Upgrade from a 4850x2 1gb

ShRoOmAlIsTiC · Jun 24, 2009

Well I got my new monitor and now im starting to wonder if i should change my video card. I currently have a 4850x2 1gb which meens I only have 512mb per core. I like eye candy and running at 1920x1080 with all eye kindy on bogs me down. Im think the 512mb of ram is the culprit. Now would upgrading to card with more ram help me out? The 4870x2 is a little pricey but the 4850x2 2gb is priced nicely. I know it has a little less mem bandwith then the 4870x2 but I dont need the best. Second best is good enough for me. Plus I cant justify and extra 100+ dollars for gddr5 and a 100mhz boost on the core. ATI only for me by the way. Should I be happy with what I have or upgrade?

ShadowFold · Jun 24, 2009

If you can wait it out, wait for the HD 5800's and get one of those. If not, I went from a 4850X2 to a 4870 1gb and all my games run the same, if not better at 1920x1080. I'm talking Left 4 Dead(maxed, 8x AA), EverQuest2, Call of Duty 4, Unreal Tournament 3 etc. Not sure what you're playing so.

ShRoOmAlIsTiC · Jun 24, 2009

well tf2 bogged down like a mofo with everything maxed in game and ati CCC so I backed CCC off. I play prototype, l4d, bf2, cod4 and mirrors edge. Was you 4850x2 a 1gb or 2gb?

stormseeker · Jun 24, 2009

Be happy with card you have, games run very well on HD4850 CF on 1920x1200 for me. No need to upgrade until RV870/R800

ShRoOmAlIsTiC · Jun 24, 2009

hopefully sapphire will do a 5850x2 on the cheap like the 4850. is your 4850's 512mb's or 1gb?

EDIT:

Side note, finally hit 100 posts and it only took me about 5 years to do it.

DanishDevil · Jun 24, 2009

The reason things are bogged down is because you have a 1GB dual GPU card, which means each GPU gets to use 512MB of RAM. At resolutions approaching 1920x1080 and higher, many modern games much prefer closer to 1GB of RAM.

ShRoOmAlIsTiC · Jun 24, 2009

yeah thats why im thining about going to the 4850x2 2gb. I want to stick to the x2's I like em.

Edit: forgot to mention my birthday is coming up July 1st.

aCid888* · Jun 24, 2009

With the price of 4870's at the moment if you did want to upgrade now then two of those wouldn't be out of your reach and cheaper than any 4870x2...

But...I'd wait for a little while and pick up a couple of 4870's when the new 5xxx series comes out as the price of the older generation will drop by a fair amount.

ShRoOmAlIsTiC · Jun 24, 2009

good idea, the 4870x2 will be cheaper then too. Only bad thing is any money that I get for my birthday will be spent by then.

Kreij · Jun 24, 2009

Wait. Stick with what you have for now. If you invest in tech that is about to become second best in a couple of months you will be kicking yourself. Even if you cannot afford the latest tech, the prices of high-end current tech is going to drop like a fat bulldog tossed out of a pickup truck.

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