ASUS 4870 512 or 1GB?

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If you're running something with really large textures, like Crysis, it does.

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This is correct.

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For games like Crysis, every little thing makes a difference, since it is the only game that can bring a supercomputer to it's knees.
However, IMO, it doesn't warrant the increase in price at that resolution.

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Another good point. I understand that it costs more, but why would you want to unnecessarily limit yourself?

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My fellow 4870 owner knows

1gb is the way to go. Unless your planning on playing older games. Then the 512 version would be identical.

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if your playing crysis you should be going for a GTX 260.

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Why, when the 4870 has equal or better overall performance?

I just got it as it was £20 more then the 512.

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its overall performance is debatable, but Crysis runs better on the Nvidia counterparts for sure.

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lol, what games are you playing?
Crysis != benchmark.
Crysis is a stress test, not a benchmark.

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True, crysis is a glitchy, mess up engine that more stresses your cpu and gpu than your memory. Taking crysis out the the mix. Unless you are still playing on a 15 inch monitor at 1280x1024, you need more than 512mb to push out any decent fps in many titles today. Fear, a 2006 game, I remember I had to play on medium with my 512mb card and it sucked. Don't get me wrong, I'm not say everyone needs to get a rig and/or card to hold its own in crysis. But I am saying, many titles past 2007, to get a decent, enjoyable fps, that won't piss you off b/c it's not as smooth as intended to be. Someone would be doing themselves a favor by looking to get a 1gb card or more at this point. Just my opinion, people can buy any card they’d like as long as its ATI.

I would go for the 1Gb option , except you're planning to play on low resolutions.