$250 Whats the best card I can get?
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Ramodkk
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cohen
New Member
+ 1, Very good Card.
Droogie
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Should fit fine in the Antec 900.
Mustardsky
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well this card caught my eye http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3747342&CatId=3670
TrainTrackHack
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The 4870 would totally destroy this card.
Like everyone else said, the 4870 is just about the best you can get with your current money.
Computer_Freak
Active Member
No.
3870s in crossfire will give about the same performance.
Rather get one 4870. The performance is great for all games (except our little bugger called crysis)
And you will have the option to Crossfire the 4870. A CF'ed 4870 gives MONSTER performance in CoD4 at the highest res and settings.
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bomberboysk
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^agreed, besides, one card performs much better than a twin card setup in non-sli compatible games.
scooter
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Hey man,
I'm running two 4870's in my antec900!
They run warm but you can adjust the fans--plus the cooling of the antec900 is quite efficient.
cheers/
teamhex
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My boards not Xfire ready, I dont think 2 cards are necessary.
teamhex
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Awesome. I ordered it. Thanks guys, after reading the reviews and like 4 of you agreeing, I think its safe to say your right
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Jerrick
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Sux, still haven't got my card, would have been here friday but the hurricane. Good thing I ordered it when I did they went up 20 bux on there price of the card.
The wait will be worth it.
Ive only played CoD4, GRID, and Crysis since I got mine, and all of those games ran so smooth and on high settings. I didnt notice Crysis had a Very high setting, so ill play through the game again on that and see how it runs. Im expectinng minimal lag.
Setting the fan speed up is easy. I have three profiles. Sleep, browsing, and one for gaming.
teamhex
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The wait will be worth it.
Ive only played CoD4, GRID, and Crysis since I got mine, and all of those games ran so smooth and on high settings. I didnt notice Crysis had a Very high setting, so ill play through the game again on that and see how it runs. Im expectinng minimal lag.
Setting the fan speed up is easy. I have three profiles. Sleep, browsing, and one for gaming.
I heard the 8.8 drivers have fan speed selection. If not ill do that hack.
Jerrick
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Heard that too, im still on 8.6 though, so I havent tried it or seen how well it manages the fan. Im sure its fine though with lots of people using it. lol
teamhex
Active Member
Id recommend a driver upgrade, not on any first hand experience but with newer cards, I hear they preform better with newer drivers.
Jerrick
New Member
Yeah, ill do it soon. I tried a few days ago but it didnt work for some reason. Said it couldnt find the driver while installing. Ill get it tonight.
Number1SuperGuy
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I don't have the 4870, I have the 4850 and I have to agree with everyone here. Even the 4850 is a BEAST! I run CoD4 max settings at over 100fps. Only goes under 100fps in intense action (like the opening boat level) and even then it stays over 70fps. You made the right choice going with the 4800 series my friend!