AngryGamer94 Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 (edited) So my old 4890 died along with my old and faulty gtx 295(don't ask).I have decided to buy a new GPU,one that hopefully can handle GTA IV(my old gpus just couldn't run the game properly) I don't have unlimited money to spend so here are my choices based on my budget: GTX 460~2GB version GTX 470 HD 6870 Witch one of these cards can properly run the game at good settings without any stuttering or any other issues? Specs: I7 920 6GB RAM Fast HDD 650W PSU(quality) Thanks in advance! Edited November 26, 2010 by AngryGamer94 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoječ Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 GTX470 is definitely the best one from those you mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beast^-^ Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 GTX470 is definitely the best one from those you mentioned. Yep, I have it and it's a great card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigglyass Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 470 or 6870. Id go for 6870 as it draws less power and generates less heat and head to head with the 470. Although the only plus of the 470 is it has 200mb or so more memory, so you'll be able to crank up that draw distance on it more than on the 6870 without encountering popins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oc student Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 Def the 6870, less heat, less power drawage, less noise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viometrix Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 can i ask you a question that you may need to ask yourself? how is it you managed to ruin 2 graphics cards from different companies, could something be going on with your computer? just a though before you throw more money at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anus Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 True ^. OP, what's your PSU's brand and model? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoječ Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 (edited) Def the 6870, less heat, less power drawage, less noise. And less performance, less VRAM (1GB is definitely not enough for GTA4) and worse overclocking. Also in Poland 6870 is noticeably more expensive, but prices may vary in other countries. Edited November 27, 2010 by yojo2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngryGamer94 Posted November 27, 2010 Author Share Posted November 27, 2010 can i ask you a question that you may need to ask yourself? how is it you managed to ruin 2 graphics cards from different companies, could something be going on with your computer? just a though before you throw more money at it. It was my fault i killed the cards from too much overvolting and overclocking and the gtx 295 was used and it had issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronHide-AW Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 ^ ouch... don't do that Without water-cooling+ (and even then) GPU's are always particularly sensitive to overvoltage and once you go to far on V you can't undo the damage. Always OC using nothing but clocks and when you reach the unstable limit then, and only then, bump the V's and in the absolute smallest incriments possible. Exceeding (or even using exactly at) the manufacturer spec for maximum V will degrade the lifespan terribly (this is true of the CPU as well). You might already know all of this but considering what you posted, you might not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverTheBelow Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 ^ ouch... don't do that Without water-cooling+ (and even then) GPU's are always particularly sensitive to overvoltage and once you go to far on V you can't undo the damage. Always OC using nothing but clocks and when you reach the unstable limit then, and only then, bump the V's and in the absolute smallest incriments possible. Exceeding (or even using exactly at) the manufacturer spec for maximum V will degrade the lifespan terribly (this is true of the CPU as well). You might already know all of this but considering what you posted, you might not. Oh? My 5850 survived 1.35v for 20 seconds and it's exactly the same. Stock is 1.08v Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigglyass Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 (edited) Def the 6870, less heat, less power drawage, less noise. And less performance, less VRAM (1GB is definitely not enough for GTA4) and worse overclocking. Also in Poland 6870 is noticeably more expensive, but prices may vary in other countries. Less performance? You just went full retard. They are head to head, only advantage 470 has is tessellation, and who gives a sh*t about tessellation. Oh, that's right; you. Prices are actually the same if you know where to look, but the much higher power consumption and heat of 470 does not justify the same price. 200mb more Vram, not experience changing. Overclocking? What? A space heater? You want Mexico to blackout again? Edited November 27, 2010 by JigglyAss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anus Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 According to this review, the 6870 is faster than the 470 in every test except for FarCry 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoječ Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 Well, according to thepowerup.com, 6870 is slower than GTX470 by a few percents (except for the highest resolution). True, it's not a big deal. As for overclocking, what I meant is that GTX470 has also decent power in reserve. I thought it was important to say that 6870 barely overclocks at all since it might be an important factor for some. As for the extra VRAM: if one's looking for a graphics card for GTAIV, it should be stated that 1GB is NOT enough to max out GTA4 at high res, despite both 6870 and GTX470 have GPU powerful enough to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronHide-AW Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 (edited) Oh? My 5850 survived 1.35v for 20 seconds...Stock is 1.08v I initially thought you meant it crapped out after 20. Now I see you are using this as a serious example of saying you think what I said is wrong because your board lasted 20 seconds at that voltage with no damage afterward. Of course, if actually reading what I said, to-far means damage caused, and once that occurs, you can't reverse the damage. But I guess that wasn't too clear. Run it at 1.35v for 72hr under 100% load and let us know how it goes. Edited November 27, 2010 by IronHide-AW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_corTEC Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 can i ask you a question that you may need to ask yourself? how is it you managed to ruin 2 graphics cards from different companies, could something be going on with your computer? just a though before you throw more money at it. The only way a graphics card failed on me was because I stamped on it because I was having a paddy. (That's hissy fit, for you Yanks.) It was an 8800GTS 320MB, and it caught me on a bad day. Other than that seven cards no trouble whatsoever - mostly nVidia! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viometrix Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 can i ask you a question that you may need to ask yourself? how is it you managed to ruin 2 graphics cards from different companies, could something be going on with your computer? just a though before you throw more money at it. The only way a graphics card failed on me was because I stamped on it because I was having a paddy. (That's hissy fit, for you Yanks.) It was an 8800GTS 320MB, and it caught me on a bad day. Other than that seven cards no trouble whatsoever - mostly nVidia! and how is that relevant to my post when i was posing a question that it may be some other faulty component causing an issue, and was addressed long ago. sheesh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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