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We all know things just get cheaper and cheaper. Well after a little moonlighting and a small amount of cash coming my way I decided to get this:

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Seemed too much of a bargain at overclockers to let it slip by!

In the never ending struggle to find a graphics card that fits my bloody PC, when you get it would you care to post aprox dimensions.
is it thinner than 97mm

4870x2 i suppose ?:)

a gr8 amaizing card

tho , i still rather the NVidia chip over the ATI , at least here in israel it proved itself much more over the ATI

congrats

Seems to be regular 4870, instead of x2. Well, nice. Im still waiting for my 8800gts 512 to die before i upgrade. No need as of now, but come autumn will try voltmoding it in wait for Mafia II

I can heartily reccommend the 260 gtx. I got a factory clocked one and it's excellent, and the news is that you can pick them up for about £150 - Nvidia are almost losing money on them apparently!

I always consider them but I haven't had on since a 4600Ti card. I've always found them picky on drivers although I've read they are a gamers card and the developers work closer with game developers for those extra tweaks and compatibilities. I guess I'm just a fan boy.

Can't grumble on the price £119 + £9 shipping. It should arrive at work tomorrow.

Sharp, I'll post up depth when I have it. It's a two slot card but I'd hazard a guess it's under 97mm. By the looks of it the heat pipes may be a bigger concern? It would have been nice to find one with a Zalman flower attached. These silly flat fat gimmicks just don't seem to cut the mustard. Fingers crossed this heatpipe system helps.

Im still running a 3750. Its coping at the moment but GTA4 hits it very hard. Im waiting for the 5 series to come out and then upgrade about 6 months later. The prices will have dropped and I tend to upgrade every other generation. You get more of a feel for where your moneys gone!!

The 4870 is very nice and i wish i had the readdies now!!

Last card's I had were a pair of 1950 Pro and a ATI 9800XT. There just seems little development in the graphics card department. I noticed they've been tweaking the 4870 to produce the 4890 but it's not worth the price diff. The best I've read is a pair of 4770's for £200. Together they are outperforming most single card variety's from both camps.

im on a 9600gt oc , more than enough for my demands i guess

Anubis wrote:im on a 9600gt oc , more than enough for my demands i guess

Weird, I have a 9800GT and I get framerate drops more often than I'd like, but mostly on bright maps with lots of people together (Omaha mainly).