoon III LT 6 x 2 Gig Mushkin PC12800 ATI HD 4870 X2 2 x 500 Gig Seagate SATA II HDs in RAID 0 Samsung SATA TruDirect DVD Burner w/Lightscribe Seasonic 600W PSU Creative X-Fi Titanium sound Lian Li AO5B Black Case Hauppage 1800 TV Card
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11-06-2008, 07:03 PM	#8
Drufuss Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Österreich Posts: 2,885	Re: 8800GTX versus 4870 1 Gig Excellent upgrade. I'm very pleased with my rig on Vista 64, 8GB of RAM and an 4870X2 card. Now that everythiing is watercooled (midi tower stuffed with tubes), no more noise and heat problems. Greetings Dru __________________ System specs: Asus P5Q (watercooled) Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83 GHz @ 3.42 GHz (watercooled) 4 x 2GB DDR2-Ram PC2-1066 Corsair Dominator @ 800MHz 3 x Seagate 7200.ESII 500GB SATA in Raid5 (watercooled) Sapphire HD4870X2 2048MB (watercooled) Soundblaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro, Hauppauge HVR4000 DVB-S/S2/T, Dlink DWL-G510, Logitech Z-5450 5.1 THX Wireless Logitech DiNovo MediaDesktop 2.0 Enermax Modu82+ 625W Win XP MCE 2005, openSuse Linux 11.1 64bit, Vista Home Premium 64bit CUSL2-C ruled! ..äh... RulEd! Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.
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11-07-2008, 03:34 AM	#9
zapionics<alt> <unknown level> Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: AUSTRALIA Posts: 3,647	Re: 8800GTX versus 4870 1 Gig Likewise I am happy with Vista 64, (for gaming), 4GB of ram and my HD4870... and its only a 512MB version... I can only expect the 1GB version to be even better __________________ * Please note: any advertising within this post has been placed there by the site owner and NOT by me! * "To Boldly Go..."
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