Krisnatharok
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Sterling, VA
| 4870s I recently bought in back in March for $199 for my i7 build, and I was wondering if anyone knew about their price going down anytime soon?
Should I wait to buy a second one for Crossfire or should I buy a 4890.
This is what I have: »www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···14102801
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Brooklyn, NY | Re: 4870s Wait for atleast 2 newer gens before thinking about an upgrade.
The only game I play is GTR:Evo and I have a 4870 on 2560x1600 resolution. | |
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| Re: 4870s I run SLI GTX260's, and I agree - It's overkill for the majority of the games out there. There are a few games where i'm glad i've had such power, however. A single GTX260 or 4870 1GB will be just fine for a while still.
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Krisnatharok
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join:2009-02-11
Sterling, VA
| It probably would be overkill for me...
I play Crysis (one step below max), WoW (ultra, 30-40fps), Quake Territory Wars.... plan on picking up L4D and possibly Demigod this summer, and SCII in November when it comes out.
My sys specs...
LIAN LI PC-61 Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower
EVGA x58 SLI
i7 920 2.66GHz (running around 2.8)
6GB GSkill DDR3 1600
1280GB RAID 0 (2x WD 640GB 7200RPM)
1000GB Raid 1 (2x 1000GB) OWC/Raidon NAS backup
LG DVDRW Litescribe
Sapphire 4870 1GB Radeon
Corsair 750W PSU
vista home 64
MX518 mouse, logitech OEM keyboard and speakers
Samsung 23" HD LCD, 2048 x 1152
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Pariah666
join:2009-04-27
Lewistown, PA
| Im putting together a new rig myself and I am going with dual 4890's with an AMD Phenom II x4 955 CPU. I may just hold off on the vid cards though since I am in Iraq and getting the stuff shipped home. Maybe by the time I am out of here (3 months) the 5000 series will be out. I guess it would be worth the wait. | |
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Krisnatharok
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Sterling, VA
| Re: 4870s said by asdfdfdfdfdfdf :
If it's going to be 3 months before you can build and use the setup I wouldn't buy anything until you get home. You will only spend more money for less product if you buy before you are ready to use it.
x2. Don't let that money burn a hole in your pocket! 
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Pariah666
join:2009-04-27
Lewistown, PA
| No I haven't spent a dime yet I was just looking at what I was going to get. I will probably wait until I am about 3 weeks out and start ordering so that way it will be sitting there waiting on me when I get home....as if I am not going to have enough to do! | |
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