Overclocking is pretty much pot luck as long as you have a decent cooler. The company I trust most in terms of warranty is probably XFX:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150338 This is a pre-overclocked card and will probably ultimately reach the highest stable clock speed, in addition to having an excellent warranty.
I know before posted a question and you said that the HD 4870 was more powerful than 260 GTX. I do believe you had me 4870 is more powerful but from what I've been reading online it seems the benchmarks and pure testing favors 260 GTX.
I didn't buy the 1 GB model 4870, I was just wondering if you could explain what makes it more powerful
By the way after posting my question I decided to go with the Sapphire brand because I found out that if I went with that brand and bought through newegg that newegg would handle the warranty.
Again if you could explain why the 4870 is more powerful than the NVIDIA cards I would really appreciate it. Just curious I guess.
So you think I'm lying?
The HD4870 overall wins out over the GTX260 (192 core) version, which it competes with on price. The HD4870 1GB competes with the GTX260 216 core version, which costs more than either.
I dont think your lying at all. I was just looking for a simplified answer on what makes it better. plus i think i got the different cores mixed up for gts.
No matter, sorry, I just thought "I do believe you had me 4870 is more powerful" was a bit accusative.
The 1GB version performs similarly to the 512MB at lower resolutions like 1680x1050, but pulls ahead at higher ones (1920x1200 for instance), especially under AA. At lower resolutions both the ATIs beat both the Geforces in a lot of tests (except nvidia-biased titles like Crysis), at higher ones the GTX260 216 core performs well, but even if it does beat the 4870 it's rarely by more than a couple of percent, which for the higher price isn't justifiable.
This page shows you how a pre-overclocked HD4870 1GB compares to the Geforces
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphic...b-iceq4-turbo/4 (Note, most GTX260 benchmarks are biased, as they compare overclocked nvidia cards to stock ATI ones. Despite what they may say, this is not a true comparison, as the prices for the two are NOT the same)
The standard isn't really relvant. Having 1024MB versus the 896MB gives the Radeons an advantage at very high settings, but you usually don't see it much other than at 2560x1600, which is a bit much for a single card anyway.
