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Dissonance · 07-03-2008, 11:22 AM

The 4870 is the new "round" of video cards, so it is more efficient and a MUCH better price/performance than a 9800X2. In pure raw performance, I have not seen a benchmark comparing the two and I do not have the time right now to look th einformation up (I will in a hour if no one else has responded)

I have a slight bias towards ATI, so I would buy them. One thing to keep in mind though is that more games are optimized for nVidia cards (they buy the advertising and help with optimization of code) so there are quite a few games that in the first two weeks will run a bit smoother on nVidia cards until ATI releases an update.

Edit: Nice PSU choice, I have that one myself =)

07-03-2008, 11:22 AM	#14 (permalink)
Dissonance All will come to know the power of change Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 484	The 4870 is the new "round" of video cards, so it is more efficient and a MUCH better price/performance than a 9800X2. In pure raw performance, I have not seen a benchmark comparing the two and I do not have the time right now to look th einformation up (I will in a hour if no one else has responded) I have a slight bias towards ATI, so I would buy them. One thing to keep in mind though is that more games are optimized for nVidia cards (they buy the advertising and help with optimization of code) so there are quite a few games that in the first two weeks will run a bit smoother on nVidia cards until ATI releases an update. Edit: Nice PSU choice, I have that one myself =) __________________ Thanks Xayne