Radeon 4850 vs Nvidia 9800 GTX? ..and maybe some others

In most games the HD4850 outperforms the 9800GTX, but not by a huge margin. In other games the 9800GTX performs just a tiny bit better.
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3341
So far i haven't seen any good benchies where all the cards were overclocked as high as they're capable of being overclocked, or even factory overclocked. If your mobo is having problems with the ATI, then a switch from the HD4850 to the 9800GTX is a pretty minimal one.
$180 for a factory OC card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
even the mild OC 8800GTS 512 wouldn't be a huge hit in performance at $160 after rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

The 9800GTX is on par with the 4850. Your problem however probably PCI-E v1 / v2 or power supply related, what motherboard and power supply do you have?

If it's a PSU problem then you won't have any better luck with a 9800GTX

Hmmm never heard of a mobo problem before, unless the card wont fit. Tell us more

jaydeejohn, sometimes the card auto-detects a PCI-E v2 instead of PCI-E v1 and therefore won't operate properly, a simple update of the GFX BIOS to force PCI-E v1 fixes these problems.

Happened to a few people with the 8800GT.

I have a evga nforce 680 sli motherboard and a corsair 750tx psu

I made a whole thread about what was wrong, I've already given up on the card and am now looking for an alternative.


here's the link to mine if you're interested.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/252512-33-4850-proble...

and here's a guy with the same problem I have
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=263205

there were a few other threads I found, but didn't save.