ATI HD4870, PowerColor HD4870 PCS+ or ATI HD4890

MorbidGod · 02 Jul 2009

misterck said:

dont move too fast if your building upto 6 months.

amd are releasing a new line of direct x11 cards in line with the release of windows 7,if theyre too expensive im sure the older cards will take a good price drop.

I was about to state that. Dont get too carried away with the Dx10 cards, in a near future we will be getting Dx11 cards, and you can still buy those 4879/4890´s X2 or not for almost half price when that time comes.

samstar1412 · 03 Jul 2009

MorbidGod said:

I was about to state that. Dont get too carried away with the Dx10 cards, in a near future we will be getting Dx11 cards, and you can still buy those 4879/4890´s X2 or not for almost half price when that time comes.

Im not buying anything yet just planning, i won't be buying anything until around december. The 4870/4890 are DX10.1 i read somewhere that they will support DX11 anyway?

smarteyeball · 03 Jul 2009

DX11 is backwards compatible with DX10.1 cards, however DX10.1 cards will not support DX11 only features.

Realistically though, it will be a couple of years before DX11 support in games will be commonplace.

But considering the time frame you're looking at purchasing, the prices of dx10.1 cards will be much better for then you than they were for me now

samstar1412 · 03 Jul 2009

smarteyeball said:

DX11 is backwards compatible with DX10.1 cards, however DX10.1 cards will not support DX11 only features.

Realistically though, it will be a couple of years before DX11 support in games will be commonplace.

But considering the time frame you're looking at purchasing, the prices of dx10.1 cards will be much better for then you than they were for me now

oh ok now i get it, thanks for even more info. It seems i learn something new everyday around here

its nice to have such a great community of people to talk to. It looks like i'll be buying at just the right time then, just as all the new cards come out

smarteyeball · 03 Jul 2009

There's plenty of knowledgeable users on this forum, so it would be hard not to pick something up and the majority are always happy to help :)

Corei7Extreme · 05 Jul 2009

You really should consider the 4890. It's a more refined variant of the 4870 and in all the benchmarks and reviews I read the 4890 comes out on top VS the 4870.

MorbidGod · 05 Jul 2009

Corei7Extreme said:

You really should consider the 4890. It's a more refined variant of the 4870 and in all the benchmarks and reviews I read the 4890 comes out on top VS the 4870.

I think that too. Like i said previously, theres lots of non-aparent differences.

DJG · 06 Jul 2009

misterck said:

dont move too fast if your building upto 6 months.

amd are releasing a new line of direct x11 cards in line with the release of windows 7,if theyre too expensive im sure the older cards will take a good price drop.

+1

It's way too early to plan now if your target shopping is for Dec - whole new platforms could be out by then :).

samstar1412 · 06 Jul 2009

DJG said:

+1

It's way too early to plan now if your target shopping is for Dec - whole new platforms could be out by then :).

Yeah i know it is way to early to plan, i just really want this build to start already but i don't have the money right now. Put it this way: im exploring my options. Also what is so special about physx in nvidia cards that make em so expensive? i dont even know any games that use it.

smarteyeball · 07 Jul 2009

Physx is in use in quite a few games to varying degrees of implementation. It's a nice feature to have, looks good in those games that support it, (especially mirors edge and cryostasis) but there are no current "must have" titles that need it.