4850, 8800, 9800

8800GT for the best value and overlock it to the MAX. it beats 4580 by ten miles

what r u talking about? a 8800gt loses to the 4850 . go with the 4850 its much faster.
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1 [...] index.html
( the 9800gtx is oc remember that)
9800gtx=4850

400W will be fine with 8800 GT even when overclocked

cheapest 8800GT is 110$

thats why i said it has the best value

How come ATI cards require more energy than NVIDIA cards? Cause 400W isn't enough for HD 4850.

Man, what are you talking about!!! 8800GT better than HD4850? OMG! I had have never even heard that! Is it true, guys?

Well man, PSU/Money is not a matter. I need the better one. 4850 or 8800GT? Please tell me.

get a 8400GS and OC it man. it will flyby GTX280 with no troble.....

haha
truth.

I'm the Tian of Bangla Gamer forum. What are you Sarwar? Had you been ever at BG?

thats y i said OC......upon doin so the 3.7GTexels of 8800 will jump 2 37GTexel and memory bandwith to 64GB/s

just make sure u have a constant supply of liquid nitogen.........OCin it by such large margin can produce lot of head.

4850 all day! The End!

I was thinking the same thing. Looks like some people here need Hooked on Phonics.

if you want to get a card thats broken get the 8800gt

I've not seen any 8800GTs priced that low. The lowest I see is $120US, and with a couple of exceptions, they rely upon rebates to reach that price.

Depends on the quality of that PSU. A 4850 calls for 110w of power to itself, which ALL comes off of the +12v rail. Most PSU makers pretend that you'll use a lot of +3.3v and +5v power, which are required to add up to actually get the specified rating, so on your typical 400w PSU, you'd be lucky to get around 200w actually usable on the +12v rails, where 99% of the power draw for a high-end rig goes.

The only place that implies that is a highly flawed benchmark result seen at a single sight that has been widely discredited as it isn't consistent with all the other results seen for the exact same game and settings, leading to the conclusion that with that test, something odd happened that caused an anomaly; perhaps a freak software/driver conflict, or something.

Other test results are far more consistent, giving the 4850 a solid performance lead varying to as much as 40% over the 9800GTX+ in most games, including Crysis, the very same game used in that flawed benchmark you cite. Totalled up, this would make the 4850 as much as 70% more powerful than the 8800GT, meaning you'd need, in theory, a 70% overclock for it to reach it. That means a 1020 MHz core clock, (2550 MHz shader) with 1530 MHz (3060 MHz DDR effective) rate for the RAM.

If you're counting rebates, then The 4850 is $150US, which at 25% more than the 8800GT, would leave *it* the better bargain for your money, since it trumps even the 9800GTX+, which has clock rates of 738/1100MHz, which are 23/22.2% higher respectively, and comfortably above the range of what 90% of 8800GT cards out there could achieve through overclocking.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817148027
can this handle 4850?

Go get the hd 4850. Seriously. Better than the other cards when enabling AA and AF. and yes ur 500w psu suggest can do more than enough with the card. The 400w MAYBE can't do it depends on how much power ur using in ur pc.

LOL, why do people even now still reply to concrum?

I have an 8800GT, it's a great card, but I would say get the 4850, that's the least I would get if I were shopping now.

A 400W should be sufficient for a 4850, though depending on the quality and 12v amperage, it could be close. The 4850 outruns a 9800GTX, and absolutely flattens an 8800GT - it would be my choice.