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I have a Radeon X1950 Pro on a motherboard ASUS P5W DH Deluxe (PCI-E).
I thought to buy the HD 4850 (about 170$) or the HD 4870 Vapor-X 1GB (about 250$). Is the PCI-E connector of the MB good? Looking at some benchmarks, it seems that the 4870 is around 3 times faster than the X1950 (I saw a Crysis based benchmark). Is it possible? Any suggestion? Grazie Cristiano |
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Cristiano wrote:
I have a Radeon X1950 Pro on a motherboard ASUS P5W DH Deluxe (PCI-E). I thought to buy the HD 4850 (about 170$) or the HD 4870 Vapor-X 1GB (about 250$). Is the PCI-E connector of the MB good? Looking at some benchmarks, it seems that the 4870 is around 3 times faster than the X1950 (I saw a Crysis based benchmark). Is it possible? Any suggestion? I suggest Radeon 4770! -- @~@ Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you! /( _ )\ (Ubuntu 9.04) Linux 2.6.29.5 ^ ^ 18:14:02 up 54 min 2 users load average: 1.01 1.08 1.37 不借貸! 不詐騙! 不援交! 不打交! 不打劫! 不自殺! 請考慮綜援 (CSSA): http://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/index/site_...sub_addressesa |
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"Cristiano" wrote in message
... I have a Radeon X1950 Pro on a motherboard ASUS P5W DH Deluxe (PCI-E). I thought to buy the HD 4850 (about 170$) or the HD 4870 Vapor-X 1GB (about 250$). In North America, the HD 4890 1GB is about the same price as the HD 4870 Vapor-X card. If the same holds true in Italy, get the HD 4890. It is about 10% faster than the HD 4870. Is the PCI-E connector of the MB good? Yes. Why wouldn't it be good? Looking at some benchmarks, it seems that the 4870 is around 3 times faster than the X1950 (I saw a Crysis based benchmark). Is it possible? Any suggestion? Yep, and the same holds true in other games like Call of Duty 4: http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/g...-v1.6,745.html -- "War is the continuation of politics by other means. It can therefore be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." |
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"First of One" wrote in message ... "Cristiano" wrote in message ... I have a Radeon X1950 Pro on a motherboard ASUS P5W DH Deluxe (PCI-E). I thought to buy the HD 4850 (about 170$) or the HD 4870 Vapor-X 1GB (about 250$). In North America, the HD 4890 1GB is about the same price as the HD 4870 Vapor-X card. If the same holds true in Italy, get the HD 4890. It is about 10% faster than the HD 4870. I second the vote for the HD 4890 1Gig.......assuming it's available there and at a competitive price. When I upgraded from an 8800GT to a GTX 260 card, the size (length) difference was vast. Surgery required on my full sized case. I don't thing the HD 48XX series is as long as the nVidia beasts. Check your case against the HD 4890 dimensions.....I'll give you imperial and metric below. Imperial 9.5 x 4.376 x 3.8 Metric 24.1 x 11 x 3.8 |
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First of One wrote:
In North America, the HD 4890 1GB is about the same price as the HD 4870 Vapor-X card. If the same holds true in Italy, get the HD 4890. It is about 10% faster than the HD 4870. Here, the 4890 is about 17% more expensive (212 euros vs 181). How do you know that I'm posting from Italy, my email? Is the PCI-E connector of the MB good? Yes. Why wouldn't it be good? Because the 4870 has a PCI-E x16 2.0, while my MB has 1.0. But it would be just a bandwidth "problem". Looking at some benchmarks, it seems that the 4870 is around 3 times faster than the X1950 (I saw a Crysis based benchmark). Is it possible? Any suggestion? Yep, and the same holds true in other games like Call of Duty 4: http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/g...-v1.6,745.html Interesting link, thank you. Cristiano |
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How do you know that I'm posting from Italy, my email?
Your post has a valid email with an *.it extension attached to your username. It's never a good idea to post a valid emal to n/g or web forums as bots harvest them non stop and generate endless spam to that address. |
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Augustus wrote:
Your post has a valid email with an *.it extension attached to your username. It's never a good idea to post a valid emal to n/g or web forums as bots harvest them non stop and generate endless spam to that address. I added "NS" which makes the address invalid. Cristiano |
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"Cristiano" wrote in message ... Augustus wrote: Your post has a valid email with an *.it extension attached to your username. It's never a good idea to post a valid emal to n/g or web forums as bots harvest them non stop and generate endless spam to that address. I added "NS" which makes the address invalid. Cristiano I did see that, it doesn't always work nowadays. A few years back it was more effective. |
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"Cristiano" wrote in message
... Here, the 4890 is about 17% more expensive (212 euros vs 181). I see. Well, whether the 10% higher performance is worth the 17% higher price is up to you do decide. Personally I'd go for the 4890 because it is still a tremendous value compared to the likes of GTX 280/285. How do you know that I'm posting from Italy, my email? 1) Email. 2) Prices you quoted were significantly higher than American prices. Checking after the fact, news.x-privat.org's IP address is registered to a company in Codogno, Italy, according to the RIPE whois database. It's another indication that you are in Italy. Because the 4870 has a PCI-E x16 2.0, while my MB has 1.0. But it would be just a bandwidth "problem". PCIe 2.0 cards are backward-compatible with PCIe 1.0 slots by design. Real-world applications (i.e. games) can hardly exploit the full bandwidth of PCIe x16 1.0, let alone 2.0. -- "War is the continuation of politics by other means. It can therefore be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." |
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If you go on Zipzoomfly or Google Shopping, you will find very few places
now have HD 4770 cards in stock. After a big launch, TSMC's 40nm difficulties are manifesting themselves at the retail level. -- "War is the continuation of politics by other means. It can therefore be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." "Man-wai Chang to The Door (+MS=32B)" wrote in message ... I suggest Radeon 4770! |
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