graphics issue

Just wondering, been reading soem reveiws from people and 4870 seems to get quite hot, i know 4870 best card for value probaly atm but i was thinking with this set-up which card would be best?


Motherboard;Asus Maximus Formula Intel X38 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

Case:Hiper Anubis Midi Tower Case - Black

Graphics , which better.?

1: Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail

£234.99 inc VAT

2:EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB Superclocked Edition GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail

£223.24 inc VAT



|What you think? personaly i tempted by gtx 260 due to its cool running and very good clock speeds ect and seems more furture proven.

though i hear 4870 soo much and how wonderfull it is...though hot..

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If you think you might go xfire in the future get the 4870.

You could get a lower priced gtx260 and overclock it to great effect. I've got a BFG gtx260 OC and it's been great so far, runs cool and quiet. I decided to go for it over the 4870 for exactly those reasons. I've got mine overclocked massively and it's still running a lot cooler than a 4870 on stock.

But if you do think you may crossfire in the future then you'll have no choice but to go with ati

i most likely wouldnt go xfire, but would stick to single graphic cards, but high end ones.

I guess maybe gtx 260 best option then? It just that soo many people go on about how wonderfull 4870 is and how it beats gtx260 in reveiws... this why i just wanted to check

The 4870 was certainly a much better card before the nvidia price drop. it had very similar performance to the gtx260 for a lor less money. but now that the price drop has brought the two in line with each other, it's not so clear cut. I bought mine before the price drop, so it cost alot more than what i would have paid a week later (hopefully can get some money back from BFG.....). still i'm more than pleased with the card, got it running at 720/1450/1200 (core/shader/memory) and i'm pretty sure at those speeds it should at least match a gtx280 and maybe even be slightly quicker! great thing is that from what i've read pretty much all the gtx260s overclock like crazy :)

It will depend on the resolution you want to play in. The 1 gig version of the 4870 'should' be faster then the 512mb version in the higher res settings. In the end it should not make a lot of difference. If you are wanting lots of AA and AF at a higher res go for the ATI. If you do not have a monitor for the high res then go for the cheaper of the two cards.

Poo.