Radeon HD 4850

I was thinking of grabbing the HD4850 and wanted to know how well Gears of War, Call of Duty 4 and Bioshock would run. I have a Pentium Dual Core E2160 OC'd to 2.7 ghz. Any info on how they would perform would be appreciated. Thanks

To expand on emp's post, it depends on your resolution.

1280x1024, yes, they should all run maxxed out without any problems (maybe a tiny bit of slowdown in extremely hectic exploding shiny scenes of epic doom with tons of physics but that's down to your CPU)

However if you're looking at 1920x1200 or higher (if you can go higher I want your monitor), the 4870 would be a better option.

All in all though the 4850 is a fantastic card and will give you truck loads of bang for your buck.

Final note, consider a CPU upgrade. Just some friendly advice.

I'm running an 8800GTS 640 (Old version) and actually have all of these games.

Everything's running fully maxed out on an OC'd e6600 (2.8ghz). The HD4850 is more powerful than my card, you shouldn't have any issues.

*Resolution is set at: 1680x1050 for me.

You'll see MUCH more improvement in games by upgrading your GPU.