HD 4850 Vs 4870

Hi
I have just constructed my comp with everything except for Graphics card (cash shortage ) .My config is phenom 9550,2GB 800 DDR2 (trancend),gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H,500 GB seagate hard disk .My moniter is Viewsonic VX1940W . I am in dilemma about the graphics card because of two reasons
1) Maximum resolution supported my my monitor is 1680x1050
2)The price difference between the two back here in india is Rs 7500 thats(My phenom cost me Rs 6750 to give you some idea)
3)Will my 2.2Ghz Phenom 9550 bottleneck 4870????
I have done some research over the internet and found that 4870 supports very high resolutions. I am asking is if i buy 4870 will it be worth the price difference ,as my monitor resolution may act as bottleneck (In other words will 4850 give me the same performance at the 1680x1050 as 4870

please reply i need some advice to get out of this dilemma.
Link to Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128090
Link to Monitor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6824116095

at that resolution, I would reccomend.... the 4870, because although the 4850 is better in general price for performance ratio (although the 4870 is still great), that resolution is starting to get to the point where it might choke
but IMO ignore the gtx 260 (and i've heard there are availability issues for the core 216 as well...).

Even though the 4870 is a better card at that resolution I would still suggest the HD4850 for your set up. I have used both and for the difference in price the 4850 would be the way to go especially considering your processor limitations.

There is no compatability issues running a Nvidia card on an Amd/Ati system. As long as you are not trying to run SLI, any single graphic card will work perfectly on any motherboard/chipset.
However, I think you would be very, very happy with the 4870.

Thansx for the different perspective ,I already have my system running with the onboard GPU (ati 3200) which is already running fine (i can play FIFA 09 on it).In fact i am posting from the same System

The guys above who recommended the 4870 over the 4850 probably missed it when you said it was 75% more expensive over there then the 4850. The 4870 is in no way, shape, or form worth that amount of extra money at 1680x1050. If you were gaming at 1920x1200 MAYBE. But no way @ 1680x1050, not for a 75% increase in price.

I agree with the previous 2 posts. 4850 for 1680x1050

I say go for 4870 - Games like Far cry 2, Mafia II gonna be needing that juice....

Also, i would like to ask the Original poster of the thread, how are you connecting your screen for power?
As you might have got US power plug to connect your monitor.....
Are you directly connecting using the supplied plug ?

your all ways better getting the faster card it will give you more head room for future games that are going to be more demanding

Thanx for the links but most of the benchmarks (actually all but 1st) are for resolution 1920x1600 which is not supported by my monitor hence become void.

Thanx a lot for the opinions guys , I am thinking of buying HD4870.. as it makes me future proof for some time .My only issue now is will my 2.2 GHz phenom 9550 bottleneck the card please provide inputs ....will over clocking it help ...can 9550 be overclocked???

Don't look at the first bar graph, scroll down to the second graph in each page, showing multiple resolutions.

And yes, 9550 can be overclocked. Not as well as Intel chips, but it'll still help. Although it should not bottleneck significantly even at stock, in typical gpu limited game. It will bottleneck in cpu limited games, like Supreme Commander and FSX.