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Swamp Monster · Apr 4, 2011, 12:06 PM

I have HD4870, it's somewhat similar as HD4850 in performance, and contrary to popular belief, it's not enough for my needs (Maxed out 1680x1050 gaming). I consider it "acceptable" as I can run all games medium to high settings with AA-4x and AF-8x. But that's not "Maxed out graphics". GPU usage is 99% usually (DOW2, witcher, BFBC2), so more power is needed. I think 6950 would be what I need to max out my games and still have headroom for new games. 6850 is not worthy upgrade, because it might have more power, but it don't have headroom for new games, at least I think so.

System Name:	Spyder
Processor:	Phenom 2 x4 940 BE
Motherboard:	Asus M3A79-T Deluxe
Cooling:	CM Hyper 612S
Memory:	2x2 GB Patriot Viper 1066MHz [5-5-5-15] DDR2
Video Card:	Sapphire HD 4870 512MB
Hard Disk:	WD Black 1TB + WD Caviar RE 500GB
Optical Drive:	Pioneer DVD-RW Sata
CRT/LCD Model:	Acer F-22
Case:	GigaByte GZ-X5
Sound Card:	X-Fi Platinum+custom made DAC+Sennheiser HD280 Pro
PSU:	Thermaltake Toughpower 850w Modular +FSP EP-1000 UPS
Software:	Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

Apr 4, 2011, 12:06 PM	#17
Swamp Monster Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Latvia Posts: 543 (0.56/day) Thanks: 127 Thanked 83 Times in 75 Posts System Specs	I have HD4870, it's somewhat similar as HD4850 in performance, and contrary to popular belief, it's not enough for my needs (Maxed out 1680x1050 gaming). I consider it "acceptable" as I can run all games medium to high settings with AA-4x and AF-8x. But that's not "Maxed out graphics". GPU usage is 99% usually (DOW2, witcher, BFBC2), so more power is needed. I think 6950 would be what I need to max out my games and still have headroom for new games. 6850 is not worthy upgrade, because it might have more power, but it don't have headroom for new games, at least I think so.