4850 vs 8800GTS

any know the performance difference? any information on this comparison? I am wondering what the best "Bang for Buck" graphic card is....I am fairly sure 8800GTS will lose this title now....but by how much? worth getting a 4850 if you already have a 8800GTS/GT?

The 4850 is on par with the 9800 GTX without AA and so is only a bit faster, however, if you use AA heavily than the 4850 performs up to 20% better than the 9800 GTX with AA on, meaning it would then be a worthy upgrade.

I think with the benchies we've seen today already the 4850 has the price/performance crown. Need to still see details on power consumption and heat dissipation, but considering it's 55nm tech I'm fairly confident those numbers will be good as well.

Especially seeing what two of these cards can do in CrossfireX, I think they're the best buy - at least until the 4870's are out maybe! Or until nVidia drastically reduce their prices!

...darn

The 4850 has been measured to use about 1.8w more than the 9800 GTX:



Here's the article:

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/v [...] html#sect0

I wouldn't say overall they're the same.

I'd say at launch the HD4850 is in the same area as the GF8800GTS at it's end of life, but the HD4850 is definitely ahead of it. Also the HD4850 pulls away significantly at more stressful titles, and over time this gap will widen.

GF8800GTS is a solid card, and it is not worth an upgrade from it to an HD4850 as the OP mentioned, but if buying side-by-side, the GF8800GTS is no longer the best candidate for price-performance, only if it's significantly cheaper (as some people may dump them) would I consider it at this point, especially for a long term build where I would prefer more advanced features.

Nice. Bang for the buck to blow 4850 away.

Yep, that's what I was talking about.

It's the insano end of life sales like the old X1900XTs going for $125 before the end, that make any hard & fast rule play free an lose with this week's mega inventory blowout.