Slimebeast on 19 January 2009
| Mummelmann said: I'm considering an HD 4870 1GB, but I'm still on Win Xp, which only allows 4 gigs of total memory unless I'm mistaken, which means I'll only have "room" for 3GB or RAM. But that should suffice for a while I think. Don't the 48 series cards use a lot of power though? I'll probably need a new power supply (mine's 550w as I recall). |
550W is more than enuff, even if your PSU mite be old and uneffective. The 4870 1GB is still in the 150W ballpark just like the 1900XT & 7800 GTX cards.
At the moment 4870 1GB is a very valuable card, specially since it just dropped in price. I chose the 4850 1GB but the the price difference is more adequate today. 4870 is on par with GTX 260 performance wise but cheaper.
