4850, 4870, 9800gtx?? Help a fellow gamer out, thanks!

Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16
GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16

I have had a really busy summer and am ready to get my computer up to date for the winter months. This is the time I always try to update what I can to play most of the new war games out. I’m a gamer and love my 1st person shooters.
I have had just a few hours here to finally check out the new cards. I can say.. WOW have there been some changes since I last updated.

I’ve always spent somewhere around $200-300 on a new card. It looks to me it’s a battle between those 2 cards I have listed.
Am I finally going to be able to go back to nVidia or am I not looking at this right.
Please let me know what card would be the best bet for what I need it for.
I have a 19” widescreen 1440x900 and always play at max settings if I can or FPS don’t drop to far down.
Please no Nvdidia and ATI wars. Just let me know what card is the best bet for around $200 and what is better for a few more dollars.

Thanks very much guys! Sorry I’m not up on this. But I’ve moved bought a new car that needed a bunch of work and have been swamped at work. So really haven’t had chances to keep up on the card changes.

O, I’m going to be bumping my Dual Cores to the 185opty.

And what is PCI express 2.0?

Can I run it on my board?

many " a littles " but both cards are pretty good.

no it is not possible to overclock it that much, i cant say anything for sure as i dont own one, but im sure it is better than 9800 gtx+. I own a 4870 an the extra $100 are worth it. But nothing beats two 4850s in crossfire, thats "just" $350 and it will give u an incredible performance.

I was on the same boat and it was rather easy to decide the 4850, not only superb AA performance, but better AA quality as well. (remember nvidia uses lesser quality AA, so performance doesn't suffer as much as it should)

I'm really not a fan of either brand. ATI just has been in the lead for so long. I've kept with them.

But this is only what I need to spend this year?


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 0&Tpk=4850

That does seem bad at all.

Thanks!

http://arstechnica.com/reviews/har [...] review.ars

I see there is a big difference. But can I OC the 4850 to 4870 speeds or is that unrealistic?

I have the 1950xt now. But that you can OC as I have to the next card up. As back with the 9800pro I flashed it to the 9800xt. Are these things still possible??

I feel like such the computer noob today looking over stuff. I guess I have a bunch of reading to do this winter. lol

no that is unrealistic it owuldnt be stable at 750mhz..

Yeah, I paid $100 for my 9800gt that too and lasted for 4yrs and got to see everyone cry that they couldn't play Battlefield 2 because they all bought the more expensive Nvidia cards at the time, lol.

I could care less who makes a better card or what name is inside my computer just as long as I can play some games at a great price. Each year I look to upgrade it seems to be ATI in the forefront of cards. Yet people who are stuck on the name "Nvidia" cards continue to support them.

Cheers!

Huh? Youre inferring the 260 is 10% faster than the 4870? Links?

that remind me of a old ATI card (still gaming to this days) a old 9600XT with 128 GDDR3. While everybody was nvidia 5700, 5600 and so forth, and then crying by playing NFS for example.

While that 9600 allowed to have a fairly decent experience, the 5xxx just bugged the hell out. It still plays WoW up to this day at 1440x900 with decent quality and very good framerate.

My 3870 is arriving soon (100€) ......today i believe !!!

But yeah, head 4850 path.

Well after years of going with ATI, I went with an Nvidia card!

I play CS the most these days still. I run 1400x900 WS lcd.

I played Brothers of Arms - Hell Highway on my 1950xt and had to take down the graphics some but was playable. BUT then I started to play Far Cry 2 and my screen was stuttering bad at the start of the game while the taxi driver takes you for a ride. Of course that made me say to myself yeah I need a new card!

So I play CS most the time but do play the newer titles too. I have seen where Nvidia runs the CS engine much faster than ATI and this card was cheaper than a 4850! So why not try this card out for a year. Most of the benchmarks these 2 cards where neck to neck.

Did I make a mistake?

I figured for a $130 bucks and getting dirx10 and basically 2x's the performance it would be stupid not to grab this card.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130403

What a deal! I got an GTX+ instead! How nice of Newegg!!

770/1105/1944 instead of 675/1100/1688 clock speeds.