4850----->6870

Hi Guru's,

So I just bought a 6870. It was on a whim, and I want to get ready for Black Ops, so a new card was in my future and it's the 6870.

Now, most of what I have been reading says that the 6870 is not really a worthy upgrade from a 58xx, but what about from a 4850? What kind of gains should I expect?

Secondly, what about my CPU? Should I get a better one? if so, like what? A BE 965?

Thanks for any help you can provide me.

Tommy

 

You should see a def improvement over your old card..def yes there and maybe twice the fps as for your cpu my brother had the same cpu as you and he upgraded to the quad core..wow what a difference that made.again a big improvement.

 

You'll see a good improvement over your 4850, the x3 720 is a good chip and is fine for gaming.

 

I asked about CPU bottleneck with the 720 in another thread: http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?p=3744741#post3744741

**EDIT**

Ill give overclocking a go after I get a new PSU.

 

It will be a huge jump, I went from a 4850 to my 470 which performs similarly to the 6870.

 

I can't wait. Thanks for the replies guys.

What's up with the two 6-pin connectors?

 

What do you mean? The 6870 uses more power draw then a 5770 or lower.. still, its pretty power efficient. Full load a heavily oced 6870 will draw max 350w.