4850 asus or ati radeon

[Dave95v6]

got about $200 cdn to spend on a new video card, narrowed it down to ati 4850. Which one should i choose, the asus is oc to 680mhz and uses ddr3 memory while radeon is 625mhz and uses gddr5 memory, both are 512megs.

Thanks

 

[shoota]

by radeon i'm assuming you're referring to the 4870 since it's the only card i know of using gddr5. saying radeon narrows it down to about a bagillion cards btw. so if you're asking which one between the 4850 and the 4870, uh no-brainer, the 4870.

 

[Outlander_04]

"ati radeon" is the company that makes the chips and their brand name . The asus is also an ati radeon 4850 .

IMO the best 4850 is the HIS with a large two slot cooler that blows hot air out the back of the case .
The worst 4850 is any of the original ati design which has a single slot cooler . These are noisy and run hot .
Asus is a quality brand .

 

[Dave95v6]

here's the link to that card, they made a mistake on the memory description , in the spec it says ddr3

http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0926INGFS10108453&catid=20397

who makes that card?

link to the asus one

http://www.pccanada.com/viewitem.asp?id=8262


which one is the better choice?

 

[Wrecks]

Didn't see the cooler on the first link, but Asus' cooling solution looks good. That is always something important to consider, IMO.