ATI answer to 8800 GT?

The HD4850 is the answer to the mid range nVidia cards. The 4870 is for the GTX 260 and the 4870X2 for the GTX 280.

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In my opinion the 4850 is the answer to the 8800gt. prices range from $110-$172 on newegg.com. The 4850 starts around $169 and go up to $220. the 4850 runs 20% (average) faster than the 8800gt(except for on my pc for some reason. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] aster-4850
Overall the 4850 is cheap and fast. But so is the 8800gt.

Nice, i'll keep my eye out for 4830. Looks like the perfect card for my needs.

my resolution is 1440x900 so my thinking is that a 4850 is just too much card for my needs. was thinking a 4670 or now a 4830 would be much more appropriate and give me the option of crossfire down the line.

Well the card will be primarily for playing WAR and i don't need to have the highest quality settings running to enjoy the game, in fact the graphics for the game aren't that great to begin with honestly. I really just want something that will be able to handle alot of models on the screen.

From what i've garnered the 4850 would be good for that but the problem for me is the price. I understand that you can get some very good deals on the 4850s but typically those cards have very noisy cooling solutions, which is something I want to avoid if i can. Fairly queit models i've heard of are the Powercolor PCS, MSI Quadpipe, and HIS ICEQ. Those cards range from $185-$205 not counting rebates.

Ideally i'd like to find something in the $125ish range, the 8800gt seems to fit the bill, but i'd prefer something that can crossfire as my mobo allows it. I was willing to try a 4670 and see if that would work but now it seems smarter to wait for the 4830 and give that a shot.

Yah I had a feeling that the 4670 would work and as a bonus it wouldn't require me to upgrade my psu.

Still interested in the 4830 though, hopefully by the time the powercolor 4670 becomes available on newegg there'll be some reviews out there on how the 4830 stacks up.