That's enough ATI

[jimerson]

They trade blows for the most part depending on the game, you also have to remember that the GTX 260's overclock like mad and also scale a bit better (performance wise) from the overclock vs a HD 4870 which has also been overclocked.


Honestly either card is a great choice and for those of you who like 8XAA or more go with the ATI series as they scale better than Nvidia with high levels of AA.


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[mailman2]

Pretty nice overclocks, but why would you go with a 260? By the time you bought all the watercooling stuff couldn't you have just got a 280 that performed better?

I had everything to cool it except the bracket (for the Fuzion GFX). Cost me $8 shipped. I got the GTX 260 for $200 back when they were still $300. I made out. RMA'd my last HD4870 and got the $280 back, bought this for $200 + $8 bracket, money in my pocket, much better card and gaming experience. My HD4870 @ 900 core and 4400mhz memory gets smoked by this thing in 3dmark and real world gaming using FRAPS. Plus they don't spontaneously die like the 4870s tend to.

[Quick420]

I had everything to cool it except the bracket (for the Fuzion GFX). Cost me $8 shipped. I got the GTX 260 for $200 back when they were still $300. I made out. RMA'd my last HD4870 and got the $280 back, bought this for $200 + $8 bracket, money in my pocket, much better card and gaming experience. My HD4870 @ 900 core and 4400mhz memory gets smoked by this thing in 3dmark and real world gaming using FRAPS. Plus they don't spontaneously die like the 4870s tend to.

Ya ok douchebag....:thumbdwn:

[zer0]

reinstalled my os
experimented with "flip queue sizes"

...my hitching/stuttering/pauses went to a minimum.

i'll give chance to this card...

conducting further tests.