I've not posted in a while here, it is more than 2 years since I bought the 8800GTX and didn't feel the need to upgrade it.
But yesterday a local store offered me a 4870 1GB with the cooler similar to the old 7900GTX at a a reasonable price. Before I jump in, I would like to confirm 2 things:
1) 1080p24 playback is ok on the ATI
Wesley mentioned ATI issues on this guide here (HTPC)
http://www.anandtech.com/guides/showdoc.aspx?i=3486&p=6
and recommended nvidia over ati, but I'm not sure if this is limited to the IGP or does it apply to stand alone GPUs also.
Recently I purchased parts for a HTPC (before reading the guide) and I did have the issues he mentioned, on a clean install (AMD 790GX chipset). Fortunately the store replaced the mobo and CPU with a nforce9300/core2 combo, problem gone.
2) I saw the card running on a case similar to mine and it was very loud running 3DMark, much more than the 8800GTX. The guy used the catalyst control to throttle the fan down to 30% and left it fixed, noise was ok but would this risk overheating the GPU?
I really appreciate your thoughts and any feedback is welcomed.
Tks
Madellga
PS: I did look into recent posts and didn't find a topic on this, sorry if this has been discussed before.
But yesterday a local store offered me a 4870 1GB with the cooler similar to the old 7900GTX at a a reasonable price. Before I jump in, I would like to confirm 2 things:
1) 1080p24 playback is ok on the ATI
Wesley mentioned ATI issues on this guide here (HTPC)
http://www.anandtech.com/guides/showdoc.aspx?i=3486&p=6
and recommended nvidia over ati, but I'm not sure if this is limited to the IGP or does it apply to stand alone GPUs also.
Recently I purchased parts for a HTPC (before reading the guide) and I did have the issues he mentioned, on a clean install (AMD 790GX chipset). Fortunately the store replaced the mobo and CPU with a nforce9300/core2 combo, problem gone.
2) I saw the card running on a case similar to mine and it was very loud running 3DMark, much more than the 8800GTX. The guy used the catalyst control to throttle the fan down to 30% and left it fixed, noise was ok but would this risk overheating the GPU?
I really appreciate your thoughts and any feedback is welcomed.
Tks
Madellga
PS: I did look into recent posts and didn't find a topic on this, sorry if this has been discussed before.