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blaze15301
07-20-2010, 05:06 AM
hello the wonderful people of tbcs!!!

i need some help.

should i either get another 4870 and a 2 gig kit of gskill ram or get a 4850 and get something like a 4 gig kit to go with my gskill or just use it on its own.

im having issues deciding. will i really see that big of a performance gain from 6 gigs opposed to 4 gigs.

or would it be faster if i got 2 kits of this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145175

i say 2 kits so i can have 4 gb with out mixing my ram.

or should i just get 2 gigs and a 4870. either way i want either that ram or the patriot gaming ram.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220396

but i haven't herd anything about them.

sorry to ask so much but there is alot im confused about and this may be my last upgrade for quite some time. im thinking maybe 2-4 years.

diluzio91
07-20-2010, 05:17 AM
personally, if you are planning on waiting that long to upgrade and already have 4 gb of ram, i would go with a newer card (DX11) as you are going to see alot more games that support the standard in the next few years, so the upgrade would age more gracefully


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130565
or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161326

SXRguyinMA
07-20-2010, 08:19 AM
or a 5770 thats a tad cheaper than the 5830

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102858

blaze15301
07-20-2010, 01:11 PM
naw i dont really want a 5770 or a newer card id like to just get another one of these and cross fire them. but i don't have 4 gigs of ram i have 2 gb sorry if that wasn't clear.

diluzio91
07-20-2010, 02:37 PM
OH! that changes everything... Go for the crossfire, then another 2 gb of ram at the least, the more the merrier!

blaze15301
07-20-2010, 02:55 PM
hmm ok thanks now the other question should i get a 4870 or a 4850. 4 1gb stick or 2 2gb stick. i have to get all new ram cuz my g skill dosent run at 1066 like its suppose to and it died on me before so i had to get g skill to replace it. but oh well ill be doing away with it soon hopefully.