Video Card Question

[cjflury]

Hey guys,

I have a 2.66 Quad Core Nehalem Mac Pro - have a question about upgrading from the GT 120 in my system.

I dual boot Windows to game on my PC.

To be honest the card plays great, Modern Warfare 2 looks great I have no quarrels with it. I started playing Crysis today, and that is obviously another story entirely.

My question - is there a viable upgrade option that doesn't include a GTX 285?

It's hard for me to come to terms with spending a good $350-$400 on the 285, is there anything in between what I have now and the GTX that is worth jumping to?

Might sound like a nieve question, but frankly I haven't been into gaming for that long, just got back into it.

Thanks in advance for any input,

Chris

 

[Zerozal]

ATI Radeon 4870.

 

[Cynicalone]

I have the ATI Radeon 4870.

 

[gugucom]

In the order of cost:

Apple 4870 (1 DVI, 1 MDP)
ATI 3870 Mac&PC Edition (needs better heat sink)
PC ATI 4870 (needs flashing, has 2 DVI, VGA adapter not working)

 

[cjflury]

will 4870 be able to handle crysis?

Will the ATI 4870 be able to handle Crysis?

 

[Cynicalone]

Here is a link to some benchmarks...

http://www.barefeats.com/nehal05.html