Which is better: An ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 or a Nvidia GeFroce GTX 750 ti?

[Gordon Freeman]

I'm curious because I got a new computer with a GEforce 750 ti, however C:S barely runs on it, IDK why. So my adad gave me an ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2, he says it can run C:S fairly well, however the ATI card came out in 2008, so I want to know if I should install the ATI, or keep the 750 ti.

[dadyrghluv69]

Nvidia is more bang for the buck but thats me. Ive always been a ATI fan but i swiitched to nvidia since you get what you pay for and they seem better at supporting their product more. Do your homework look up google watch youtube reviews. I would go with the nvidia card since its newer

[grapplehoeker]

The Strix version of the the GTX750Ti was very nice and I really enjoyed the way the game ran with it, but even that's a bit dated now, which of course means you could find them for relatively attractive prices if they're still in stock.
So, if you have one already, enjoy ;)

[MarkJohnson]

Първоначално публикувано от Gordon Freeman:

I'm curious because I got a new computer with a GEforce 750 ti, however C:S barely runs on it, IDK why. So my adad gave me an ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2, he says it can run C:S fairly well, however the ATI card came out in 2008, so I want to know if I should install the ATI, or keep the 750 ti.

You may want to post all of your specs as they have a factor in your gaming experience.

The 750 Ti and the 4870 are near equal iirc. However, your 4870 is a x2, which means built-in crossfire (multi-GPU) and this game doesn't support multi-GPU, so it will be treated as a standard 4870.

Just swap it out and test. But your 4870 x2 will draw more power, so you'll need to make sure you have enough watts and enough PCIe power connectors.

also, you didn't state what your poor performance is. Maybe post your FPS score. This game has poor performance even with high end cards.

[Nite69]

I would say get nvidia cause they have way better drivers and better support for games.

all the time I am seeing AMD card users having issues on games

the 750 TI is a good entry level card it can play older DX9 games very well but DX10 and DX11 will be low to medium detail

[Huperspace]

the ATI HD4870x2 (300W) is a DX10.1 card and has legacy status last driver is from 2013

the GTX750 TI is a DX11(software DX12 compatible) card, less energy hungry (only 60W) beast, has HDMI and no SLI card anomalies

So if your "new" PC is an OEM pc then you can't run the HD4870x2 because you will have an only 300W PSU with max 1 PCIe bzw 150W power connector if any because a gtx750TI can run without a power connector with the PCIex16 power lane.
but if you have a 650W (recommend) PSU than you can try out the HD4870x2 but that old card does have it's issues.
I would use the 750Ti or sell both and buy an GTX1050 or Radeon 560

[Moro]

Първоначално публикувано от Gordon Freeman:

I'm curious because I got a new computer with a GEforce 750 ti, however C:S barely runs on it, IDK why. So my adad gave me an ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2, he says it can run C:S fairly well, however the ATI card came out in 2008, so I want to know if I should install the ATI, or keep the 750 ti.

like has been said already the 750Ti is going to be the better card.

if you want something more than people just saying its better than then check here:
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/

you can find both the cards and see their benchmark scores. the site is especially good when you want to make an initial comparision between cards that you are considering for upgrades.