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Got my new 4870
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 6:07 am
by kappage
Well it came to the time that my 8600GTS just wasnt cutting it plus it was artifacting. I was looking into a new Nvidia card but noticed this trent
6600Gt dead
Second replacement 6600GT dead
my brothers 8800GTX Dead.
My friends 8800GT Dead.
work mate 9800GT sent back twice,
and since i have not known any problems with ATI i thought it time to tell Nvidia to go stick it!
And so far i am loving this graphics card Company of Heroes everything set to maximum AWESOME!
Just my two cents
Re: Got my new 4870
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 6:53 am
by Darkstar
what manufacturers were they? Im thinking of switching myself, last time i had one i didnt care for the Catalyst Control Center though...

Re: Got my new 4870
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 8:54 am
by Apoptosis
Darkstar wrote:what manufacturers were they? Im thinking of switching myself, last time i had one i didnt care for the Catalyst Control Center though...

When was the last time you had one? CCC is a ton better now than it was years ago.
Re: Got my new 4870
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 8:57 am
by Darkstar
Apoptosis wrote:Darkstar wrote:what manufacturers were they? Im thinking of switching myself, last time i had one i didnt care for the Catalyst Control Center though...

When was the last time you had one? CCC is a ton better now than it was years ago.
years ago

Re: Got my new 4870
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 10:48 am
by skier
every manuf. has cards die, ati just tends to be for different reasons(can be touchy if you take things apart to clean them(how i killed two ATI cards))
but hey, both my nvidia cards are alive(not so well, but alive) after running for days or weeks above 110C so i can't really complain about my two really old cards that have died in the past(RIP 4ti 4200 and mx 200)
Re: Got my new 4870
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 4:28 pm
by kappage
from memory the first 6600 was a legend it had a red PCB the second was something like Sparkle, the 8600 was XFX XXX, the 8800GTX was xfx 8800Gt XFX and the 9800GT was umm gigabyte?
While my New 4870 is a XFX 1gb model and i am very pleased with it so far!! time will tell though

Re: Got my new 4870
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 4:31 pm
by skier
kappage wrote:from memory the first 6600 was a legend it had a red PCB the second was something like Sparkle, the 8600 was XFX XXX, the 8800GTX was xfx 8800Gt XFX and the 9800GT was umm gigabyte?
While my New 4870 is a XFX 1gb model and i am very pleased with it so far!! time will tell though

well you ARE going from midrange to high-end ;)
(nothing in the 8000 or 9000 series i consider high end, except the 9800GX2)