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Single4870 or 4850CF or GTX280

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looks like you are cpu bound at those resolutions anywaysso a xfire rig is overkill.
 

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My 4850 is watercooled and volt modded. Running 820/1150 and beating 4870's.
 

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correct. There were no volt mods available for the 4870's when I made my purchase.
Got my 4850 for $169 and swapped the waterblock/ramsinks off my 8800 gts.
 

miggs78

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Actually I looked more closely, and its not that close, lets say 3dmark06, a 4850CF in low resolutions scores almost 3000 points more than a single 4870, in COD4 it scores almost over 80fps.
 

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:biggrin:It all depends on if you plan on upgrading your monitor or not..
From what I have read on various forums and reviews the ATI and Nvidea cards run about the same on smaller monitors like 19" when you get up to 24"+ the ATI cards scale better at the higher resoultions..
 

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well for that res I would have suggested the GTX 280 because in the majority of games it beats the 4870 but a fair amount at lower res.
 

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GTX280 is the best for a single GPU card hands down, you'd need to CF a ATI card or get a dual ATI card to beat it.
 

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