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Title: I need convincing, lol.
Post by: [MAF]falky on June 04, 2009, 03:44:15 am
What should I get?

2 Inno3d Geforce GTS 250 512MB cards to run in SLI

or

1 Palit Radeon HD 4870 1GB Sonic Dual Edition card

???


I've read/watched every review on both and I still need some convincing.



These should probably help you help me decide:


Inno3d Geforce GTS 250 512MB (Remember, if I choose this I'll be getting 2 of these to run in SLI)

(http://media.bestofmicro.com/H/U/182082/original/inno3d_gts250.jpg)

Specs:
- Graphics Clock (MHz): 738
- Processor Clock (MHz): 1836Mhz
- Memory Clock (MHz): 2200Mhz (1100 * 2)
- Memory Amount: 512MB GDDR3
- Memory Interface: 256-bit
- Stream Processors: 128 Stream Processors


Palit Radeon HD 4870 1GB Sonic Dual Edition

(http://i42.tinypic.com/2u7y3i9.jpg)

Specs:
- Core/Stream Clock (Normal/Turbo): 750MHz/775Mhz
- Memory Clock (Normal/Turbo): 3800MHz/4000MHz (950/1000 * 4)
- Memory Amount: 1GB GDDR5
- Memory Interface: 256-bit
- Stream Processors: 160 Processors (800 Stream processing units)



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IMO it's close, the price of buying the HD 4870 is $16 cheaper than buying 2 GTS 250 cards but I wouldn't mind it that much if the later is a better option.

So what do you guys think? :)

Title: Re: I need convincing, lol.
Post by: [MAF]Aj_Lajk_Bir on June 04, 2009, 06:02:32 am
GeForce is best! ;D
Title: Re: I need convincing, lol.
Post by: ﱡ קּﻰﺢ Love on June 04, 2009, 08:38:31 am
My head slides to the Ati's one.

Guess they might give out same performance, or maybe differ quite a lot.Ati was bad at driver coding when i was following news and shit.If theyre still same at it... Get Nvidia.

Title: Re: I need convincing, lol.
Post by: [MAF]mooman on June 04, 2009, 09:58:26 am
4870 looks better, IMO ;)
Title: Re: I need convincing, lol.
Post by: [2F2F]SNiKeRiS on June 04, 2009, 10:23:17 am
Only ATI, you won't be disappointed  :D
Title: Re: I need convincing, lol.
Post by: [FSR]Ush on June 04, 2009, 10:42:01 am
Ask snoopy what he thinks about ATI lol :L
Title: Re: I need convincing, lol.
Post by: [MAF]Snoopy on June 04, 2009, 11:14:48 am
ati suck, i can assure you that it gives low fps on san andreas, my 9600gt pwns the shit out of my 4850, and that card was meant to be a beast.
Title: Re: I need convincing, lol.
Post by: [MAF]Aj_Lajk_Bir on June 04, 2009, 12:31:13 pm
^
pure true
Title: Re: I need convincing, lol.
Post by: [MAF]falky on June 04, 2009, 01:09:50 pm
What if I pair the HD4870 with a Phenom X4 9950 (2.6GHz and I plan on installing a CM Hyper Z600 heatsink to overclock it to around 3.5GHz) ?
Title: Re: I need convincing, lol.
Post by: [MAF]Snoopy on June 04, 2009, 01:24:29 pm
i really dont know tbh, iv'e lost all faith in ati, your call lol
Title: Re: I need convincing, lol.
Post by: [FSR]Michal on June 04, 2009, 02:37:50 pm
I think you should take 2 X GTS 250 and when you run them on SLI, this config can be fast as 9800GX2 ~ GTX 280(single), and in most of games faster than HD 4870, 4890 ;).
Title: Re: I need convincing, lol.
Post by: [MAF]falky on June 04, 2009, 03:46:29 pm
I think I'm in now favor of buying the 2 GTS 250 cards after reading this:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/gf-gts250-sli_14.html#sect1 (http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/gf-gts250-sli_14.html#sect1)

(http://i39.tinypic.com/5ezq6a.jpg)

(http://i44.tinypic.com/rwl3sg.jpg)


As you can see, running 2 GTS 250 cards in SLI is actually almost better (and cheaper) than buying even a GTX 285. :D
Title: Re: I need convincing, lol.
Post by: [MAF]Cthulhu on June 04, 2009, 04:11:22 pm
nice hehe
Title: Re: I need convincing, lol.
Post by: [FSR]Michal on June 04, 2009, 04:47:28 pm
yep You can think also about one GTX 260 (216 core in 55nm) and overclock it, or buy even 2 used 9800GTX cuz its same card as GTS 250, but much cheaper ;)
Title: Re: I need convincing, lol.
Post by: ivanduk on June 04, 2009, 04:59:24 pm
ati suck, i can assure you that it gives low fps on san andreas, my 9600gt pwns the shit out of my 4850, and that card was meant to be a beast.

*gives Snoopy a cookie
Title: Re: I need convincing, lol.
Post by: [MAF]MrHess on June 04, 2009, 06:46:56 pm
Nvidia is compatible with almost all games, if not all, a friend of mine couldnt run mirrors edge cuz he runs ati and amd, n00b
Title: Re: I need convincing, lol.
Post by: [MAF]falky on June 05, 2009, 12:32:38 am
yep You can think also about one GTX 260 (216 core in 55nm) and overclock it, or buy even 2 used 9800GTX cuz its same card as GTS 250, but much cheaper ;)

the shop where i'm buying my parts sells gts 250 cards much cheaper than 9800gtx cards :L
Title: Re: I need convincing, lol.
Post by: [FSR]Ush on June 05, 2009, 11:12:30 am
red light district :D
Title: Re: I need convincing, lol.
Post by: [MAF]falky on June 05, 2009, 12:08:51 pm
Okay, here's the list of stuff I'll be getting in the next couple of months:


AMD Phenom X4 9650 2.3GHz:

(http://www.lesslantienda.com/imagenes/PROCESADORES/AMD-PHENOM-X4-9650-2.3GHZ.jpg)


Cooler Master Hyper Z600:

(http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/2359/mainunitwith2fansrgb12xs2.png)


MSI K9N SLI V2:

(http://www.matrix.md/full-images/493e7bf2028cd/MSI-K9N-SLI-F-V2-Socket940-nForce570LT-SLI-1000MHz-SATA-II-RAID-GLAN-4DDRII-6400-ALC9880-81Sound-2PCI-2PCI-Ex1-2PCI-Ex16-VGA-ATX.jpg)


HEC Zephyr 750w:

(http://www.computadoraspormenos.com/catalogo/images/zephyr003.jpg)


and of course, 2 of these:

Inno3d Geforce GTS 250 512MB:

(http://www.xgcdb.com/pub/gc/xgcdb-inno3d-geforce-gts-250.jpg)



:D :D :D
Title: Re: I need convincing, lol.
Post by: [FSR]Michal on June 05, 2009, 01:11:30 pm
F4lcon good choice in my opnion ;), in the future if u need more power, just sell one 250 and the one use as the GPU for phsyx :D
Title: Re: I need convincing, lol.
Post by: [2F2F]SNiKeRiS on June 05, 2009, 02:04:47 pm
AMD, good choise.  :D
Title: Re: I need convincing, lol.
Post by: [MAF]Cthulhu on June 05, 2009, 02:07:25 pm
all is good choice but i'd rather buy an intel cpu :L
Title: Re: I need convincing, lol.
Post by: [MAF]falky on June 05, 2009, 02:13:24 pm
F4lcon good choice in my opnion ;), in the future if u need more power, just sell one 250 and the one use as the GPU for phsyx :D

Or sell my body for a week and buy me a server setup :D
Title: Re: I need convincing, lol.
Post by: [2F2F]SNiKeRiS on June 05, 2009, 02:14:36 pm
A sa-mp server setup :L
Title: Re: I need convincing, lol.
Post by: [MAF]falky on June 05, 2009, 02:16:47 pm
If I only had the money I would get this board :-\

(http://teknoloji.pclabs.com.tr/asus/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/asus_z7s-ws.jpg)
Title: Re: I need convincing, lol.
Post by: [MAF]Cthulhu on June 05, 2009, 02:19:02 pm
mm money, who wouldn't want them
Title: Re: I need convincing, lol.
Post by: [MAF]falky on June 05, 2009, 02:20:02 pm
Well I do have a few extra bucks to buy that board, problem is I dont have the money to buy 2 Intel CPUs lol :L
Title: Re: I need convincing, lol.
Post by: [MAF]Cthulhu on June 05, 2009, 02:20:17 pm
:L :L :L
it doesnt work with 1 cpu only ?
Title: Re: I need convincing, lol.
Post by: [2F2F]SNiKeRiS on June 05, 2009, 02:20:26 pm
Max wouldn't want them. He would rather stay with his old dusty rockNroll stuff :L :L
Title: Re: I need convincing, lol.
Post by: [MAF]falky on June 05, 2009, 02:29:40 pm
:L :L :L
it doesnt work with 1 cpu only ?

Even if it does why would someone waste $499 if he's only gonna harness half of it's power? :L
Title: Re: I need convincing, lol.
Post by: [MAF]Aj_Lajk_Bir on June 05, 2009, 02:43:22 pm
Max wouldn't want them. He would rather stay with his old dusty rockNroll stuff :L :L

lol :L
Title: Re: I need convincing, lol.
Post by: [MAF]Cthulhu on June 05, 2009, 02:59:53 pm
:L :L :L
it doesnt work with 1 cpu only ?

Even if it does why would someone waste $499 if he's only gonna harness half of it's power? :L
u could buy another cpu later lol
Title: Re: I need convincing, lol.
Post by: [MAF]MrHess on June 05, 2009, 05:06:15 pm
amd, so ur gonna throw the money in the trash can, tell me wich trash can plz
Title: Re: I need convincing, lol.
Post by: [FSR]Ush on June 05, 2009, 06:59:15 pm
knu is bum xD

i left some gay fish in a trash can :L
Title: Re: I need convincing, lol.
Post by: [MAF]Snoopy on July 21, 2011, 11:01:52 am
(http://i44.tinypic.com/rwl3sg.jpg)
As you can see, running 2 GTS 250 cards in SLI is actually almost better (and cheaper) than buying even a GTX 285. :D

lmao
Title: Re: I need convincing, lol.
Post by: [MAF]Cthulhu on July 21, 2011, 11:03:35 am
LOL :L :L
Title: Re: I need convincing, lol.
Post by: [MAF]Aj_Lajk_Bir on July 21, 2011, 11:12:16 am
lol tinypic
Title: Re: I need convincing, lol.
Post by: [FSR]Ush on July 21, 2011, 12:18:48 pm
lol ladyboy