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I bypassed the interface and re-routed the IP through...

No it's just in the user's public profile

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More VRAM means more texture information can be stored. Games that have ultra settings, or huge texture packs will play much smoother.

Mods that add huge texture packs will see marked improvement over, say, a 512mb card.

However, I believe that even a 1gb card is sufficient. At least for the games I play (FPS, RPG). I've been playing SoC with the complete mod, which supposedly uses over 700mb of texture data is some spots, and I've yet to have big issues with my 512 8800gt in my sig

Hanibal Errectus

for the money i would go with the 260

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The rest is insignificant

ElArZ

There was a comparison between same card but different amount of RAM.
At below 1920x1080 the 512 was matching the 1GB and the 2GB versions.
At 1920x1080 and above, the 1GB and 2GB versions were equal.
The 2GB version showed a lead only at 2560x1600.

That's why i was asking if it had any benefit at lower resolution.

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Yep.

I think for your purposes, 1gb should be fine.

But do keep in mind that even at the same resolution, different games will ultilize different amounts of VRAM.

ElArZ

Yeah, that was my first choice but i got hesitant after deciding to purchase the Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3P board which only supports CrossFireX and not SLI. Although i doubt very much that i'll ever get another graphics card.
So just wanted to see if the 4870 is really worth it for the extra money.

ElArZ

I'll have to search more on the issue, thanks.
After all, i was a complete hardware noob just 4-5 days ago (still, but a little less).

ElArZ

(sorry for triple posting)

How do i know if this is the new core 216 or the old one?
Inno3D Geforce GTX 260 896MB DDR3 Dual

halifax1

Look to see if it has 216 shaders.

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