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| Author: | Spreadie [ Sun Jun 14, 2009 8:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Cheap 1GB 4870 |
How the mighty have fallen. clicky I know the 4890 has dropped to around £150, but this is still a bargain. |
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| Author: | mars-bar-man [ Sun Jun 14, 2009 11:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cheap 1GB 4870 |
I wouldn't quite say how it's fallen. Surely this makes it just even better? Still, nice find...one of my 4870's has finally bitten the dust, tempted by this now....dammit!! |
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| Author: | Geiseric [ Mon Jun 15, 2009 8:00 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cheap 1GB 4870 |
Wow! That is a good price, I brought the exact card a few months ago from ebuyer for £148 but that’s the technology market for you (particularly the PC component market). |
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| Author: | Spreadie [ Mon Jun 15, 2009 8:31 am ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: Cheap 1GB 4870 | |||||||||
I meant fallen in price.  I have a 1GB 4870, fantastic card! |
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| Author: | Linux_User [ Mon Jun 15, 2009 11:17 am ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: Cheap 1GB 4870 | |||||||||
How did you kill it!?  On another note, I've just bought "Railworks" through Steam, and my 4870 struggles in places! Sometimes just 6fps! Time to start saving me thinks, gfx first, then new mobo and CPU... |
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| Author: | Geiseric [ Mon Jun 15, 2009 11:27 am ] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: Cheap 1GB 4870 | ||||||||||||||||||
That sound like a demanding simulator, is it any good? I have read about it but didnt relise it was out, it is the EA version your talking about Jon? |
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| Author: | Linux_User [ Mon Jun 15, 2009 11:31 am ] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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I'm not sure if EA still publish it. I know that they did the original ("Rail Simulator"), but the new Railworks is steam-dependent (i.e. you have to use it with Steam, whether you buy the Steam version or the DVD, much like HL2). |
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| Author: | mars-bar-man [ Mon Jun 15, 2009 11:36 am ] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: Cheap 1GB 4870 | ||||||||||||||||||
Haven't a clue, really, it just won't work properly, red pixels fly all over the screen, actually there's a thread in here about it, I reckon it could have been due to excessive heat. Bit of a PITA though 'cause now I have a spare 4870 waterblock  Oh well, I may be tempted by this and make use of it...
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| Author: | JohnSheridan [ Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cheap 1GB 4870 |
Just upgraded my 4870 to the GTX 285 - runs quite a bit quieter and can run BOINC. See my trailer <cough> |
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| Author: | boothy_1993 [ Sat Jun 20, 2009 3:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cheap 1GB 4870 |
do you need a crossfire mobo for a 4870x2??? and is a 4870x2 better than a gtx 285 |
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| Author: | mars-bar-man [ Sat Jun 20, 2009 8:12 pm ] | |||||||||
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No and probably. |
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| Author: | Danstevens [ Sun Jun 21, 2009 8:57 am ] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: Cheap 1GB 4870 | ||||||||||||||||||
Definite no to the first question. As for the second, depends on the game. The HD4870X2 will blow the GTX285 out of the water in games that can utilise both GPUs. In those that can't, the GTX285 may have the edge. |
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| Author: | PaulKey [ Sun Jun 21, 2009 10:09 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cheap 1GB 4870 |
Interestingly.... I priced up an i7 system on PCSpecialist just this morning. The system with a 512 Mb 4870 was £2 dearer than one with a 1Gb 4870 ! Figure that one out. |
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