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PDubs007   10-17-2008 at 07:41:32 PM

Everyone seems to be saying that the 4850 is the best card around $175, but recently the 9800GTX+ dropped its price and seems to have similar stats and I haven't heard much about it. I've read a few things on a couple other forums that mentioned these two cards, but nothing definitive. I'm about to buy a new GPU and have always bought Nvidia, so I would rather stick with the 9800GTX+, but could easily go with ATI if the performance is there..

So are these cards as similar as they seem? If not, which is better?

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ausch30   10-17-2008 at 08:07:59 PM
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The 4850 beats the 9800GTX+ in most banchmarks and the cheapest prices I've seen are $135 after rebate for the 4850 and $140 after rebate for the GTX+ so the 4850 is the better choice.


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br3nd064   10-17-2008 at 11:16:53 PM
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They are very similar. The 4850 is usually equal to or above the 9800gtx+ in single card, but usually the 9800gtx+ SLI scales better than 4850 CF does.

I'll use COD4 as an example:

(1920x1200, 4xAA, 8xAF, max. Quality)

9800gtx+ : 66.60 FPS
4850 : 75.40 FPS

9800gtx+ SLI : 120.20 FPS
4850 CF : 95.80 FPS

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frittvilt   10-18-2008 at 01:42:51 AM
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radeon 4850 is best.

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themyrmidon   10-18-2008 at 02:04:50 AM
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4850 is better, but the difference is small enough that if you want to go nV there really isn't that much harm done.

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