Help me buy a card I don't need :)

One side of mine wants to buy a brand new shining 4870 1GB video card, because it's well, brand new and shining
But the other side of mine says there is no reason to buy a new video card, because there is only one game that can stress my current SINGLE 3870 enough and you know its name.

So list reason why I should buy(or maybe should NOT buy)a new 4870

Thanks

 

Save yourself some money, wait for the price drop.
Or try to sell your current cards while you might still be able to get something for them, then upgrade.

 

Easy. You can enable aa in games without losing half your frames

 

4870 amazing upgrade from my 9600GT thats on par with the 3870

 

Wait just a couple more months, you'll save some extra cash.

 

yep wait till the 5*** line comes out, which should be in october or something (like last year before the xmas gaming boom)

 

Save your money!!!!!!!!
Ya never know what might come out in the near future.

 

I wish I had waited for the 1GB version of the card myself or bought the x2. Some games I barely noticed the upgrade from my 8800GT with high settings eating over 512MB and slowing things right down. I havn't seen any benchmarks yet on how the extra memory on that card effects gaming, so I would wait for those to come out.

 

I agree, wait for the next series Maybe nVidia will take back the number one spot Next generation will be interesting.

 

What would you guys suggest to upgrade for my pc?

 

Maybe a bigger screen if you don't have one already . The PC looks like more than enough for current gaming.

 

8800gt to 4870 i notice huge increase , more smooth.

You don't even need 4870 1gb or 4870x2.

unless u gaming on a 30" and up

 

eh, seems that once I turn AA on alot of games slow right down. Crysis in particular is just retarded with only 2x AA and I get almost no performance boost over the 8800GT. Without AA I went from around 32 FPS to over 45. Seems to me AA pushes me over 512 and it crawls, but I'm not 100% if the memory is the cause of that.

I know in Oblivion once I pass 512 with higher resolution mods it slows right down also.

 

You should upgrade, you will see about 100% performace boost in games ;d

 

I so tried not to listen to the voices...... Do it, do it, do it...come on , come on.....this all I heard for days echoing in my head haunting me at night.

With Sapphire 4870 X2 on its way to replace my 8800GT.....

The voices are now gone...... I will rest now in peace....