Decided on an upgrade

[BBloke]

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!

[Sharp Dagger]

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

[Anubis]

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

[John Freeman]

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

[Johnimus Prime]

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!

[BBloke]

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.

[YamNivek]

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!!

[BBloke]

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.

[Anubis]

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

[Exterminatus]

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).