buying a pc very shortly: are these spec good to run crysis on highest?

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Squilliam said:

Peterisyum said:
@squilliam: yeah that one sounds good if it can run dx11. dont want my card to become useless quickly. ok ill go with that card. is there anything i should do to change from the nvidia 250 when i get the 4870. Do i have to remove all the nvidia software and stuff? also, is there something similar to ntune for ati cards for overclocking?

Theres no point in replacing a GTS250 with an HD 4870, theres simply very little point to do that. They perform too similarly it would be wasted money.

The HD 4870 is the most forward compatible card in its class on the market today, but its still only a direct x 10.1+ card. Its not a fully direct x 11 compatible card. The new cards in this range will be coming in less than 6 months.

ATI overdrive or Rivatuner are two equivelents to Nvidia overdrive, they both work really well, ATI overdrive is easier and it has built in limits to prevent you from taking things a bit too far. Rivatuner is for advanced users.

If you can afford to wait, you could simply try to get a Windows 7 + Direct x 11 compatible computer at the same time. You'd get the most future proofed and up to date system and since both are coming in a matter of months, not years it may be worth waiting for.

All previous DX technology changes suggest that before we see dx11 games radeon 4870 will be good for editing text in MS word :) Even dx10 is barely used those days.