So, after about 5 months of saving, and as a bit of a birthday treat to myself, I bought one of these badboys:
To give you a clue, the monitor on the right is a 20" one
I've gotta say, I'm well impressed. 2560*1600 resolution is the new sex, basically.
Build qualiity is just awesome. Absolutely zero dead pixels to boot! It has massively exceed expectation, despite the sizable price tag.
Better still, being about £150 cheaper than I initially saved for, I've got a bit of spare cash to contemplate a graphics card upgrade.
So... the question I've got for you guys is this:
Which do you think is the better option: ATI HD4870, or an Nvidia GT260?
From the reviews, it would seem that the smaller frame-buffer on the ATI card has no real consequence at 2560*1600... which makes me wonder why the Nvidia cards have got 800 Megs+ on them. Even my current 8800 GTS 640 has a bigger frame-buffer on. Can anyone explain this frame-buffer size business to me? I've heard that new anti-aliasing techniques means that the newer cards don't actually need as much frame-buffer on as times of yore, but I don't know how true that is.


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