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    Which HD 4870?

    Which of these would be the better one to go for. It's between these two as I found them both at £150.
    Sapphire HD 4870 Toxic 1024MB
    Sapphire HD 4870 Vapour-X 2GB
    I really can not decide. I know the Toxic is slightly better on some games but would the Vapour-X be better once overclocked? Is built in HDMI better than HDMI via the dongle?
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    Re: Which HD 4870?

    Either one will do, and unless you go triple crossfire 2gb is too much.

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    Re: Which HD 4870?

    I went for the Toxic 4870 in the end.

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    Re: Which HD 4870?

    good choice

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    Re: Which HD 4870?

    I would have gone for the 1GB version.

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    Re: Which HD 4870?

    Oh i thought it you was comparing 1GB and 512. I would have gone for 2GB if it was the same price (holds better resell value) and the card performace is they same . U can usually clock these a bit by 50mhz on core

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    Re: Which HD 4870?

    I would say you made the good choice. The extra Gig of RAM really isn't going to boost your performance too much, as the rest of the GPU will end up being the bottleneck.

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